Disclosure time. BUT, she hastens to add – I haven’t exactly been lazy, dear reader. For most of June I have been out of Delhi (where I live) and out of connectivity, as I tackled Kedar Dome, a 6800m climbing peak in the Himalayas. I reviewed my experience, mainly in …
Today I had a zoom class with my lovely Delhi-based trainer, Vijay. I’m in Bangkok for a couple of weeks, hence the zooming, instead of our usual in-person classes, punctuated by interruptions from my daft dog, Leia. While I was moaning and groaning my way through reverse lunges with rotation, …
Hands up anyone else who gleans quiet satisfaction from completing their daily step goal? I certainly do. We’re all familiar with the oft-quoted “10,000 steps a day” mantra, which is widely accepted as a goal we should accomplish in order to become/stay healthy. BUT – and here’s the thing – …
Over the last few years I’ve been a very desultory student of yoga. Truth is, I don’t really enjoy it, nor do I think I’ve made any progress whatsoever. I blame it on a very indifferent teacher – too complicated to explain the whys and wherefores – and yes, I …
It’s that absolutely horrible time of year again, here in Delhi, where I live. The pollution gets so bad, with the AQI plunging to dangerous levels, that it is just too damned dangerous to run outside. It was so bad today that we even wondered whether or nor to go …
Following on from our inaugural coaching post last week about push ups, this week we are chatting with Coach Jeevan, from Decodesnc, about PLANKS. How to do them, how useful are they, how long should they be held – you name it, Coach has the answers here for you. This …
If this oft-quoted statement is true, by rights we should ALL be as thin as stick insects after our ASICS Running Club meet this morning. Because boy, was it humid! 93% according to my trusty phone widget. 93% at 4.50 when I woke up. Like so. See? It clearly says …
We walk. Well, most of us do, every day of our lives. (Yes, we the lucky ones who take walking for granted) Some of us run. So walking (& by extension, running) are kind of obvious, right? You just put one foot in front of the other, right? Well, yes …
Today, for the first time since I got back to Delhi from my Himalayan climbing trip, I felt almost-rested and almost-fit enough to go for a run. The last few days, as I mentioned in my last blog post, I have been w-a-y too tired after climbing Banderpoonch, and felt …
I had rather ambitiously planned a big showy-offy running goodbye to 2017, but alas, ’twas not to be :( Since I have a full marathon in exactly 3 weeks and am TOTALLY under-prepared, I thought I’d aim high for today, the last LSD of the year. 30k, I told everyone. …
