Pretty much confined to barracks here in hot ‘n humid Delhi, news from friends overseas is a literal breath of fresh air. The lovely Kathakoli Dasgupta, who is based in Lancashire in the ‘ol home country sent me this lovely message last night, after her Sunday run: “What I saw …
Gotta love my girlfriends. My friend Shalini, sitting up in the mountains of Himachal (lucky thing, by the way) Whatsapped me a link to an article in today’s New York Times, about a naked run. As one does. Last weekend a Bouncing Buns Clothing Optional 5k was held in the …
Over the past few months, I have shared with you photos from my London-based friend Alison, who runs and exercises in Richmond Park, a glorious area in the south of the city, with huge open spaces and smashing tracks for running and biking. Plus there are herds of deer roaming …
…sort of cancelled. Like so: “Will not take place in its usual format” is, it turns out, a bit of an understatement. There will only be 30-40 elites who will not run the normal race route but will instead run loops in a biosecure bubble – jeez, this new normal …
The blog title is a spoiler alert, I suppose, for what is such a great story. This weekend Jill Karofsky, a US ultra runner and lawyer, interrupted her 100 mile run at 35 miles, to be sworn in as a Supreme Court justice in Wisconsin. And then off she ran, …
As if training for a marathon were not stressful enough already, the poor runners who are still hoping against hope that the London Marathon will take place, have now got to wait a further 2 weeks till they find out – yes? or no? This prestigious race should’ve taken place …
My young Shanghai-based friend Melissa messaged me this morning, to say she’d gone out for her first run in a while. It’s been raining a lot there for the last month, apparently. But today she headed out. What Melissa saw (& liked!) was a little courtyard that had been under …
Regular readers of this blog, and Delhi running friends, will know of the lovely Katha & her British husband Dave. They met through running, when Dave was posted here in Delhi. They now live in England, and are both regular contributors to this blog. Earlier this week I shared a …
Is there actually anything nicer than a running couple? I think not. Imagine a world where your partner understands your running, empathises, encourages…sigh…where there is no moaning about you heading out to run…sigh again… Which is one of the reasons why I love the running husband-and-wife duo of Kathakoli, a …
Every time my London-based friend Alison shares photos from her runs in Richmond Park, I get a twinge of envy, because having run there once when I was staying with her, it was such a treat. Running in the park, that is. Though staying with her was also a treat. …
