Tag: runner

  • The wait for PB continues!

    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…

  • Running in Winters

    Running in Winters

    Winter is here in full glory in Delhi and for me it’s the frozen hands time! As someone with arthritis, I hate this season. I start wearing gloves for running from early December and when it comes to 3 degree C weather in January, my regular running gloves seem inefficient and I end up with…

  • Winter Cheats – Treadmill runs!

    When it is hard to get out of the bed in the morning and then you have to work ;).

  • 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),…