Now that after the rest of the world, I have started to appreciate blogs and bloggers, I hope I'd be a regular click on my friend's google readers. This January looks set with my trip to Rameswaram on thursday the 14th (also Pongal). This is the right time to go freak out and also in the process get to know something about the state I supposedly belong to. After living for some 4.5 yrs now, i feel a semblance of belonging here. The temple city seems the right place to start with. Plans are afoot to come back earlier than planned. If not, plans for further siteseeing shall be made
I'm missing my last saarang and feel sad not bec I cant hammerfall or will miss Shankar ehsaan Loy, but I'd miss the mad head banging and dancing on the isles with friends. I'd be in Arakku Valley in Andhra running through mountains and caves and sipping cold beer with some hot chick maybe :) , so it'll all be worth it afterall!
This week just seems different! I'm doin things that I never do at all, like check up Nexus One, the smart phone by google. I'd come last in any quiz related to gadgets but dunno where I'm getting the interest from these last few days.
And I want to run! That's become my latest favourite sport. Got company from tomorrow as well. Some things in life not working but who cares?? Just enjoying the moment. Now i dont know how many topics I've touched and I'm rambling for sure
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Thursday, October 18, 2007
My First Real Insti Practice
On the 29th of September, when we( IITM contingent) left for Bombay for the 43rd Inter IIT sports meet, the initial thought that came to some of us would have been-- "It has ended, and we have endured it all". The 'It' here is Insti Practice, which is much more demanding than Inter IIT itself.
It all started, eventually, in the Anna University pool. Promises were made, regarding our pool, last semester, but it just seemed that everyone involved was having an extended holiday. So we went about our stuff.
I was putting fight to get into the Insti Team this year. We warmed up by swimming 1 km and then the drills and sprints would follow. The sets were mostly of 100m. The coach would be looking down on his stopwatch, and would blow the whistle every 1m 30s, and off all of us 'had to go'. Now, it so happened that when I stretched myself to the limit(over many sets), I could just about finish in 90 seconds. After every 75m, I would see tattu and co., the heart of the swimming team, chilling out at the other end. I would think to myself, 'One more lap, then peace'. And the moment I reached the other end, the whistle would blow.
We used to practice every alternate evening for atleast 2 to 3 hrs. I would almost certainly spend most of the time swimming, always playing the catch up game, knowing there was no end to it at any end of the pool! This did kinda make my body more like pulp, but it did increase my stamina. And after all that, the team had to endure johnny for another half an hour before getting out. I will not go deep into it here, as it deserves another blog.
There was a break in practice because of 1st quiz, after which we resumed practice. Quizzes ended on 19th September, and there were only 10 days to go. So we started coming in the morning and evening. No need to say that it was 'rapemax'. After the gruelling evening practice, I would not even be fit enough to see a movie. I slept everywhere, in class, in my room, in the mess sometimes.Even while walking, I was starting to see birds by now. The only reason I did not sleep in the pool maybe, was because I was in water.
We had a practice match a day before leaving for Inter IIT, with a team that had come from outside campus. Most of them were excellent swimmers with a clear goal--"Get to the Ball". One member of our team would pass the ball and all 6 of them would dart towards him. Because of their amazing speed, they were, actually bothering us, though they did not have any ball handling skills. It was quite funny watching from outside. They did manage in panicking some of us with this approach, but we won comfortably.
Finally, it was 28th, the last day of practice. I didn't get into the pool due to ear pain. We just did some gen practice and then we had a final pep talk from the coaches. I left the pool motivated and exhausted.
It all started, eventually, in the Anna University pool. Promises were made, regarding our pool, last semester, but it just seemed that everyone involved was having an extended holiday. So we went about our stuff.
I was putting fight to get into the Insti Team this year. We warmed up by swimming 1 km and then the drills and sprints would follow. The sets were mostly of 100m. The coach would be looking down on his stopwatch, and would blow the whistle every 1m 30s, and off all of us 'had to go'. Now, it so happened that when I stretched myself to the limit(over many sets), I could just about finish in 90 seconds. After every 75m, I would see tattu and co., the heart of the swimming team, chilling out at the other end. I would think to myself, 'One more lap, then peace'. And the moment I reached the other end, the whistle would blow.
We used to practice every alternate evening for atleast 2 to 3 hrs. I would almost certainly spend most of the time swimming, always playing the catch up game, knowing there was no end to it at any end of the pool! This did kinda make my body more like pulp, but it did increase my stamina. And after all that, the team had to endure johnny for another half an hour before getting out. I will not go deep into it here, as it deserves another blog.
There was a break in practice because of 1st quiz, after which we resumed practice. Quizzes ended on 19th September, and there were only 10 days to go. So we started coming in the morning and evening. No need to say that it was 'rapemax'. After the gruelling evening practice, I would not even be fit enough to see a movie. I slept everywhere, in class, in my room, in the mess sometimes.Even while walking, I was starting to see birds by now. The only reason I did not sleep in the pool maybe, was because I was in water.
We had a practice match a day before leaving for Inter IIT, with a team that had come from outside campus. Most of them were excellent swimmers with a clear goal--"Get to the Ball". One member of our team would pass the ball and all 6 of them would dart towards him. Because of their amazing speed, they were, actually bothering us, though they did not have any ball handling skills. It was quite funny watching from outside. They did manage in panicking some of us with this approach, but we won comfortably.
Finally, it was 28th, the last day of practice. I didn't get into the pool due to ear pain. We just did some gen practice and then we had a final pep talk from the coaches. I left the pool motivated and exhausted.
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