Tag: training

  • 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…

  • 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),…

  • 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……

  • Waiting for twilight!

    Clicked this pic in the morning when I was waiting for a bit of light for my run @ my hometown in Kerala! It’s going to be winter soon! With the sunrise and twilight delayed, the morning runs are getting delayed too… Change of season calls for new training plans! I have to tweak my…

  • 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……