You know, there is nothing that pleases a blogger like me more than someone asking if they can share their story here. I mean, yes! Obviously! Thank you! And even better when the guest blogger is a young man I had written about in 2015 (and, yes, by the way, …
I’m in Bangkok for a couple of weeks, and so that means one thing. Well, one thing at least from a running perspective… The obligatory pilgrimage to the fabulous Lumphini Park, where you get to run amongst and around monitor lizards. (Yeah, I exaggerated with the blog title!) Yesterday I …
WHAT an amazing run that was last night in Paris! The attempt by Faith Kipyegon of Kenya to break 4:00 for the mile did not produce that hoped-for sub-4 finish, but this incredible powerhouse – in running 4:06:42 – ran the fastest mile ever run by a women and broke …
Feel like a bit of Monday motivation? A metaphorical kick in the rear to get you off the couch? Good, because that’s exactly what I’ve got lined up for you today. You know me – always happy to help! Here goes. We all know Sir Rod Stewart the rock star, …
So, here am I, absolutely laid low by a tight hamstring that’s been bugging me for a couple of months now. No, no, don’t roll your eyes like that – just hear me out…I have had this damned niggle I mean excruciating pain since my last half marathon in February. …
Quick drumroll… Please welcome our first guest post of 2025. Cue more drum-rolling. It comes from Shanghai, courtesy the talented and generous Tina Kanagaratnam. By way of context – since it’s New Years and all that – I started following Tina on Twitter years ago, because of the Shanghai connection …
There was a cute running story from China in the news today. This was the headline that sparked my interest; “China half-marathon offers unique prizes – cow, wild fish, chickens, boosting registration” It’s actually a really sweet story. “Organisers of the Nong’an Taipingchi Ice and Snow Half Marathon on Dec. …
There aren’t that many big parks in Bangkok – a city that I absolutely love, by the way – and so for the weekly LSD (long, slow distance run), most people seem to gravitate to Lumphini Park, a fabulous, huge green space in the heart of the city. I always …
Regular readers of this blog (thank you) and all my Delhi-based friends will not need an introduction to Kathakoli Dasgupta, today’s guest blogger and a regular contributor to these pages. But if you’re new here (welcome, welcome), Katha is the young woman who got me into running, and then proceeded …
My Shanghai-based cyber-running-historian friend Tina Kanagaratnam (whew, that’s quite some moniker!) – yes, where was I? yes, so Tina has been out and about this week, running in Xujiahui Park amidst the spectacular blossoms that are currently flowering there now. Too, too pretty: I remember being dazzled by the blossoms …
