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Hormetism, cold showers and barefoot running

Hormetism, cold showers and barefoot running

April 11, 20134 mins

[Pic courtesy gettingstronger.org Todd Becker, a freelance San Francisco Bay Area-based blogger, writes Getting Stronger – a blog on the philosophy of Hormetism, based on the application of…

Hale naayi-ge hosa tricksu kalisa bahudu – ondu chikka storyu

Hale naayi-ge hosa tricksu kalisa bahudu – ondu chikka storyu

April 03, 20131 mins

Pic courtesy sourceforge.net English translation of title: You CAN teach an old dog new tricks – a small story! A few months ago, I finally enrolled for a Kannada Learning class. 4 1/2 years after…

Training runs and motivation

Training runs and motivation

March 21, 20132 mins

“Does a runner at your level feel like you’d rather not run today, like you don’t want to run and would rather just sleep in?” He stared at me and then, in a voice that made it abundantly clear how…

In defence of the treadmill

In defence of the treadmill

March 15, 20134 mins

Treadmills get a bad rap. Serious (and snooty) runners look down on it.. You can ‘start’ running on treadmills but as soon as you get comfortable with 5k+ distances, it’s time to hit the trail/road…

Meet Sir Gaunker: the modern era Ekalavya with a happy ending

Meet Sir Gaunker: the modern era Ekalavya with a happy ending

March 12, 20134 mins

Prerequisite reading for this blog post: the story of Ekalavya. If you are a Mahabharata neophyte or if you just have a terrible memory, this Wikipedia page will come in handy.. as also this trinetra…

Fridge Logic for Runners

Fridge Logic for Runners

February 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…

Jaipur’s Day of Shame

Jaipur’s Day of Shame

January 28, 20134 mins

Yesterday was the 4th edition of the Ambuja Jaipur Marathon. My friends from Delhi (Strang and Rakhi) were eagerly looking forward to running the half marathon in Jaipur for the first time. Little did…

Cramps in the final 10k of a marathon – what gives?

Cramps in the final 10k of a marathon – what gives?

January 24, 20135 mins

Pic: courtesy tumblr.com/Google Images I missed the marathon season’s closing race Mumbai Marathon aka the ‘Kumbh Mela of Indian Running’. Wish I could claim credit for that moniker but no.. it was a…

You can never train too easy, but you CAN train too hard

You can never train too easy, but you CAN train too hard

January 16, 20132 mins

My running pal (Sunil) shared this great Buzzfeed article (The Runner’s Recovery Masterclass) that puts recovery at the heart of a runner’s training plan. If you are a marathon runner (at any stage in…

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

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

December 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…