It’s been a while since we Q&A-ed here, but I am about to rectify this. Kicking off a brand new series, which will star new-running-friends-I-haven’t-yet-met, courtesy of the wretched virus… Let me explain. Dr. Rajat Chauhan, one of Delhi’s best known running figures, has been holding online training sessions for …
Had a bit of a WhatsApp meltdown on Sunday all over my running coach and mentor, Dr. Rajat Chauhan. After patiently hearing me out about my knee pain and my stress about not being able to regain running form, Doc told me to calm down, take things one step at …
Mine wasn’t great, I’ll admit. 121.97km, which I’ll round up to 122k if you don’t mind. There are quite a few treadmill km which I can’t seem to tally, but no sweat. 122k it is. This month has seen a combo of VERY slow running + walking + hiking, so …
A couple of years ago, here in this blog, I’d shared the story of Jayanthi Sampath Kumar, a lady in Hyderabad who ran the challenging Hyderabad Marathon in a sari. As someone who battles to run fast in shorts and a tee, I was full of admiration for Ms Kumar. …
A year ago today, 23 November 2019, I tore the meniscus in my left knee, chasing after a bunch of schoolboys who were harassing me. I had gone for a mid-morning run in my beloved Biodiversity Park, preparing for a half marathon in December, the Mumbai Marathon in January, followed …
We decided to escape from the annual horrors of the Diwali pollution in Delhi, and so we’re in the Himalayas for a few days, staying with friends in Mussoorie. Last night it poured down, absolutely threw it down. At one point, there was the mother of thunderclaps and the room …
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 …
Hmm… Just checked my mileage on Garmin for October and it was more moderate than I thought – a mere 177.61km. Somehow imagined I’d’ve done more. In my own defense, I did hurt my toe a few weeks ago (still hurts a wee bit, if I’m being honest) so I …
Remember I introduced you here, a couple of weeks ago, to one of my cyber-running-buddies, the ageless Dickie Longo from Louisiana? Well, dear Dickie managed to run a REAL race this weekend, at the North Shore 5k. And, as usual, he swept most of the honours, winning several categories. What …
My UK-based friends Katha & Dave are still jaunting their way around southern England on holiday, and in today’s guest post Katha chats to us from the Cotswolds. I remember Cotswold villages as being ridiculously pretty and scenic, so it was a joy to revisit them here – and (a …
