Sobering words from Coach Vijay this morning after our interval training. On a day when my confidence was already having a major wobble, the words “You have to be realistic” definitely made me stop & think. Coach had told me at the start of the session that I had to …
It was the Hindu festival of Diwali last night, and the good citizenry of Delhi (where I live) decided to ignore all the health warnings and advisories, and light crackers and fireworks, & the consequences be damned. I wrote a blog post about the situation on the ground, post Diwali, …
Today it is October 19th. It’s Diwali, so “Diwali Mubarak”, world, and have yourselves a safe and happy festival. But I’m not here to chat about Diwali, lovely as that would be. I am here to panic. Sorry, sorry, sorry, I mean I’m here to countdown. Today is October 19th. …
My world has collapsed. Well, my running world, that is. I have had a slight muscle strain all week but-the-days-are-rushing-by-towards-the-big-Delhi-half-marathon-and-the-weather-is-improving-but-I-can’t-run-and-then-there’ll-be-Diwali-and-all-the-pollution-and-I-won’t-be-able-to-run-then-and-and-and…. Stop it, Christine, Slow down. Breathe. Keep calm. Yeah, right, as if that’s going to happen 😛 I went for my ASICS Running Club meet this morning, but sat out …
That was most definitely me, this beautiful Delhi morning. Putting the S into LSD. Today I had no choice but to take it slowly, after a month of only intermittent short runs during my travels. To be honest, the thought of a long run this morning – the weekly LSD …
Ouch, Coach. Ouch. There was I, thinking I was doing those (hated) planks SO perfectly, but apparently not…my bottom was sticking clearly up 😛 But at least we were lying down for the planks, after a crazy hectic session of interval training in killer humidity. Having never trained and drilled …
I’ll let a photo from our ASICS Running Club training session this morning answer that question: Balbir expressing what all of us felt, this humid morning. I’m not exaggerating with the 99% claim, by the way. Here, screen shots at 5am when I got up, clearly showing 99%… …
This past weekend, Delhi was host to the iRun Fest, the first ever, first of its kind running festival in India. Runners of all levels and disciplines came together to chat, to meet, to discuss, to watch inspirational running films – oh my word, the things we can achieve when …
And with those words from our Coach, this humid morning, a weary runner obediently set off for another fast loop. Megha had agreed to do another, final set of long intervals, but said she’d take them slowly, whereupon Coach, quick as a flash, gave his classic reply – “If you …
4.45am. Alarm goes off. Absolutely knackered. 2 minutes internal debate. Get up? Sleep? But is it worth sleeping, knowing I’ll feel guilted out all day for not running? 4.47am. Lose debate. Get up. 4.50am. Check the weather. Wonder about sanity. Already 28C but “feels like 34C”. And 87% humidity. Lovely. …
