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. …
Meet my tribe. My Delhi running group. In some ways, today was like every other training session. Effort. Sweat. Laughs. Encouragement. Learning. Practice. Progress. And in some ways, today was also very different. Fog. Smog. Pollution. Worries. Fear. Concern. Determination. Tears. Injuries. Aches. Pain. Nerves. Frustration. Through the pall of …
This morning, I decided that if there is a God, he must have a deep sense of irony. There was I, happy as a sand boy after a brilliant training session on Thursday, and less than 2 days later, wham! Back down to earth. I was about 5 minutes late …
Sobering words from Coach Vijay this morning after our interval training. On a day when my confidence was already having a major wobble, the words “You have to be realistic” definitely made me stop & think. Coach had told me at the start of the session that I had to …
