My lovely UK-based friend Kathakoli Dasgupta met her (now) husband here in Delhi, thanks (largely) to our running group…nah, truth be told, Katha met Dave thanks to one of the lovely gals in my running group, but we were ALL part of their budding romance and we ALL decided (on …
You all know what “plogging” is, right? I’m sure you do, but just in case, here’s Wikipedia’s explanation: Not at all complicated and an activity that everyone of us can so easily undertake. Those of you who follow my running feed on Instagram will have seen plogging photos over the …
I have Shanghai based Tina Kanagaratnam to thank for this interesting post. I’ve only met Tina once, and that, too, briefly, on a “Historic Shanghai” walk led by her and her husband on our last visit to the city, but we had actually been in cyber-touch before that. Tina had …
Today, June 5th, is – as many of you already know – World Environment Day, and to mark the event, this morning a group of Delhi schoolchildren were initiated into the environmentally friendly practice of plogging. I’ve blogged before about plogging, and will share some links at the end of …
It’s almost a month since I ran my first non ultra in La Ultra. If this sounds contradictory, and for those of you who haven’t yet read my earlier blog about this amazing high altitude race, here you go – here’s the link. Basically, in a race called La Ultra, …
I have to give a HUGE shout-out to the wonderful Kathakoli Dasgupta, my Delhi running buddy, now living in my native place 🙂 Katha is not only a great runner, she is a super writer (as befits her education and professional background), and she generously writes lovely happy running blog …
I have my lovely running friend Kathakoli Dasgupta to thank for yet another fab, chatty guest post. Katha and Dave moved from Delhi to the UK a few years ago, and you’ll find a reference to running here in Delhi in this lovely post 🙂 Enjoy! And now over to …
…as mine did this morning. Totally pear-shaped. As in planning to run 40k, but calling it quits at 11k. If that’s not pear-shaped, God knows what is. Even though I hate the cold, Delhi’s abrupt transition from chilly 2 weeks ago to 40C is absolutely brutal. So the only solution …
This is SUCH a lovely guest post from my running friend Rashi Bhargava. Rashi has been a cyber-mate for well over a year, as we trained online together, thanks to the pandemic. We finally met up for a quick run on Women’s Day but this post, describing her first ever …
…though you could be mistaken for thinking it was Japan, in cherry blossom time! How gorgeous is this? By the way, for those of you who are not familiar with India, Bhimtal is in the Himalayan state of Uttarakhand. These smashing photos are from my friend Bala, who moved from …
