Yoga. One of those quintessential Indian “things” which I’ve never really “got”. Is that too many quotation marks for one short sentence? Maybe. I tried yoga a few years ago, in an effort to make hubby dearest do some kind of exercise. The teacher came highly recommended by hubby’s sister-in-law, …
I’ve been swimming a lot, these last few days, as I holiday in Bangkok, mainly because the building has a pool, so there is no effort required at all. No crazy Delhi traffic to drive through to get to a pool, which is my standard excuse for not swimming regularly …
…a mere 83% at 5 o’clock this morning, when I got up to head out to meet my running group. 83% humidity. My friends, let me tell you 83% is crazy humid. Especially when you’re doing interval training in it. Logically, given that we haven’t actually had vast amounts of …
So said Coach at our ASICS Running Club training session yesterday. He wasn’t joking, and he wasn’t making a joke either. It was a drill involving one person bending and extending a leg, and the partner pulling said leg, to enforce the stretch. By this time I was too tired …
There are mornings when it is SO tempting to switch off the 4.30am alarm and go back to sleep – like this morning, after yet another wretched power cut made for a poor night’s sleep. But I somehow dragged myself out of bed and headed off to meet my ASICS …
Jeez Louise. You take less than a month off from running, to go trekking in the mountains, and then you come back and you are a total ZERO. That was the reality check awaiting me this hot & humid Delhi morning, when I re-joined my ASICS Running Club mates after …
Ugh. Those words. The death knell of enthusiasm. You come back from an epic trip (as I have just done) & your heart and your soul are filled to the brim with happiness and peace and the overwhelming beauty that only the mountains can give. You have struggled, achieved your …
One of my oldest & dearest friends – who is not a runner, which makes it even more wonderful that she reads my running blog – so, yes, Liz asked me to share the article about balance again, only in a more legible format. Here you go 🙂 Apologies to …
Life is literally a question of balance. And I’m not just talking about the vital life/work balance. Nor about the precarious need to balance running vs family/social life, an issue that I keep harking back to in this blog. (That’s because that particular balancing act is one that exercises me …
Sometimes, amidst all the training for races, & running club meets, & practice sessions, you can lose sight of why you started running in the first place. For pleasure. For exercise. To enjoy being outdoors. Today, in the company of 4 lovely young women, I found my running mojo all …
