A day at the races

Last Sunday, Chaitanya ran the Los Angeles marathon in downtown Los Angeles. A couple of us chose to meet him at the finishing stage and to take him to lunch. At least 25,000 people started that morning with nearly 20,000 completing it finally. Amongst the many noteworthy ones were a group of high-school students, one of the sportscasters on ABC who was fit enough to run the marathon between 8.15am and 11.30am and host the sportscast in the afternoon, dozens of middle-aged men who were eagerly waited on by their wives, and of course Chaitanya. Unfortunately for us though, we could not get to watch at the finishing line and so only got to see his haggard figure coming past the green scaffoldings. There was a festive atmosphere around Los Angeles and it was perhaps the only time I could possibly have enjoyed being in the vicinity of the city. I was nonetheless quite impressed with the surrounding architecture and the many landmarks -- most notably the Walt Disney Concert Hall and the Los Angeles Times building. Soon after the marathon finished, we headed over to El Paseo, a Mexican restaurant and amongst the oldest buildings in Los Angeles. Our waiter was blown away by Chaitanya's feat so much so that he made our case for a special discount to the manager in vain. We did however get treated to a second helping of dessert.

Chaitanya's First Marathon

Photos from the race

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