Some of my friends are total rockstars, and since it is is International Women’s Day, it seems totally befitting to give a shout out to one such rockstar – the one and only Kathakoli Dasgupta, a young woman who has been part of my own running “journey” since Day One. …
My Shanghai-based running pal Tina Kanagaratnam comes up trumps today – as she does every time she shares her running photos, to be honest. As befits a lady who leads guided historic and cultural walks around Shanghai, Tina has a great eye for detail. So, what did this morning’s run …
Paraphrasing the inimitable Virginia Woolf, today I want to give a shout out to my lil’ room of my own 🙂 Well – actually it’s a basement, rather than a room. And it’s in my mother-in-law’s house. So yeah, you’re right, it’s not really a room of my own at …
My cyber-friend Tina Kanagaratnam went out for her regular run in Shanghai on Valentine’s Day and she shares with us here some of what she saw on her run through the streets of one of China’s most fascinating cities: Love is also blooming here, too (below) Tina’s comment on the …
Yesterday, on a stunning spring morning, I went for a nice ‘n slow walk/run around central Delhi, and boy oh boy was the city looking stunning. Absolutely gorgeous. I’m still taking my running very slowly, trying to minimise any impact on my eye (I had a retinal haemorrhage, for those …
Hello from one very, very, VERY happy woman. After scaring myself silly with a retinal haemorrhage just before Christmas, I was told by the retina specialist I consulted that there was to be no running and no weight lifting for weeks, if not months. Cue much weeping and wailing. Cancellation …
My Shanghai-based cyber-pal Tina Kanagaratnam has shared quite a few of her runs through the city with us here in the blog, as she, and all her fellow citizens, enjoy freedom after their harsh lockdown. Plus, now it’s the holiday season – Chinese New Year – and so Tina gets …
So, here we are, then. The curse of the best laid plans etc etc means that – contrary to expectations – I am not starting 2023 by running my first marathon in 4 years. Sadly, I will NOT be toeing the line in Mumbai tomorrow morning. All that hype about …
Following on from yesterday’s guest post about a winter morning run in Shanghai, Tina now shares her Christmas Eve running pics with us here. Remember that this is a city grappling with the after-effects of months of lockdowns and the sudden, unexpected lifting of restrictions in the last few days, …
I’ve shared running photos with you before from my Shanghai-based acquaintance Tina (oh the heck with it! ’tis the season etc etc) so, let’s not be too formal about things – my Shanghai-based friend Tina. Just before Christmas, in fact on the day of the winter solstice, December 21st, Tina …
