The fun and travel legacy carried forward from 2010 has been taken care of well by 2011, and is being forwarded to its successor in a much better shape.
As usual, the year started with a fantastic run at Mumbai Marathon, where I could clock my personal best. And, the year ended with 3 more Marathons in 3 Months in 3 different Continents (Berlin/Europe, Niagara Falls/North America, Singapore/Asia). Though I couldn't improve much in terms of pace, I could sustain higher frequency.
As far as travel is concerned, this year is the best so far. Spent a month in California and planned every weekend in advance and executed the plan perfectly. Drove 5000 KM in 4 weekends, which include drives to Yosemite, Tahoe/Reno, Pacific Coast and Las Vegas. Visit to the Grand Canyons during the Las Vegas visit left me wanting, and Grand Canyons got added to the to-do list. Late in the year, traveled to Germany for Berlin Marathon. After the run, spent a week visiting Berlin, Amsterdam and Brussels. Just a couple of weeks after that, work took me to Canada and I spent a month there. I could manage to do a very long drive to New York, besides the Marathon at Niagara Falls, during that month. Another coupe of weeks later, spent a few days in Singapore. Last quarter of the year has been hectic with lots of travel and runs.
This year has been better with Bike too. No, not cycle, its about the Bullet. Riding started with a trip to Pondicherry in February and ended only on 31st December with a 5 day long ride to west coast covering Gokarna, Murudeshwar and Jog Falls. With a great gang of friends, did a couple of memorable rides to Coorg and Chikmagalur. Besides those, did a solo ride to Ooty with just Bullet and Kindle.
Cycling took a hit this year with absolutely no cycling outside cycle-to-work, which will also be ending right from the first day of 2012, as I am shifting to a house which is around 200 meters away from office, and I will be doing walk-to-work. But, that gives me a lot of time and I can renew my pleasure rides. BTW, I just finished 4 years of cycle-to-work and people at work refer to me as Cycle-Srini :)
Lastly, about work... I am at a kind of cross roads in my career. Nothing significant happened by the end of this year and am looking forward to next year for something interesting. Nevertheless, I achieved something. When they had a chance to say something about me, my team said, "Whatever the quirks, we all love our Cycle-Srini". And, that indeed is significant.
As usual, the year started with a fantastic run at Mumbai Marathon, where I could clock my personal best. And, the year ended with 3 more Marathons in 3 Months in 3 different Continents (Berlin/Europe, Niagara Falls/North America, Singapore/Asia). Though I couldn't improve much in terms of pace, I could sustain higher frequency.
As far as travel is concerned, this year is the best so far. Spent a month in California and planned every weekend in advance and executed the plan perfectly. Drove 5000 KM in 4 weekends, which include drives to Yosemite, Tahoe/Reno, Pacific Coast and Las Vegas. Visit to the Grand Canyons during the Las Vegas visit left me wanting, and Grand Canyons got added to the to-do list. Late in the year, traveled to Germany for Berlin Marathon. After the run, spent a week visiting Berlin, Amsterdam and Brussels. Just a couple of weeks after that, work took me to Canada and I spent a month there. I could manage to do a very long drive to New York, besides the Marathon at Niagara Falls, during that month. Another coupe of weeks later, spent a few days in Singapore. Last quarter of the year has been hectic with lots of travel and runs.
This year has been better with Bike too. No, not cycle, its about the Bullet. Riding started with a trip to Pondicherry in February and ended only on 31st December with a 5 day long ride to west coast covering Gokarna, Murudeshwar and Jog Falls. With a great gang of friends, did a couple of memorable rides to Coorg and Chikmagalur. Besides those, did a solo ride to Ooty with just Bullet and Kindle.
Cycling took a hit this year with absolutely no cycling outside cycle-to-work, which will also be ending right from the first day of 2012, as I am shifting to a house which is around 200 meters away from office, and I will be doing walk-to-work. But, that gives me a lot of time and I can renew my pleasure rides. BTW, I just finished 4 years of cycle-to-work and people at work refer to me as Cycle-Srini :)
Lastly, about work... I am at a kind of cross roads in my career. Nothing significant happened by the end of this year and am looking forward to next year for something interesting. Nevertheless, I achieved something. When they had a chance to say something about me, my team said, "Whatever the quirks, we all love our Cycle-Srini". And, that indeed is significant.
