I ran the half marathon in this event on Sunday, so can only really speak to that race, although I noted certain things that affect everyone, regardless of category, and some things that are specific to the longer distances. So here goes. In the interests of full disclosure, I enjoyed …
Yesterday, despite all my misgivings, I ran a half marathon here in Delhi. And all because of FOMO. Let me explain. I had decided that I wouldn’t run the HM, even after switching categories from the marathon to half, because (a) I was seriously undertrained and (b) there was an …
This morning, I ran THE slowest half marathon EVER of my decidedly patchy “running” career… BUT!!! BUT…and here let me insert a quick drumroll for the raucous cheerleading team from Adidas Runners…as I ran past them on Lodhi Road in the pre-dawn dark, my name was shouted out over the …
I met many lovely people this morning during the course of my half marathon through the streets of Delhi. So many kind greetings, and “Well done” and “Keep it up”, mostly from strangers. Every time I race, I am blown away by the kindness of strangers, wishing each other well, …
As I write, I am winding down from the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon this morning. Surprisingly, I’m not as dog tired as I expected to be, after waking up at 3am for a 5am start, so that’s nice. Nor am I aching as much as I have been for the …
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 …
Oh dear, oh dear. Here is quite a sad story about the just concluded Tata Mumbai Marathon – yes, yes, the one I pulled out of and have been whimpering about ever since :P Apparently some greedy fellas stole 2,200 finisher’s medals, thinking they were real gold. I’d seen a …
Nearly 8 years ago, when I was a newly minted half-marathoner, I wrote a blog post right here about the craziness of being disappointed in one’s results, when you have just achieved something pretty darn impressive – aka running 21.097 km. Here is the link and (in all modesty) I …
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 …
One of the constant joys of blogging, and the connects one makes through social media, is that you learn all manner of things, and get to meet all manner of super-achieving people. Like my cyber-friend Sachin Sharma who has just become the first Indian to complete the Everesting 10k challenge. …
