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…
Breaking upVishy KurugantiMay 21, 20234 minsThey say breaking up is hard to do, but sometimes it’s necessary for growth and self-discovery. Today, dear readers, I’m here to announce a heartbreaking decision that has been slowly brewing within…
Thrill of the chaseVishy KurugantiDecember 31, 20225 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…
My mobility triple jump into RapidoVishy KurugantiApril 20, 20225 minsThis Good Friday I completed 5 months with Rapido and boy, have the days flown by or what? Barring a week, I have been regularly working out of the lovely physical office in Bellandur. Believe me…
Mysticism of Dream PopVishy KurugantiJanuary 23, 20225 mins(Before you read this post, could you please PLEASE listen to this 4 min track? Just to avoid narrative bias for the question I’ll be posing right at the end.) Developing an appreciation for a new…
Running around in ovalsVishy KurugantiSeptember 12, 20217 mins“I can understand you running 22 marathons in 22 months. I can even understand you running the 75K. But running for 24 hours — I just don’t get it, boss!” My childhood buddy Dheeraj reacting to my…
Another day, another beginningVishy KurugantiJuly 04, 20211 minsEditor’s note: My friend Karthik, an avid hiker and a dilettante poet, composed this beauty while on a trek in Kedarkantha just before the pandemic dropped on the world. Another day, another…
A 62 year memoryVishy KurugantiJuly 03, 20213 mins[Editor’s Note: My mother, a late adopter of the Internet, used to write the loveliest of letters to her children pre-Internet era. The letters stopped after I returned to India. In the past few years…
Coffeeholics AnonymousVishy KurugantiJune 26, 20212 mins“After 2 years of a nocturnal heavy Masters program, I found it hard to stay awake beyond 10am at my new job so I turned to black coffee. Before I knew it, I was up to 5 a day and hooked.” “I can’t…
Coffee StrugglesVishy KurugantiFebruary 21, 20214 minsFor a coffee addict (he does not like to be called an addict, the word has a disparaging sense, he feels that we might as well call each other milk addicts or food addicts or air addicts), the most…
