NostalJOGia...

dear blog

yesterday, i went to the ground for a jog. it has been a long time since i last jogged. during these summer hols, i was in delhi, at my bhua's place. their colony, true to its name, inspires sporting spirits into all its residents. a wide road encircles the colony. the quiet road, with big, green trees on either side, makes a very soothing frame especially in the evening. On THAT road i used to jog.

the whole road made a lap of about 2.5 Kms. but while jogging on it, the distance just didn't seem to register itself in my body. i could keep jogging on it the whole evening! in the evening, the many other people also used to walk/jog there. most of them took clockwise laps. i used to go anticlockwise. that way, i got to see their faces twice in a round.(ya.. my speed was about the same as theirs.) each face carried a different expression. some faces wore a smile the whole round. it was as if they too were enjoying themselves on that scenic road. some faces took deep breaths. they used to exhale so heavily that i could hear them approaching me around the blind turns! then there were some totally calm faces. it seemed as if they were feeling the cool air grazing their skin. also, there were some faces from whose expression it seemed as if they were completing some punishment. Most of the faces in this category also wore earphones. i wondered which songs they were listening to.

so, everyday when i jogged, i used to encounter the same faces. everyday they used to wear the same expressions. possibly even mine was the same everyday on seeing them! yesterday while i was jogging, all those faces came back to me again. it seemed as if i was jogging in delhi. although there was no face which i particularly liked, those faces keept appearing before my eyes in every lap. i think i experienced nostalgia for the first time today.


after completing five rounds, i pledged to myself to jog everyday. but today, i didn't go, thanks to a very busy schedule. i pledge again, today, to go for a jog everyday...(read "if i feel like jogging, i will think about it.")