Category: Workout

  • When you miss a morning run!

    When you miss a morning run!

    I generally don’t like missing morning runs! Runs should be in the morning when you are not fatigued and it helps kickstart the day in style. But when I have a sleepless night, like yesterday (thanks to the work stress), my brain forces the body to laziness mode of ‘you deserve more sleep; you can…

  • 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,…

  • Homemade protein bars

    Yeah… I have perfected a recipe for this too! Protein powders… we runners can’t live without them… post-run, post-workout, we take them religiously! With my run-work-gym schedule, I generally end up with a number of hydration bottles in my kitchen sink; the pre-, during- & post- with the protein shaker hard to clean among them……

  • One more week to race day!!!

    It’s here… almost here…. One more week to go… Last day i collected my bib and all from the Marathon expo… since then the excitement is at another level… So far… Running gear – check, nutrients, supplements – check, energy drinks – got it all… Plan of action on the day – check check check…

  • My RunKeeper…

    I have experimented with numerous fitness app ever since i had my first android phone… Whether it is for running or walking or working out, i always trusted some of them, especially the ‘endomondo’ which was the first among the many used… What was cool about endomondo was we get to see the route map…

  • The need to take a break….

    So, finally good news!!! The Airtel Delhi Half Marathon (ADHM) organisers accepted my application… My first real competitive marathon is coming… My past efforts in ‘marathon’ were only charity based or occasion based… Even last year’s 6 km run in ADHM was just testing the waters… The training has been going on in full swing……