Category: training
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Dreadmill day!
Missing a Sunday long run can be annoying. You don’t want to fall sick during a training block and miss the longest run of the week! If you are sick, you have an excuse to miss a run! But if it rains all morning and if it is a total washout… i dread the dreadmill…
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Getting out of the house on a hot, humid morning is a win!
The rains in Delhi never seems to end. With occasional rain and heat and humid rest of the time, the weather is craziest ever. Ever since the summer started I have been planning to get up at 4, start run at 5 and later relax. But with this humidity it doesn’t matter if i run…
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When it is hard to find motivation!
Yeah, some days! For someone who is too focused on numbers and goals, hitting a zero motivation patch is not easy. I have not run in two days and that is bugging me. Is the training block – however well is going – is boring me? Am I burned out? Are those minor niggles are…
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That PB feeling
I took a break from ultra and trail marathons 2 years back to focus on leg speed. The many races and the injuries and few DNFs were demotivating factors along with the fact that I am slowing down! So I have been working with a coach to improve on my marathon timing – for me…
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Dealing with Monsoon and Running
It’s rainy season in India and rain brings lot of positivity (unless it is flooding). When you are living in a city like Delhi where temperature can go over 40 degrees (C), the small window of monsoon seems like heaven. But… there is a but… Rains and runs don’t go so well actually. It’s good…
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Kicking some motivation in at 5am!
That’s me some days! Yes, I am a very passionate runner and I love running. I also love the process of learning and growing and building up for a big race! When I am in a training block, I am always looking to check that off the calendar in green and move to the next…
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The wait for PB continues!
It is just a handful weeks to New Delhi Marathon and the training is satisfactory so far! Just to test the fitness and also with a selfish desire to break my 5+ year old personal best in half marathon, I decided to run a local race here in Gurgaon last Sunday (Jan 8)! Many people…
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A 10km PR after 5 years: Finally breaking stubborn barriers!
Yes, finally I did it. 10km PR after almost 5 years! It was not a race, but a temp training run. I was in the industrial city of Kharagpur for work and found a wonderful stretch of flat road for my morning run. With a tempo run scheduled for the week, I went all out…
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Another Delhi Half Marathon, Another ‘Easy’ Effort!
So, the Delhi Half Marathon is back in town. The history ADHM is back again with a new sponsor making it VDHM. Old wine in new bottle and doesn’t make much difference anyway. And doesn’t make much difference to me either. For the 5th year in a row (3rd attempt skipping two years of pandemic),…
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Goodbye 2019… Hello 2020!
Here we go! Curtains down for 2019… A crazy year for me… From the ups to the downs to the ups and then down again; the year gave me mixed emotions and trained me to be an ultramarathoner! 4700 km in 2019! Even I was surprised… Looking at the highs; Mumbai was good to me,…
