Random Thoughts

so we started on our return journey at around 9:15. and this time i realized that cyling also can make you tired. while i was riding i didn't feel any pain, but now my thighs were aching. thankfully there wasn't much pain in the back. we started slowly, partly because we were tired and also because we weren't under any time constraint. i was supposed to take part in a 3-hr game but had put up a post on the nb saying that i had some urgent work and so won't be able to come. :)

the pain continued to increase as i cycled. initially it was bearable, becuause i have become quite used to thigh pain after so many years of jogging. but the last 6 kms were really bad. the muscles had got stretched, and i was having a burning sensation. thankfully my partner was sympathetic and continued to cycle with me for the entire distance. i am sure he could have cycled much faster even then, had he wanted to. finally we reached campus at 10:15, full 3 hours after we had set off, and 1 hour later than our estimate. we had a hearty breakfast, and then went to sleep.

i must admit that for most of the part the journey was boring. it felt good to breathe fresh morning air and enjoy some lush greanery (which have cropped up along the roadside during monsoon season), but after a while it all began to look too familiar. frequently i used to get lost in my own thoughts, and used to come back to senses by the noise of screaming tyres of a truck. what was i thinking? well, many things come to your mind when you are idle, or the work is boring. most of the time my mind was with someone 1000 miles away and 4:30 hours behind, even though i knew my thinking about him/her wasn't going to make any difference. but i just couldn't help it.

on a funnier note, when i look back at my getting lost in my thoughts while riding a cycle on a highway, i can understand why people say that love can kill you. :)