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 …
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 …
