Rio Olympics 2016

As a kid, I used to read the monoroma year book, and they used to publish the medal tally. India used to have hardly any medals in thier tally. And, it used to be very disappointing. It was 1996, Atlanta Olympics, when I learnt about Leander Paes and tennis. In 2000 Sidney, it was Mallem Karneswary and weight lifting. In 2004, Rajyasingh Rathore, and 2008 it was first Individual Gold. And, multiple sports were coming into lime light. Boxing, shooting, and wrestling. Later 2012, we have sports on the high light. I was hopeful of a better show this time in 2016. But I was very disappointed with the negative news before the run to Olympics , be it Narsingh Yadav, Leander or later apathetic/sports administration. There are positives in this Olympics, however, no excuse that we failed. With 1/6th of world population, we stood at 67th in the tally. Question is not to atheletes alone but to us as a country whole, and as an individual. Why we fail in sports and is it a mindset or cultural trait ??

AHM 2016 - 10K

Dear Aruna  , Congratulations! you have finished your 10K in 01:10:10.". This is the message I got after finishing the 10K, after 10 years of running my first 10K. I had a lofty goal of doing it below 1 hr, to better my first run timings. So this timing is little dissapointing, However, now I realize what it signifies. It reminds me that I did my first 10K, 10 years back. Happy Running :)

Cycling trip to Anantgiri Hills

Starting at 4AM, drove my car along with 10 riders, and the main organizer, being in the car. It was a great journey. The black top roads, good greenery, and serpentine roads - a joy to ride. Though I didn't ride the full distance, but enjoyed the drive, and intermittent run, rides. The place of stay in Anantgiri was pleasurable, and mixed with fun and some adventure sports. We reached back around evening of the next day. Overall, it was a good weekend trip with many young bloods, and with a mix of small bug fixes.

On the way - day-1 Morning

Day-1 Evening, at the lake

After a successful day, at the starting line of the return trip - Day-2 Noon

The Excited Bunch