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 …
One of the constant joys of blogging, and the connects one makes through social media, is that you learn all manner of things, and get to meet all manner of super-achieving people. Like my cyber-friend Sachin Sharma who has just become the first Indian to complete the Everesting 10k challenge. …
Hello from the gorgeous hills of Himachal Pradesh, a state high in the Indian Himalayas. We are currently staying with our friends Shefali and Christopher Mitra in the Tirthan Valley, a much-loved home from home for the last 15 years. For context, here’s my view. Right now. Stunning, isn’t it? …
My lovely cyber-friend Myriam – whom I have yet to meet in person – sent me a series of fun photos and a lovely write up of her latest run in Belgium, where she lives. And there really were bouncy castles 🙂 🙂 Here, let Myriam tell you about it: …
Before we plunge into this fun guest post by my lovely UK based friend Kathakoli, let me clarify that Katha sent me this post a couple of days before the sad death of HM the Queen. I just dilly-dallied about posting it, for no particular reason. Mea culpa. Just didn’t …
There are days when I acknowledge that I really, really do not deserve the generous running friends I have. People kindly share their running photos with me and…I dilly-dally and post them 2 weeks later. Guilty as charged, Tina 🙁 Not so long ago, Shanghai-based Tina Kanagaratnam featured in a …
My lovely UK-based friend Kathakoli Dasgupta met her (now) husband here in Delhi, thanks (largely) to our running group…nah, truth be told, Katha met Dave thanks to one of the lovely gals in my running group, but we were ALL part of their budding romance and we ALL decided (on …
