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When should you change your running shoes?

When should you change your running shoes?

May 02, 20133 mins

{Approximately 70% of this post was written using the Android WordPress app (in Flight Mode).} I ran my first full marathon in Oct 2002. I had spontaneously decided to train for the Mercury…

Examining Chris McDougall through a purchase funnel lens

Examining Chris McDougall through a purchase funnel lens

April 25, 20134 mins

A mini war of words erupted on our running group recently. The subject was Chris McDougall. I had shared this Jun 2009 McDougall article and highlighted the following quote which I found most…

The triple jump running plan for marathoners

The triple jump running plan for marathoners

April 18, 20133 mins

The triple jump, sometimes referred to as the hop, step and jump or the hop, skip and jump, is a track and field sport, similar to the long jump, but involving a “hop, bound and jump”: the competitor…

If running or cycling is your sport… double up

If running or cycling is your sport… double up

April 14, 20132 mins

In my last 5 years of increasingly regular marathon running, my consumption of running legends lore has been surprisingly minimal. After all, how many sports can one follow? Besides cricket, tennis…

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…

The Merchant of Corrupt Venice

The Merchant of Corrupt Venice

March 23, 20132 mins

I think of Portia’s famous speech often – every time a corrupt minister gets implicated in a corruption scam. When Infosys’ Narayana Murthy came up with that ridiculous suggestion that anti-corruption…

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…