Post the marathon I rested on my laurels. A few days later, there was this incredible feeling of loss- I felt a void due to the lack of a goal. Pushing my accomplishment out of my mind I looked ahead. All I saw was the long road ahead with no real aim. Next year’s marathon is […]
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DNA women’s 21k run….4 days away! After all it IS a half marathon-not a small distance! And I have taken it easy all along, running short distances a couple of times every week since the marathon. i am enjoying these shorter runs…. Leaving the park after the speed workout today, I was chatting with Varsha. […]
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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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The run on Friday was amazing. After many a sweltering run- over the last 2 months- this one was like manna from heaven. I ran late…….in the soft intermittent drizzle- and I felt like I could run forever. It was a short 8k run as it was a weekday, but this glorious one had filled […]
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