Naya Kya Hai?Vishy KurugantiJanuary 05, 20243 mins(For non-Hindi readers, Naya Kya Hai means “What’s New”) Let me start by telling you what is NOT new. It’s December-end (early-Jan) and I’m 4 ~2 weeks away from racing yet another Tata Mumbai Marathon…
Thrill of the chaseVishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20224 minsThis thing called work-life balance. Is it really mythical? And is there only one kind? My answers are No and No. Allow me to explain. But first.. Long-suffering readers of this blog will know that I…
Chipping away at FOMOVishy KurugantiJanuary 20, 20201 minsTo add is human, to subtract divine. – Anonymous This weekend, I had two reasons to raise a celebratory toast. All my running friends were running Mumbai Marathon. When registrations opened 6 months…
Of quadrants and boring race reportsVishy KurugantiFebruary 16, 20186 minsIt’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…
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…
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…
Running the Course – Mumbai Marathon 2010Vishy KurugantiFebruary 14, 201012 minsHalf-marathoners covering the Worli sealink (Pic: courtesy sulekha.com) If you’ve not read Part 1 of this 2-part series (My Road to Mumbai Marathon 2010), the short version is this – “a case study in…
My Road to Mumbai Marathon 2010Vishy KurugantiJanuary 28, 20107 mins4 hrs 45 min 12 secs. That’s the total time I took to complete the regulation distance (42.195km) of Mumbai Marathon 2010. It was the 3rd full marathon I participated in & successfully completed. The…
