second breath

second breath is typically defined as something which u find when u really crave for it... though in the dictionary it has several words like doggedness, perseverance, persistence, tenaciousness etc., I like the sound of "second breath".



the term is usually associated with sport, that's where Rahul first heard it at least... it was one of those days when he was literally tricked out of bed to go to jog (don’t get the impression that it happens every time… just once in a while)... ok...when you know one of your best friends is on his way to keep a commitment to go to jog and you're still with your lazy ass in bed, what do u do? Usually it becomes too much to handle for a mind that’s just started to get used to the fact that its morning already and that’s when you in some freak moment decide to keep your side of the bargain...I know u might feel I’m exaggerating but it can be totally vindicated... especially when you are an eighty kilo, big ass bum, who has up to now blamed the same guy for not waking him up...



ok so moving on… they go to jog, and Rahul wont pretend that he’s used to it, as it is that’s hard to do, I guess it all shows when the huffing and puffing almost sounds like the rhythm of a toy train, and the heart beat is like drums as in some metallica song, only out of tune. Of course his friend can’t feel that way, as already they’re running too slow by his standards which can be described by his winning of badminton championship and records in swimming in running waters of the Ganga… and in a sudden caprice to converse, he decides to help him out… he said “keep running… you’re close to the second breath”…



now this was after they’d run some 200m and it did come, I mean Rahul felt like dying at that particular moment and suddenly it was like his muscles had found a new oil well… they ran till the college gate (that’d be another 500m) before he asked if he’d have any third or fourth breaths … he still wonder what was it that was so funny about it, because he smiled, and said “no my friend only one second breath”… and they decided to walk their way back to the hostel…