Hello from the gorgeous hills of Himachal Pradesh, a state high in the Indian Himalayas. We are currently staying with our friends Shefali and Christopher Mitra in the Tirthan Valley, a much-loved home from home for the last 15 years. For context, here’s my view. Right now. Stunning, isn’t it? …
My lovely cyber-friend Myriam – whom I have yet to meet in person – sent me a series of fun photos and a lovely write up of her latest run in Belgium, where she lives. And there really were bouncy castles 🙂 🙂 Here, let Myriam tell you about it: …
Before we plunge into this fun guest post by my lovely UK based friend Kathakoli, let me clarify that Katha sent me this post a couple of days before the sad death of HM the Queen. I just dilly-dallied about posting it, for no particular reason. Mea culpa. Just didn’t …
There are days when I acknowledge that I really, really do not deserve the generous running friends I have. People kindly share their running photos with me and…I dilly-dally and post them 2 weeks later. Guilty as charged, Tina 🙁 Not so long ago, Shanghai-based Tina Kanagaratnam featured in a …
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 …
