Over time, I stopped measuring my days by degree of productivity and started experiencing them by the degree of presence. The joy of being in the moment. Experiencing life fully and completely. As it happens in almost anything that one does with complete focus. Be it a sport, music or even work. When one loses […]

“”What’s next?”” is a question I’ve been asked a lot since Boston as it pertains to upcoming races and competitive goals. Truth is, I am running just enough to keep myself fit. As I run with my usual group I realize how far behind I am. The willingness to endure the pain of hard running […]

Wednesday speedwork: 16 x 400s A seemingly innocuous workout. I like 400s as a distance. It’s short. And it’s over before it really stresses you. Yes, the number of reps could be a bit of a challenge but then I’m a distance runner. I have endurance. Only that it’s been 2 months since I’ve done […]

I was in Boston with one purpose. To run the race. I had heard that the expo was fairly big. So first thing, on Friday morning Pervin and I collected our precious bibs, goodie bags and wandered around for a couple of hours. The merchandise was jaw dropping. The scale was huge. It was like Lotus […]

While waiting at the gate 64 in New York, a feel a sense of listlessness pervade. As I fly back, towards home, I realise that it is a huge sense of loss. Loss of a goal. Loss of a purpose. Loss of my “Self”. The past few years my life had one direction. My mind was working […]

Part 1: The Airport It was a surreal feeling as I sat in the plane en route Boston. Boston seemed so far away. And here I was. In less than 20 hours I would be there, and in less than 5 days, standing at the start line of the most historic Marathon in the world. […]

Running, for me, has always been about connecting, forging new bonds and creating friendships. The camaraderie through shared pain, shared joy has taught me more about people and life than spending years in conversations and contemplation. It has been about adding love, consolidating strength and finding meaning in my life. As we run harder, deeper into […]

Oh what a comedy of errors it was. It was a total of 22 but 25 was fixed in her head Of which 12 was fast which they broke up As 5 out to Worli and 6 back to the start.   When the end of 10 approached, They realised 2 more left Imagine their horror when the finish […]

The Beginning of a Dream: On the weekend of my third Full Marathon, in 2014, seeking inspiration, I watched ‘Spirit of the Marathon.’ In the movie, Ryan Bradley was training for the Chicago Marathon to qualify for Boston. And that was how the term ‘BQ’ (Boston Qualifier) entered my life. I paused the film, googled […]

The last 32km run is the memory with which you run your marathon. I never run more than 32 km while training, and this year was the same. The only difference was that the route included some rolling hills to simulate race conditions.  But that had been de rigueur this season. Somehow, after training for […]