every weekday morning, I ride my bike to borivli station, park it about 50 metres from where my office bus waits, and walk to it. the bus leaves shortly after 7:26 (it used to be 7:26 on the dot, but it's now usually 7:29), and it takes me a minimum of 4 minutes to unpark, ride the 2.5km to borivli station, and park. also, I have an incentive to be as early as possible: my favourite seat.
anyway, over the last 6 months, efforts have been on to shorten the the time I take to get ready as well. I started off taking 45 minutes (wake at 6:30), which I then reliably shortened to half an hour. this year, I had shortened it to 15 minutes if I skip something (usually breakfast and tea, but sometimes other things that I shall not specify :D). today, I actually got ready in 18 minutes without skipping anything. I guess I'll have to prove it can be done reliably before I can set it as my daily schedule. but I'm digressing:
last Friday, I probably woke up on the wrong side of the bed. I don't remember if I skipped anything or woke at 6:45, but I had left home at 7:18, and was 2 minutes early for the bus. and I also had no enthusiasm to do the 50m dash the way I usually do it (which is a flat out sprint, btw). so I walked.
halfway to the bus, the driver of a school van parked on the road waved at me. I slowed down, and he asked:
"why do you run everyday, and why are you walking today?"
I told him I need to catch a bus, which leaves at the exact same time daily, and I'm 1 minute early today.
but there is a deeper question I haven't been able to figure the answer to, yet:
why do I *need* to run for the bus everyday?
2 comments:
morning adrenaline rush?
not that i need it, but yes... i do find it hard to sleep in the bus after that! :D
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