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 …
Next week it is the Delhi half marathon and – as ever – nerves and panic are setting in. As I say every time – for someone who is running solely for pleasure and who should know better at my age, I certainly take these amateur races FAR too seriously …
It’s admittedly a bit of a cliché to say there’s never a dull moment in India. But it’s the truth. Because there isn’t. Which means, by extension, that there’s no such thing a dull run in India! Today was no exception. In no particular order… I saw hundreds of fruit …
Before I share my super-soggy run in the Biodiversity Park with you, please don’t “@” me, telling me that rain is what I should expect in Delhi’s monsoon season. I know, I know. But my silly weather app gave me only a 30%? 40%? possibility of getting drenched, so I …
In the interests of full disclosure, today’s 13km was a judicious mix of running, lots of walking, and quite a bit of sheltering from torrential rain. Got crazy soaked but had a crazy amazing time, so that all worked out well! But the focus of “what I saw on my …
Yesterday the world lost an elderly gentleman who has had an enormous, larger than life impact on the perception of ageing. Fauja Singh, the man famous for running a marathon at 100 years of age, was knocked down and killed in a hit and run incident, in his native village …
I’m in Bangkok for a couple of weeks, and so that means one thing. Well, one thing at least from a running perspective… The obligatory pilgrimage to the fabulous Lumphini Park, where you get to run amongst and around monitor lizards. (Yeah, I exaggerated with the blog title!) Yesterday I …
WHAT an amazing run that was last night in Paris! The attempt by Faith Kipyegon of Kenya to break 4:00 for the mile did not produce that hoped-for sub-4 finish, but this incredible powerhouse – in running 4:06:42 – ran the fastest mile ever run by a women and broke …
As the Bible says in Psalm 8:2. I’ve always taken this quotation to mean that children tell the truth, even if it’s blunt, although that’s perhaps not actually the strict interpretation of the Bible verse. I read somewhere that it means that children can be wise, which is also kind …
I am currently holidaying in Mussoorie, a hill station in the Indian Himalayas, where it is way cooler than Delhi (where I live) which is lovely. Sorry, dear Delhi readers…don’t mean to crow! This is also the week when, after following my physio’s orders (for once!!) not to walk for …
