I had often wondered, in my pre-running days, how on earth pounding along a street could be described as fun. Now I know better. When they call something a “fun run”, what they are actually talking about is this: Or this : Or better still, this : This morning we …
As the French might well have said during the Revolution – “Aux barricades!” Here in foggy chilly Delhi, we have our own unfolding drama about barricades, which is a little too long (& off topic) to go into here, but in a nutshell… …because the Americans strip-searched an Indian diplomat …
There is nothing quite like taking up a new (healthy) activity to galvanise one’s energy and enthusiasm levels. And that would be? Oh, my latest obsessively favourite thing to do in Delhi. Which is, quite simply, to run. I am enjoying it so much so that I am starting a new …
And another item on the bucket list gets ticked, though whether or not a mere 6km segment of a half marathon counts is a moot point. But moot or not, today was great fun. Not great running but great fun, and we always knew that would be the case. When …
Sunday, the day after tomorrow, it is the Airtel Delhi Half Marathon and I will be part of it. And it’s all hugely exciting. For the last – what? – 3 months I have been part of a programme called Couch – 6km, intended to get non-runners running. Which is …
