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 …
Even in something as wonderful as running, one gets into a repetitive habit. Not out of boredom, far from it, but just a habit, basically. Like always running the same route. And always running in the same direction. I do that. I run in my local biodiversity park, and when …
I am part of an all-women Delhi-based running group called the #sheditrun. Our aim is to be able to run as we choose, in freedom and in safety, shedding our inhibitions and doubts about appearance, weight, age, clothing – just some of the issues that (especially) plague women. The young …
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 …
As a senior runner (in age, not experience) I find that I naturally gravitate to chat rooms and discussion groups involving older runners. I have found a super group on Facebook called “Running after 60,” which is full of people my age who are running w-a-y faster, w-a-y longer and …
It’s Saturday night, which means I have to turn in early to get enough sleep before tomorrow’s LSD (long slow distance)…#runnersproblems, I know, I know 😛 But I must share with you a quick update and lots of fun photos from our brilliant training session this morning. Our ASICS Running …
“I believe I can fly…” really could’ve been the motto for our ASICS Running Club session this morning 🙂 I think I speak for all my running mates, when I say that we all had great fun at a very different kind of training this morning. We did our usual …
In reality, that is pretty much my running mantra these days. All too late in life I am beginning to realise that a life of NOT going to the gym is coming back to haunt me. Big time. I might well have been fit and active all my life, with …
Let’s get the “oh my God 92% humidity” stuff out of the way first, shall we? Today was indeed humid. As in 92% humidity. Well, that’s what my trusty iPhone weather widget told me (eyes left), as I headed out to meet up with my running group this morning. But …
(This post is NOT what you think. No booze. Just water!) Now here’s the thing – I need to get back to hydration basics. Or, actually, given my sloppy record in eating & drinking healthily, what I actually need to do is to re-think my diet totally. Despite the terrible …
