Its been quite a while since my last post on 31st August 2013, and since then there have been only a couple of updates in my life, nothing major.
Work related first - I shifted from the Asset Finance Group to the Corporate Finance Group in October, within the same organization, and also managed to secure a promotion to go with it. Thus, all asset related posts hence forth are going to be pretty much nostalgia about what I did for the first two and a half years of my short three year career.
A change of vertical also meant a new team to fit into, new colleagues to bond with, and a change of the most important person in one's life (for unmarried people that is) - a new boss. Fortunately for you, i am not going to continue rambling on about work here, and by God's grace, the title of this post isn't related to work related targets at all.
So, on to the fitness front then. Since August 2013, I ran two half marathons - The Bangalore Midnight Marathon in December 2013 (in 2 hrs 7 mins 19 secs); and The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in January 2014 (in 2 hrs 0 mins 35 secs) (will definitely be a post on this soon) Here's an image from the Mumbai Marathon, courtesy the amazing photogs at Marathon-photos.com
Continuing the sporting achievements, we (the Metro Warriors) successfully defended our L&T Premier League trophy in February, becoming the only team in the LPL's six year history to qualify for the final four times and win thrice (a post is due on this one too) On the way to the trophy we also swept the Player of the Tournament, Batsman of the Tournament, Bowler of the Tournament and Most 6's trophies. Here's a photo of the winning team
Thus, all targets for the current sporting season were surpassed with flying colors and 'Exceeds Expectations'. Now the hard part, setting targets for next year after such a stellar performance.
The sporting calender kicks off in September 2014 with Athlos 6.0, the annual sports meet of XIMB. Team XIMB Alumni made their debut in Athlos 4.0, finishing with a solitary gold and one silver medal. We fielded only a token presence Athlos 5.0 and this September, we return to campus to put right past wrongs.
On the running front, I could try a full marathon, the absolute definition of fitness in today's corporate world. After some contemplation, I've decided to give up on the superhuman effort and work on improving my half marathon timings with a 1 hr 45 min target. Although the midnight marathon was an interesting experience in itself, i'll probably try a new route this year. The Goa Beach Run next February looks like an attractive option.
On the cycling front, a week-long road trip to Goa remains the dream in winter, subject to leave from office. Intermediate goals on weekends include 100km in a day and then 130km (personal best currently is 62km - Thane and back)
Last but not the least (and probably the toughest) - I'm going to set myself a personal weight gain target of hitting 65 kgs by September, and 70 kgs next March. Going by my history of maintaining 55 kgs for the last 10 years, it does seem like a tall order. After all, what are targets if not impossible and un-achievable anyways. Cheers!
