A year ago today, 23 November 2019, I tore the meniscus in my left knee, chasing after a bunch of schoolboys who were harassing me. I had gone for a mid-morning run in my beloved Biodiversity Park, preparing for a half marathon in December, the Mumbai Marathon in January, followed …
We decided to escape from the annual horrors of the Diwali pollution in Delhi, and so we’re in the Himalayas for a few days, staying with friends in Mussoorie. Last night it poured down, absolutely threw it down. At one point, there was the mother of thunderclaps and the room …
This HAS to be the song of the day, right, after it was played as the fireworks for Joe Biden exploded in the Delaware sky. I already loved the song, but I didn’t know the poignant back story, connecting it to Mr. Biden. It was, apparently, one of the favourite …
It’s that absolutely horrible time of year again, here in Delhi, where I live. The pollution gets so bad, with the AQI plunging to dangerous levels, that it is just too damned dangerous to run outside. It was so bad today that we even wondered whether or nor to go …
Hmm… Just checked my mileage on Garmin for October and it was more moderate than I thought – a mere 177.61km. Somehow imagined I’d’ve done more. In my own defense, I did hurt my toe a few weeks ago (still hurts a wee bit, if I’m being honest) so I …
Remember I introduced you here, a couple of weeks ago, to one of my cyber-running-buddies, the ageless Dickie Longo from Louisiana? Well, dear Dickie managed to run a REAL race this weekend, at the North Shore 5k. And, as usual, he swept most of the honours, winning several categories. What …
Katha and Dave’s UK runcation has (sadly) come to an end. Sad for them, I’m sure, but even more so for this blog, because Katha’s daily posts have been source of joy (& learning!!) this past week. I found this final post both poetic and also quite moving. Katha expresses …
My UK-based friends Katha & Dave are still jaunting their way around southern England on holiday, and in today’s guest post Katha chats to us from the Cotswolds. I remember Cotswold villages as being ridiculously pretty and scenic, so it was a joy to revisit them here – and (a …
My Zimbabwean/South African friend Will Taylor is a fearsomely talented photographer, and his wildlife photos from the bush are absolutely stunning. So no surprises, then, that his “out for a run” photos are also pretty darned fantastic. Like so: HOW gorgeous is this? Despite knowing Cape Town quite well (we …
Done it again, haven’t I? Stopped 22 metres short of a nice round figure for my September mileage? 😛 I vowed after doing the same thing in August that I’d be sure to “round off” my stats & make ’em look nice & neat, but did I remember? Nah! Of …
