Tag: training

  • Monsoon Training: Late Starts and Treadmill Run

    Monsoon Training: Late Starts and Treadmill Run

    August is the rainy season in Delhi. Unlike places like Kerala where I am from, the rain here is not so pretty… Delhi simply doesn’t have the infrastructure to handle this much rain. Drainage is inadequate, roads flood, and once the water rises, already-broken roads can become quite dangerous. And with climate change, the weather…

  • July Training: Slowly Finding My Way Back

    July Training: Slowly Finding My Way Back

    After a dip in training during June, July was all about getting back into a consistent routine. The weather certainly didn’t make it easy. The month began with relentless heat, and finding the motivation to wake up early was a challenge in itself. This training block has been focused on recovery, and I promised myself…

  • Summer Training in the Worst Conditions

    Summer Training in the Worst Conditions

    It’s summer training time and the time to complain about the weather. Once the ‘heat’ days of May and June is over, it is the heat and humidity time here in Delhi in July! While I am grateful I am no longer feeling like my face is on fire, this year’s conditions are on another…

  • Enjoying Small Wins vs Dealing with Friction of Perfectionism

    September didn’t start well for me. Was starting to get annoyed with some allergies from the monsoon in August and that got extended to September… I had rashes throughout and my cold was not going away… a bloodwork came back with some levels dangerously off limits and that got me really worried… Doc asked me…

  • Running Through the Heat: Suffer Now; Slay Later

    Running in hot, humid weather isn’t glamorous; it’s sweaty, slow, and often uncomfortable. The air feels thick, your legs feel heavy, and motivation? That tends to evaporate with the morning mist. But ask any seasoned runner, and they’ll tell you: summer suffering builds fall strength. When you train in the heat, your body works harder…

  • 2024 Year in Review: Running & Life

    That was a 5 star year! Sometimes, life throws curveballs that test our strength in unexpected ways. 2023 ended with its share of disappointments, leaving me unsure of what to expect from 2024. But as the year unfolded, it turned into something extraordinary. Certain achievements were planned, and I had put in the hard work…

  • Rain, Run and Falling Sick: A Monsoon Story

    Here is me complaining more about the rainy season! In Delhi we had a hard Summer with boiling heat in May/June and ultimate humidity in July/August. When we first hard rains in August, some of us were thrilled. Finally an end to humidity… but no! The suffering continued with unpredictable weather and the humidity levels…

  • Staying Motivated in Delhi’s Challenging Weather

    For the past few weeks in Delhi, the weather has been far from ideal. After enduring intense heat, we now face stifling humidity, making it difficult to stay motivated for workouts. During the heatwave, I turned to the treadmill, and as the humidity peaked, my treadmill runs increased. With several races towards the end of…

  • Trail Running in Summer

    The summer in Delhi has been beyond everyone’s expectations this year. From the scorching heat in May and June to this terrible humidity in July. Running in this weather has become a bit challenging and as I see from Strava there are a lot of abandoned runs. Although most of my training runs are on…

  • Stayin’ Alive for Runs this Summer

    Stayin’ alive seems to the goal of this Summer! Motivation and health have taken a hit recently… the heat and related disruptions have never been so annoying… Every summer, when things get hard, I ask myself what the purpose of these runs is. Do I need to run because I have created myself this ‘runner’…