11 October 2020 should’ve been a big day in the running calendar, with both Chicago & the postponed Manchester marathons taking place. But, sadly & perhaps unsurprisingly, both have been cancelled this week. 2 more big marathons bite the dust. London is now the only “major” race left standing this …
Sadly, now it’s the turn of September’s Ladakh Marathon to be cancelled, due to this wretched Covid-19 pandemic. Here’s the official announcement, & the link to the website: Interestingly, the 2 ultra events haven’t yet been cancelled – so let’s hope they, at least, might still be able to take …
Yet another race has been cancelled due to this vile Coronavirus. The uber-prestigious Boston Marathon, already postponed from April 2020 to September 2020, has now been cancelled, and will become instead a virtual event. This is the first time in the race’s 124 year history that it has been cancelled, …
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 …
