My resolutely non-running hubby sent me a link to an article in The Economist. It makes fascinating but quite bizarre reading. Apparently there is an extraordinarily high percentage of cheating in the Mexico City marathon. So much so, that there is a delightful expression for the fake runners of this …
The lovely Kathakoli Dasgupta, the young woman who started me on my running journey, nearly 6 years ago, is a frequent contributor to this blog, happily & generously sharing her UK-based running adventures with hubby & fellow runner Dave. But of all Katha’s posts over the past couple of years, …
One of my running friends, Nischint Katoch is running a mad, crazy, insane race next month. And I am in TOTAL awe of him. I am in awe of his dedication. And I am in complete awe of his training which he documents on social media. I’ve talked here in …
One of the first things I do, on waking up every morning, is to check the air quality index, which I often share on social media, on my running Insta feed, like so : For those of you who don’t know me, I live in New Delhi, which has the …
I’ve waited a week before sitting down to write my review of last Sunday’s IDBI Federal Life New Delhi Marathon. I’ve pretty much recovered from my marathon, I’ve even raced again – a 5k & a PB yesterday, oh joy of joys! – but all through the last week I’ve …
So, here I sit in Mumbai airport, waiting for my delayed flight back to Delhi and the cold and smog. Yesterday I ran the Tata Mumbai Marathon, my 4th time here, and my 7th overall marathon. “So how did yesterday go?” did I hear you ask? Thank you for asking, …
There are days when I’m out running, & feel so on top of the world & energised and oh-so-wonderfully alive, that I quietly regret only starting to run when I turned 60. I catch myself thinking “Oh, if only I’d started running in my youth, or in my 20s/30s/40s/50s”…and then …
Who else is running a race tomorrow? Who else is spending Saturday night busy checking their gear and their playlists and their stash of gels? Tomorrow morning, I’ll be running a half marathon in New Delhi, India, where I live, and with a 5.00am reporting time, it behoves me to …
Tomorrow, 11 November, Jammu (in Kashmir, India) will wake up to a brand new, shiny new, exciting event. Tomorrow, hundreds of lucky runners will be the first people ever to be part of the inaugural Jammu Half Marathon. Running history being made – such fun! But how did the idea …
This lovely guest post is by one of my running girlfriends Mousumee Mishra. We ran the “Shed it” Run together a couple of months ago. Mousumee shares here the story of the first ever Pinkathon run in the eastern state of Odisha, and she tells it with her usual verve …
