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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…

The runner’s elixir

Vishy KurugantiSeptember 21, 20133 mins

The Gauls go to battle against the hapless Romans after downing a swig of magic potion prepared by their druid Getafix. It doesn’t matter how heavily armed the Romans are or whether they got recent…

Made men of the mafiosi runner’s body

Vishy KurugantiMay 26, 20135 mins

I have stood here before inside the pouring rain With the world turning circles running ’round my brain I guess I’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign But it’s my destiny to be the king of pain…

Fridge Logic for Runners

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 17, 20132 mins

Over the weekend we stumbled upon “Magazines” in Koramangala. A charming store that stocks only magazines (mostly old ones) and comics. While this store had only opened a few months ago, the Church…

A runner gets rid of a corn… and photoblogs the metamorphosis

Vishy KurugantiDecember 18, 20121 mins

Disclaimer: the pictures below are NOT for the squeamish. After 2nd 24-hour usage of the Scholl corn cap Believe me when I say “it does NOT hurt” Almost done… Fresh pink skin whitened by…

The sacred cows of marathon running

Vishy KurugantiAugust 24, 20122 mins

[Editor’s Note: Two years ago, I wrote a list-based post – you are a long distance runner when.. Nothing spectacular but it sorta went viral on Facebook and I got my first official flattery (read “got…

What kind of runner are you?

Vishy KurugantiApril 09, 20122 mins

Haruki Murakami On the way I passed a few other joggers, about an equal number of men and women. The energetic ones were zipping down the road, slicing through the air like they had robbers down their…

For a few minutes less: running the Mumbai Marathon 2012

Vishy KurugantiFebruary 07, 20125 mins

This 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…

My Pre-2011 Marathon Running Era

Vishy KurugantiJanuary 12, 20122 mins

In 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 mins

Some 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…

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