Wednesday. Ncpa. 9k race. The Wettest day of July 2013. I didn’t run today. I found a 100 excuses as I looked out of my window at 5.15 am. As the day went on I spoke to all the fanatics who DID run. It was a once-in-a-lifetime run. A YOLO run, as Sanjana […]
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14th July 2013 21 km Bandra- Ncpa 2.12 hours non stop, steady pace of 6.18 min/km One of my best training runs ever! After a couple of initial muggy kilometres, we breezed the whole way, literally and figuratively. For a change we ran one way with the Bandra runners,and what a welcome change it was! […]
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Today Wednesday 300m. Lace up my shoes and go, albeit a little late. 12 rounds At a fast, and not-so-fast pace, Topped with 2 -100 m sprints, With surprising winners. Droplets A feeling of disbelief Is it really rain A reward for being regular? The group disperses But the drizzle continues […]
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“Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” – Oprah Winfrey, talk show host and marathon finisher Crossing the finish line with my arms held out wide….. am I flying… I was! I was sprinting the last 50m of my 42.0196 km…. in 4 hours […]
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As I wake up with my morning alarm……anytime between 4.45 am and 5 am I wonder…..why am I doing this to myself…….I struggle with myself and finally shake the inertia off… We start the run from Nariman Point and we run past the seascape……its beautiful……..cool breeze…..early morning walkers and fellow runners….the street lights are still […]
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Our training has stepped up, difficult on most days, but it becomes a joy at the race course as it is really beautiful at daybreak. The greenness is soothing to the eye and the heart, and the twittering of the birds is music to the soul. And all so often we are treated to flock of white gulls […]
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The run this Sunday was a milestone for me- my longest run this season…..25 kilometers. I was low on confidence because I had missed my previous 2 ritualistic Sunday runs, as work had taken over my weekends. All the same, our band of 5 started out – bright and early at 5.45 am with full […]
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I sit back and reflect on the week that flew past, and I smile.it started with one of the most difficult runs I have ever done. Only a 21km run. It was a huge battle with my mind as I struggled over the last 4km. My pace dropped to a real slow jog. One step […]
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As I picked up a drowsy Nimisha, she tells me, “But Parul, its raining!” I looked around and agreed, as i realized that it had been pouring all night. After much deliberation, we drove slowly to Nariman point, wondering if any of the others would show up. And lo, behold! Almost everyone was there in […]
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“Sunshine is delicious, rain is refreshing, wind braces us up, snow is exhilarating; there is really no such thing as bad weather, only different kinds of good weather.”-John Ruskin We ran through the sweltering summer heat awaiting the rain. Come June. In anticipation of the monsoon we pushed the mileage up. After a teaser on […]
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