Before I tell you how I answered that question, let me get something off my chest. 2 weeks ago, I lay the blame at the door of the army for my poor running times, thanks to all the fabulosity going on at India Gate, all of which inevitably slows me down to …
So there was I, bright and early this morning, pounding the Delhi streets in my brand new running shoes (& feeling ridiculously happy because I have new shoes…) and wearing my brand new Fitbit (& feeling ridiculously happy etc etc) running along the final stretch of Shahjahan Road – always …
I had often wondered, in my pre-running days, how on earth pounding along a street could be described as fun. Now I know better. When they call something a “fun run”, what they are actually talking about is this: Or this : Or better still, this : This morning we …
As the French might well have said during the Revolution – “Aux barricades!” Here in foggy chilly Delhi, we have our own unfolding drama about barricades, which is a little too long (& off topic) to go into here, but in a nutshell… …because the Americans strip-searched an Indian diplomat …
There is nothing quite like taking up a new (healthy) activity to galvanise one’s energy and enthusiasm levels. And that would be? Oh, my latest obsessively favourite thing to do in Delhi. Which is, quite simply, to run. I am enjoying it so much so that I am starting a new …
