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Saturday, December 7, 2013

MARATHON MUM

Unaware of the consequences I was happy to know that SAJIT was participating in the marathon. From afar, while he was in hostel ,I encouraged him -’ How did u train today ? You ran 10 km today . Excellent !’.

And then he landed home 5 days before the marathon. I was transformed into Marathon Mum. He said “ I need to stock up on carbohydrates”. So there i was at 6.00am in the morning making idlies and chutney for breakfast, rice, sambar, kirai kootu , and poriyal for the afternoon, before rushing off to work at 8.30 am. Evening at 7. Pm it was to be a protein rich diet -so back to kitchen to make chicken and rice again . U cant leave out the carbos !!!. Meanwhile SANJAY hates rice , and for two meals a day------Yuck !!!!. So something else for him.

Oh ! Dont forget the daily milk shakes ---- u need calcium and milk for the muscles and bones . A concotion of milk[calcium], sugar[ instant energy] dates[iron] cashews [essential oils] and a few badams with a different fruit was the mid morning energy drink --made at 6.00 am and left in the fridge.

da before the run he was joined by 2 friends who were running the marathon-si it was triple the carbohydrates and proteins .

While i was busy in the kitchen you must be wondering what Mr. Marathon was upto. Intense Training ? No not at all. He was lolling around in the hall watching TV , cursing when there was nothing interesting, and shifting to the bedroom with a book when i tried to get him out running , apart from reading on the internet what diet to follow for a marathon. He called it conserving energy for the run. His parting short as i closed the front door rushing late to work ------ ‘ Ma, Dont forget to get a dozen Banannas .’ I cursed , and thought - he will only manage to run to the bathroom and not the marathon if he consumes so many bannanas !!!!!.

Gritting my teeth I bore it, “ Just you wait ! Until the marathon is over !.” The day dawned, he ran the run,

completed 21 km and came back with a sprained foot. So now its back to TV watching with a bandaged foot

stretched on a footstool and rest for him , while poor me is back to waiting hand and foot.‘ ma , can u get me some water, Can You just hand me the remote please,’ and ‘it says on the net that muscle sprain needs rest, lots of protein and ...............’.

i am organising a run against the internet .any takers !!!!!!!!!!!!

i will upload photos later

kapu

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

Sunshine and beaches

HI Babu hope this answers your question about the weather.here.

Ruth, an Austrian, colleague of Prashanth's took us to the beach one day for a picnic. The waters were all shades of blue. But shallow near the beach so Advaith had a great time. So did we.