Ultra run
Last weekend was a big personal milestone. I did my first ever ultra marathon run - 50K at the Bangalore Ultra . By and large, it was a satisfying experience. The day started with me and my friend Ravikanth driving to Ravi's colleague Sandeep's place at 4AM in the morning. We then hitched a ride in Sandeep's car and traveled to the venue. Sandeep chose the NICE road to get to Tumkur road and then got to Hessaraghatta road from there -- a smart idea, completely avoiding the city traffic and pretty fast. We reached the venue at around 5:30 and as we were approaching the venue, we could see the 100K and 75K runners already in the trail, running with torches as it was pitch dark. That was one awesome sight. Once we reached the venue, we had just enough time to change to our running gears, deposit the baggage and complete the pre-race formalities. At 6AM we were ready to go. For the last two years (2008, 2009), the Sun god had been really kind to the Ultra runners, he wa...