Early start to a weird day.
Attempted waking up at 4,then at 4.15, then someone called up and finally dragged me out of the bed!(Sumant told me it was Bhagwant with his new alarm device!)Had a quick head n face bath,got ready,n was out in the chilling dawn(it was before dawn actually).
Managed to get the college bus,thanks to Sumant.It was a nice ride from the girls hostel with all the beautiful resident creatures.Reached Nehru stadium,got the posting,an I-card and (guess what?),food!
To reach the posting,which was at German bakery in Koregaon Park,we were crammed-up in a PMT bus with dozens other physiotherapists and EMS people.It was a relief to find known faces amongst the crowd,that too in pre-dawn darkness!
At the posting,it was surprising to find so many people,which we later realised were from the army sports institute.After having our breakfasts,we awaited the runners...
As we were discussing about there running speed at the start of the race,some one annonced their arrival.We were all on our toes to get a glimpse of the elite runners,and there they were,a group of thin but sturdy looking black men,sprinting past us.And then after a couple of minutes we saw an Indian runner which made us rejoice with cheers!
Again there was a lull and as we doubted our prospects of seeing an injury,we saw a motorbike coming towards us with an a black runner.We hurdled towards him,arranged for a chair(sorry no beds provided by the organisers).He had,what he thought,was an ankle injury.It was a task taking the brief history as both the parties were trying there best attempts at sign language.We searched for an ice pack,but the organising committee forgot to put it in our medi-kit(which according to them,it was our responsibility...quite rightly so)
We gave the first aid and let him rest.
Many more runners followed in the next hour,most of them being from the army.I was appalled at the bullying behavior of the army representative or something!He literally pushed and hit a player who came there running for 10km!But you can't expect anything better from them,can you?
What followed later was a mad frenzy.Hundreds of people gathering near the 10km endpoint.Every one had a gala party having the awesome breakfast provided by the organisers.Everyone loitered the plastic bags,egg shells and what not!In a few minutes,the wide beautiful road became a dumping ground!
It was still a very nice experience apart from the filth and the disorganised approach.I met a dude who completed the 10km run in 59 min.The catch was,he was operated for his brain tumour(meningioma) some time back!There were small children,elderly citizens,women and girls.It was astonishingly heart warming to see their enthusiasm!
The rest of the day wasn't quite good.Had a small fight with Rutu.After some time got the news that her cousin grandmom succumbed to breast cancer.Felt really bad.Waiting for her to call...
Tomorrow's gonna be a fresh day.New posting,in Inlaks Hospital,the dance practice,and yes am getting extremely close to buying my new cam!!yipppeee!!
Will keep updating!
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