import time
import asyncio


now = lambda : time.time()

async def do_some_work(x):
    print('Waiting {}'.format(x))
    return 'Done after {}s'.format(x)

start = now()

coroutine = do_some_work(2)
loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
task = asyncio.ensure_future(coroutine)
loop.run_until_complete(task)

print('Task ret: {}'.format(task.result()))
print('TIME: {}'.format(time.time() - start))