Category: travel

  • Life on Road, Air and Running

    Life on Road, Air and Running

    Last few weeks have been a lot hectic with back to back trips! The first one was end of April with a team meeting in Heidelberg, Germany and the second one recently to Kerala, India for a conference! As much as I enjoy new places, I hate traveling lately! Traveling means change of schedule –…

  • 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…

  • Goodbye 2019… Hello 2020!

    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,…

  • Ultra Half – World’s highest race that almost happened…

    Ultra Half – World’s highest race that almost happened…

    About last week! Ultra Half race… It was supposed to be world’s highest race… Some of us had a chance to reach the summit of mount #Yunam @ 6111 m through a half marathon… Unfortunately, the weather gods said no to our run… After four days of acclimatization hikes and runs (and loads and loads…

  • It’s September… Time for Another Runcation…

    It’s September… Time for Another Runcation…

    It’s September! My international marathon and ‘runcation’ time… Landed in Sydney this year for Sydney marathon… Though I am not expecting a PR or anything (too many twists and turns), I am hoping for a good run! The weather will be great and I have a good amount of training under my belt! As usual,…

  • Cape Town Marathon… Yes, I was part of Africa’s Gold

    Last week, I checked a few things off my bucket list; exploring Africa was one among them. Being a runner, I did that in true runner’s way – finished Africa’s only Gold label marathon in 3:52:25. And the best part, it was a PB for me! Africa was in my ‘to visit’ list for a…

  • Airtel Hyderabad Marathon – Race Report

    Here we go, the new season of running. First one – Airtel Hyderabad Marathon (AHM), the toughest city Marathon in India. Hyderabad is like my second home. Having studied in the University of Hyderabad and lived there for 8 years, AHM is always an excuse for me to go back to the city and meet…

  • Tuffman Shimla – Race Report

    Late post! Had this race done two weeks ago… finally, got time to sit down and pen down few things about the race… First of all, the race. Distance covered – 30km… Time took – 4:10 hours… Difficulty level –  ‘I am giving up’ tough! Every year, I do a run in hills to prepare…

  • A train journey after ages…

    I don’t know when was the last time i took up a train journey… Probably during the Chennai-Hyderabad or the post-Chennai days…. Anyways, that was ages ago and those were overnight journeys… Never been on any train trip since i moved to Delhi… Delhi-Kerala train journey takes almost 48 hours; means two full days in…