Paraphrasing the inimitable Virginia Woolf, today I want to give a shout out to my lil’ room of my own 🙂 Well – actually it’s a basement, rather than a room. And it’s in my mother-in-law’s house. So yeah, you’re right, it’s not really a room of my own at …
My cyber-friend Tina Kanagaratnam went out for her regular run in Shanghai on Valentine’s Day and she shares with us here some of what she saw on her run through the streets of one of China’s most fascinating cities: Love is also blooming here, too (below) Tina’s comment on the …
Yesterday, on a stunning spring morning, I went for a nice ‘n slow walk/run around central Delhi, and boy oh boy was the city looking stunning. Absolutely gorgeous. I’m still taking my running very slowly, trying to minimise any impact on my eye (I had a retinal haemorrhage, for those …
Hello from one very, very, VERY happy woman. After scaring myself silly with a retinal haemorrhage just before Christmas, I was told by the retina specialist I consulted that there was to be no running and no weight lifting for weeks, if not months. Cue much weeping and wailing. Cancellation …
My Shanghai-based cyber-pal Tina Kanagaratnam has shared quite a few of her runs through the city with us here in the blog, as she, and all her fellow citizens, enjoy freedom after their harsh lockdown. Plus, now it’s the holiday season – Chinese New Year – and so Tina gets …
So, here we are, then. The curse of the best laid plans etc etc means that – contrary to expectations – I am not starting 2023 by running my first marathon in 4 years. Sadly, I will NOT be toeing the line in Mumbai tomorrow morning. All that hype about …
Following on from yesterday’s guest post about a winter morning run in Shanghai, Tina now shares her Christmas Eve running pics with us here. Remember that this is a city grappling with the after-effects of months of lockdowns and the sudden, unexpected lifting of restrictions in the last few days, …
I’ve shared running photos with you before from my Shanghai-based acquaintance Tina (oh the heck with it! ’tis the season etc etc) so, let’s not be too formal about things – my Shanghai-based friend Tina. Just before Christmas, in fact on the day of the winter solstice, December 21st, Tina …
So, with exactly a month to go till the Mumbai Marathon – and no of course I am not freaking out…of course not…Not. At. All. So yes, with just a month to go, I am calming my nerves by tweaking my running playlist. As one does. (Well, this totally under-prepared …
Nothing like a looming event (the Mumbai Marathon) to focus the mind. Training, rest, nutrition, strength training, obvs, but also the all important race day playlist. Having not run a full for – ahem – a couple of years, my playlist needs dusting down and updating. (Bit like I do …
