• New Year, Just Old Me

    New Year, Just Old Me

    Hello, 2023! I was not ready for you. But here you are! 2022 has been one of a kind year for me. It was supposed to be normalizing the new normal. Instead, I got truckloads of normal! Too much travel, too many events, too many activities! By December 31, 10pm I was exhausted to the…

  • Finding my SATURDAY look!

    ‘WEDNESDAY’-inspired!

  • 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…

  • Winter is here!

  • Bloom with Grace

    BLOOM! BLOOM when you can! BLOOM where you are at! BLOOM with grace! This was on my mind every since I started my new training block for running! No matter whatever circumstances I am at now and whatever life is planting, I need to be more kind to myself, I need to be nicer to…

  • Delhi Half Marathon – Race Report

    Delhi’s biggest running event was finally back after 2 years of pandemic break. It arrived in all new form – new sponsor, new colours, new logo and new slogan! As the most sought after among the short distances, races in India, we expected huge crowds and excitement. But, I found the whole thing a bit…

  • 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),…

  • My Comrades Story

    Late post! Indeed a very late post! I have not been blogging for a while and it feels weird to back here to write about running and racing again! Well, the motivation behind restarting writing was my Comrades Marathon finish! It was a dream race and finishing that on August 28, 2022 in decent time…

  • Bitten by the writing bug – after the pandemic break

    Two years of global pandemic and many procrastinations later here I am again. Last I wrote something here was right before the world got shut down thanks to the Coronavirus. While people baked bread and grew a garden and published their daily lives on social media, while I did them all, I stayed away from…

  • 24 hr stadium run: 18 hrs of running + 6 hrs of drama!

    24 hr stadium run: 18 hrs of running + 6 hrs of drama!

    Disclaimer: If this inspires you to run a 24hr stadium, I am not responsible for whatever happens to you or the pain you will have to endure. (FYI, I was an idiot to take up this challenge.) The cardinal rules of running in races:Rule #1: Never race if you are not physically and mentally fit…