Running makes a better Doctor

Marathons and Hormones: A Decade and Running Early days : After completing 3yrs of studying the subject of my choice, and passing the exams to now be christened as an endocrinologist, I was posted to work in the City Beautiful, Chandigarh in February 2009. After having passed through a decade, which included studying for 6 yrs, and a couple of years each as faculty in my alma mater AFMC and later, a relaxed tenure in Bhutan, here I was, to take up responsibilities and challenges in my new upgraded role in a large tertiary care hospital. This also meant an end to the tough period of being a student and studying for exams, which seemed to be unending since the day I had joined the medical college. Now here I was, with plenty of time, to explore new hobbies and develop new interests.  Long distance running had never been done beyond the compulsory 5km that too as part of the compulsory military regimen. But the bug did bite in the winters of that year, as I took up to running...