Time for the final lessonVishy KurugantiSeptember 24, 20238 mins“This time it’s different.” “He he he.. When did you get interested in stock markets?” “I’m talking about his state of mind, you dunce!” “Yeah, it’s certainly different this time. He has a sense of…
The Talking RunnerVishy KurugantiAugust 13, 20234 mins“How long do you guys run?” “Oh! I don’t know.. we keep talking and running and we lose track of time.. at some point one of us feels it’s time to turn around and we do.” There I was, in the mid-90’s…
Planes and trainsVishy KurugantiDecember 17, 20191 minsAn old school friend (M) gave the following reason for giving up meat : “One fine day I felt that I had eaten enough chicken for a lifetime. So I turned vegetarian.” My feelings towards planes and…
The Prescription I Ignored: My Pranayama Journey to Asthma FreedomVishy KurugantiDecember 15, 20194 minsI get all evangelical when I hear about a friend or acquaintance suffering from asthma, even more so when it’s a sportsperson. Evangelical as in “if I can escape its clutches after decades of…
Heads I win, tails I don’t loseVishy KurugantiOctober 05, 20193 mins“Racing is a true experience. Only the conditions are artificial. My entire self is engaged in a genuine struggle against time and distance and those around me. All my strengths, physical and…
The crowdsourced traffic lightVishy KurugantiDecember 09, 20182 minsI’ve been wanting to write this post since 2009. Really. Exhibit A : Year in Bangalore – the Unwritten Posts. When we moved to Bangalore 10 years ago, good reason prevailed to not get immediately…
When in Rome be a barefoot runnerVishy KurugantiDecember 02, 20162 minsWhen in Rome be a Roman. If you are a runner there’s possibly no better city than Bangalore for year-round running. There’s at most one hot month and even then the mornings are nothing remotely like…
I’m racing, not running!Vishy KurugantiOctober 23, 20166 minsProgress is linearly proportional to one’s efforts but results often come in cycles. – several wise men Coming off a 22-month streak, the 2013-14 season was looking rather normal. KTM in Sep followed…
Breaking a streak can be SO liberatingVishy KurugantiAugust 13, 20163 minsWe are all prisoners of our own device. – Eagles Streaks are wonderful things. For the sports aficionado, it’s such things as consecutive games in which an NBA star has drilled at least one 3-pointer…
Bangalore Ultra 2014 Race ReportVishy KurugantiNovember 17, 201410 minsIt 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…
