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Bangalore Ultra 2014 Race Report

Vishy KurugantiNovember 17, 201410 mins

It was the best of races. It was the worst of races. Let’s examine that adopted idiom. What IS the “best” of races? The race where you shatter your PB by double-digit minutes? Or that tough trail…

KTM 2013 race report

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 14, 20146 mins

There are two kinds of runner bloggers. The one who hits Publish within 48 hours after the race ends. The other who’s perpetually playing catch-up to God_alone_knows_what and may get around to hit…

When a sacred bull got a beating

Vishy KurugantiAugust 29, 20145 mins

sacred cow (idiom): something considered (perhaps unreasonably) immune from question or criticism I’ve been a regular long distance runner for almost 6 years. For exactly 2 1/2 of those years (or 4…

Experiments in Tiny Habits

Vishy KurugantiAugust 14, 20143 mins

I once audited a class at Stanford. The year was 2007. I was in the midst of a startup (Graspr.com – an attempt to create a ‘howto slice’ of Youtube), yet I was intrigued enough to take that class. It…

Bangalore to Hubli: from agony to ecstasy

Vishy KurugantiJuly 29, 20147 mins

[Editor’s Note: My good friend and ex-colleague Shriram undertook an amazing trip last year. Shriram is a cyclist and a runner. He belittles his running but he’s blessed with natural abilities. With…

A terrifying thought

Vishy KurugantiJuly 18, 20142 mins

I thought 2013 was a tough year for running. If the first six months are any indication, 2014 has put 2013 to shame. Barring a 3-month gap in early 2011 and a 3-week gap 18 months later (both slipped…

When life gives you a ripped toe you make lemonade

Vishy KurugantiMay 24, 20143 mins

For the uninitiated it must seem like an act of god that we barefoot runners don’t get injured more often… especially with all those glass pieces and strewn on the road, right? Turns out no superhuman…

Rise of small town India

Vishy KurugantiMay 20, 20144 mins

Pic courtesy flickr/Google [Editor’s Note: The piece below was penned by Akshay Garg, former co-founder at Komli Media. It appeared on his Facebook feed and I’m republishing here with his permission…

The two jeans ten shirts man

Vishy KurugantiApril 14, 20143 mins

The TJTS man drove a small car. Actually a very small car. A car described by his wife as “a kid’s toy car being driven even after he grew up”. The TJTS man liked his small car. He didn’t mind the…

My first DNF and a Forrest Gump moment

Vishy KurugantiApril 09, 20143 mins

Two days ago I had my first DNF in a full marathon. Considering the spate of races recently sprouting all across Bangalore it might surprise you to know that I *wasn’t* running in a race. So where the…

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