Time for the final lesson

Time for the final lesson

September 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 well-grounded runner

The well-grounded runner

April 11, 20202 mins

Years ago, when I shared one of my posts on barefoot running (or cold showers) on Facebook, my friend Ramesh Pai shared this interesting anecdote: You’ll be amused to know about this Polish guy that…

Barefooting in the snobbish sports

Barefooting in the snobbish sports

December 03, 20193 mins

Golf and squash are uppity sports played by ‘gentlemen’. I say this despite being a squash aficionado. There’s one difference though. In one of the sports, you are guaranteed to sweat.. even if you…

Of quadrants and boring race reports

Of quadrants and boring race reports

February 16, 20186 mins

It’s written that while progress could be happening linearly, results come only in cycles. The Bhagawat Geeta says one should act without thinking of results. Of course I buy this aphorism but…

When in Rome be a barefoot runner

When in Rome be a barefoot runner

December 02, 20162 mins

When 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…

Breaking a streak can be SO liberating

Breaking a streak can be SO liberating

August 13, 20163 mins

We 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…

KTM 2013 race report

KTM 2013 race report

September 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

When a sacred bull got a beating

August 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…

When life gives you a ripped toe you make lemonade

When life gives you a ripped toe you make lemonade

May 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…

Call of the Asphalt

Call of the Asphalt

February 28, 20143 mins

Election time in India. Everybody loves it. The poor love it because it’s “freebies time” and they get to vote out the politicians that didn’t come through for them (usually this meant anti-incumbancy…