An Indian Taper

[El Gordo]

Great post, GM. You sound more vegged-out than that market stall looks. India is so wonderful; in fact, more than wonderful -- wondrous. You describe it well, and you do it in the way that the Spanish correspondents on here describe Spain: not by trying to describe the country and the total experience, but by talking about intriguing, if relatively trivial, details that connect to each other and create a sort of unintentional tapestry. Good stuff.

If we don't hear from you again before the race, I hope it goes well. A marathon is a long distance. Sounds self-evident, but you'll understand that truth better after Sunday. You've probably heard the old cliché that the halfway point of a marathon being the 20 mile mark? It's not quite as bad as that, but it's true that those last 6 miles can be very leaden, and it's through this very long, lonely, introspective stretch that either you'll be very glad that you took our advice (start slowly and take it as steadily as possible), or will be cursing yourself that you didn't.

You'll learn stuff about yourself and the human condition this weekend. Please come back and tell us the bits you remember.

Good luck mate.