St. Patrick's Day Dash

March 12, Sunday. I did the St. Patrick's day dash. Well, Vatsan, (yes, that king of all sorts of discussion lists!!!) had unearthed and sent this link and had added, off the cuff, that he'd registered. (A fact that I had pushed into the dark depths of my mind's abyss, and one he gleefully pointed out when I was at the point where i had no registration and the dash was a day away. Another To-Do item condemned to the murky depths of my forgetfulness.) Anyways, thankfully Ankit and registered on Friday (the 10th) and were punished with XL sized sweatshirts since all other sizes had run out. (Ha! Who cares about a nice gray long shirt with the dash details in bold green printed across? Who cares about wearing something fun for the Irish spirit within (?) ). Hmph.

Well, like I said before, I spent Saturday cramped in a lifeboat with a certain Pissing Patel! I was reading till 3am and only drifted to sleep after that, after having been scolded. Anyways, got up and went to the run with Vatsan and Ankit. It was contagious... the excitement and gaiety. People had gone to great lengths to reflect the spirit and the theme... green and spring. There were green trinkets, tattoos, hats, everything! We ran the timed red wave and stuck together throughout. Only for a while towards the end, Ankit was separated. Vatsan and I kept dodging people and beelined for the Finish at the end of 32.28 mins. All in all, it was real good fun. :)