I’m in my birthday week, and it’s A Big Birthday. One that makes me shockingly old BUT (thinking positively) one that also puts me in a new age category in races – which is an aspect of ageing that I’ve only been acquainted with in the past decade since I …
My UK-based running girlfriend Katha never ceases to amaze. Despite being aquaphobic, she has pushed herself to overcome her fear, so as to be able to compete in triathlons. Please read this excellent from-the-heart account of the latest milestone she has achieved, and we can all of us apply the …
I am currently staying with friends in Mussoorie, a Himalayan hill station, where it is the busy season. To be fair, like everyone else, we also decided to beat a retreat from the heat of the Indian plains by heading for the hills, so we are part of that very …
My lovely running gal Kathakoli Dasgupta has contributed many guest posts to this blog (including this one from last year, also about running in a sari 🙂 ) She chats with us here about a recent run in the UK where she now lives, and how/why she decided to run …
Have you seen the latest ad for Nike women’s clothes? Specifically for a sports bra and leggings? It features a trans influencer called Dylan Mulvaney, who is still biologically male. Here, please watch the clip (below) if you haven’t already seen it… I have decided, after a lot of private …
Some of my friends are total rockstars, and since it is is International Women’s Day, it seems totally befitting to give a shout out to one such rockstar – the one and only Kathakoli Dasgupta, a young woman who has been part of my own running “journey” since Day One. …
My Shanghai-based running pal Tina Kanagaratnam comes up trumps today – as she does every time she shares her running photos, to be honest. As befits a lady who leads guided historic and cultural walks around Shanghai, Tina has a great eye for detail. So, what did this morning’s run …
Paraphrasing the inimitable Virginia Woolf, today I want to give a shout out to my lil’ room of my own 🙂 Well – actually it’s a basement, rather than a room. And it’s in my mother-in-law’s house. So yeah, you’re right, it’s not really a room of my own at …
My cyber-friend Tina Kanagaratnam went out for her regular run in Shanghai on Valentine’s Day and she shares with us here some of what she saw on her run through the streets of one of China’s most fascinating cities: Love is also blooming here, too (below) Tina’s comment on the …
Yesterday, on a stunning spring morning, I went for a nice ‘n slow walk/run around central Delhi, and boy oh boy was the city looking stunning. Absolutely gorgeous. I’m still taking my running very slowly, trying to minimise any impact on my eye (I had a retinal haemorrhage, for those …
