Poetry in tortuous motionVishy KurugantiOctober 07, 20151 minsI parked the car, got the kids’ bags from the trunk and walked them over to the school gate. As we crossed the median, my runner friend B went hurtling past. He was obviously doing a speed workout. I…
When finishing fourth became a game changerVishy KurugantiAugust 11, 20153 minsApril 1991 After years of asthma suffering, things seem to be turning around. I was still living in a city with cold winters but.. I had started making an effort. Picked up that beautiful sport called…
Bangalore Ultra 2014 Race ReportVishy KurugantiNovember 17, 201410 minsIt was the best of races. It was the worst of races. Let’s examine that adopted idiom. What IS the “best” of races? The race where you shatter your PB by double-digit minutes? Or that tough trail…
KTM 2013 race reportVishy KurugantiSeptember 14, 20146 minsThere 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 beatingVishy KurugantiAugust 29, 20145 minssacred 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…
A terrifying thoughtVishy KurugantiJuly 18, 20142 minsI thought 2013 was a tough year for running. If the first six months are any indication, 2014 has put 2013 to shame. Barring a 3-month gap in early 2011 and a 3-week gap 18 months later (both slipped…
When life gives you a ripped toe you make lemonadeVishy KurugantiMay 24, 20143 minsFor 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…
My first DNF and a Forrest Gump momentVishy KurugantiApril 09, 20143 minsTwo days ago I had my first DNF in a full marathon. Considering the spate of races recently sprouting all across Bangalore it might surprise you to know that I *wasn’t* running in a race. So where the…
The Stotan CodeVishy KurugantiMarch 02, 20144 mins[Editor’s Note: Unfinished blog post #77 in my Drafts folder is Scott Jurek’s “Influences and Reading List”. The most interesting character in that list is Percy Cerutty, pronounced “just like…
Call of the AsphaltVishy KurugantiFebruary 28, 20143 minsElection 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…
