Achieving terminal velocityVishy KurugantiJune 26, 20125 minsPic: courtesy northallertoncoll.org.uk This is Part 2 of an unfolding story on barefoot running. It continues from It’s all a vast upper body conspiracy! Two months later… After my strange out-of-the…
Kids and one-upmanshipVishy KurugantiJune 20, 20121 minsPic: courtesy cartoonstock.com The conversation below is between four Indian kids. Indian kids who know that marathon equals the precise distance of 42.2 km and isn’t a modifier like “5k marathon” or…
It’s all a vast upper body conspiracy!Vishy KurugantiJune 14, 20124 minsIt’s been a little over 3 months since I changed my running shoe. I fuss and obsess over my new shoe like never before. To the extent that I’ve taken to washing them after every run. Strange, huh? My…
What motivates most amateur marathoners?Vishy KurugantiApril 17, 20121 minsHaruki Murakami, famous novelist and marathon runner, this question in his memoir What I talk about when I talk about running. Marathon runners well understand what I mean. We don’t really care…
Go on! Challenge that bully!Vishy KurugantiFebruary 21, 20122 minsA friend and running fanatic (Partha) once told me a story about one of his friends (let’s call him Jake). Jake is one of those annoyingly gifted athletes — excellent at whatever sport he played…
For a few minutes less: running the Mumbai Marathon 2012Vishy KurugantiFebruary 07, 20125 minsThis is Part 2 of my Mumbai Marathon 2012 race report and continues from For a few minutes less: a race report from Mumbai Marathon 2012. The First 7k Somewhere in my pace calculations, I erroneously…
For a few minutes less: a race report from Mumbai Marathon 2012Vishy KurugantiFebruary 01, 20124 minsWriting a post-marathon race report is a bit like [insert-metaphor]. Write it too soon and it runs the risk of coming out shallow and half-baked, wait too long and it might never see the light of day…
Pankaj Advani on learning from failuresVishy KurugantiJanuary 30, 20121 minsAt a recent TEDxIIMB event, I listened and watched as the billiards and snooker prodigy Pankaj Advani walked us through his accomplishments. He lingered on a photo that displayed his living room…
My Pre-2011 Marathon Running EraVishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20122 minsIn 2002, I ran my first marathon – the Silicon Valley Marathon in San Jose. Finished in a respectable time of 4:32. After a 6-year hiatus, I resumed running after our return to India in August 2008. I…
If Bollywood script writers were rabid runners…Vishy KurugantiJanuary 13, 20111 minsSome movie titles might have turned out slightly different. Perhaps? Aa Daude Zara [Aa Dekhen Zara] Jab We Ran [Jab We Met ] Teesri Ultra Marathon [Teesri Manzil] Dilwale Dulhaniya Daud Ke Lejayenge…
