My run was a DNF today :(. It was my long run and I just didnt have the juice to complete the targeted distance. I believe the alcohol and food last night  from "VAPOUR" troubled me while running. I usually dont step out the night before my long runs but being at home due to this long WFH couldn't control stepping out. My stomach was growling while running.  Hopefully I get enough sleep tonight and will try to hit the targeted distance tomorrow.

Dallas passed away few days ago. Its really sad that he is no more. He was one of the first Client Managers I worked in the US and he actually believed in me I guess. In fact all thanks to him that my stay in US extended from a month to an year. He had given me a nickname called "Carnigie" , I had copy pasted our chat in one of my blogs. I absolutely have no clue as to why I saved that chat back then(11 years ago). May be this was the reason to just cherish the memories. It came to me as a shock when I got to know that he had cancer. We were just connected on FB but we were hardly talking to each other. Then in the recent past, he started posting funny stories about his every hospital visit on FB, he was so funny about his whole treatment, surgery, covid stories. I think he was trying to forget the pain by trying to be funny. By the look of it I sensed he wont be alive too long. At one point in time, 10 years ago I felt he had a crush on me. He used to invite me for drinks and one day suddenly he called  and he came near my apartment that was a pretty strange thing though. I was shocked to see him.  I was actually deeply in love with my first ever Boy friend back then. Dallas knew about it. That was one of the reason he gave me that nick name "Carnigie" because my then bf was to join that college for his full time MBA and that was one of the reason I had moved to US before him. Anyways, coming back to Dallas, I knew he was hitting on me. But I clearly openly had told him that I am into my then bf only. Dallas was then going through divorce and he had left his first wife with whom he had 2 beautiful children. Anyways that's his personnel choice. I never asked him what went wrong and I was just 24 or 25 years old and was too young to understand the so called "Western Marriage" back then. I didnt ask him much about it. Later he found a really hot chick and he got married and apparently both of them were very happy with each other. They were living like a very happy family. His wife really really took care of him as he would describe his wife and how she would take care of him in his posts. I feel sad as he left too early and too young to live this world. Anyways, may his soul rest in peace and may God give strength to his family, kids and his closed circle.

I was discussing this with one of then collegue in US who used to know Dallas as well and this guy told me that Dallas had cancer 10 years ago and he recovered back then and it re occured again after 10 years and this time it was too bad. It is so scary. Even if someone survives it the first time there is no gurantee that it will not hit them back at later stage. 

I dont know on and off I have been thinking from past few months that I should do a himalayan trek. 2 years ago when a known runner friends went for the Mt.Everest base camp trekking. I decided that next year I will do either EBC or one of the himalayan trekking. I honestly strongly feel mountains especially himalayas have a magic in them. I still remember our visit to Joshimath, Gangaria and then the Bhutan himalayan range(Honestly I loved the Bhutan himalayan range and told my self I will again visit Bhutan and this time I will explore the trails of himalayas over there). We all know that Covid happened and again last year I was discussing with one of my other runner friend she also felt she wants to do a himalayan trekking and we infact thought March or April we should do and 2021 turned out to be 2020 repeat.  I seriously badly want to go over there this time. I wish I can go work from there too with this unlimited wfh option. I still remember when I was hiking from Joshimath to Gangaria we came across this beautiful view with the water flowing from the top of the mountain thats where we sat and had a lunch I still remember that view and I dont know I always felt since then that when I am retired or old I should just live with a view like that. Honestly, I love beach and mountains but given a chance i would always love to live in the mountains. I know that my body cant take extreme weather, I cant take bangalore winter due to my allergies and things like that. That is mostly because of bangalore pollution and the pollen it makes it worst and I fall sick often and I dont want to addict myself to this inhalers on a daily basis. I also feel I have the same genes as my dad, my dad also used to have this unlimited phelgm issue and its the same thing with me. Infact running has helped me increase my lung capacity. I was worried that during Covid I would be the most targeted person as Covid is directly related to the lungs and things like that. I am still concerned but all thanks to running that my lung capacity is better. Infact I did fall sick in december end I did have all the mild symptoms of Covid and I recovered also pretty fast and I hope this year I would get a vaccine soon