Post marathon I had to go on business tour to Salem and Coimbatore. The tiring road journey from Coimbatore to Salem and back, each way requiring 4 hrs, was too much for my body to handle. It compounded the latent exhaustion of the full marathon and my mental state of torment due to flagging revenues made sure that the endocrinal system was in sufficient turmoil. I ended up with high fever on the night I returned to Coimbatore. I did try to ward off the intense shivers by taking a tot of "Old Cask" which is again a rather foolhardy measure as an antidote. But then, how does one convince a seemingly intelligent guy but is otherwise a "country bumpkin" and who believes that rum is an elixir for most ailments.
I somehow managed to return to Mumbai and home sweet home, and took the Saturday off so that I could entertain Allen' family and Rajni, who were invited for dinner. Rajni made some delectable Biryani and there was roast pork and mutton kheema; all of this a non-vegetarian' delight. While Allen and I sipped on "Signature", we discussed, much to Monsoon' chagrin, existence or otherwise of morbid topics such as death, ghosts and black magic. She finally intervened with a "Can we discuss something more pleasant, please?":-)) The dinner was rounded off with a dessert of Rabri and Roshogollas. I had promptly hidden the "Phirni" that Rajni and made for me because I am possessive of just this sweet dish. Actually she had made enough for all but then any amount is not "enough":-)
Sunday morning, I woke up and looked out the window, stretched, did a calf raise to check whether my achilles tendon would take a short run and then walked out the door for a run. I did a gentle one hour run and met Pankaj who congratulated me on my marathon finish. By then dark clouds had gathered and it rained incessantly causing gushing streams to incapacitate running. I returned on my bullet drenched and in mortal fear of going down with a severe cold. How about a tot of "caju, Dan?:-)))))
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