(Parul v6.0) The first time I finished running a marathon (SCMM 2012) and I “didn’t die”, I wondered how much further I could go. And this question recurred a few more times, including this year at TMM. – I signed up for the Tata Ultra on a whim as a group of friends were going […]
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During most of the last week (a week before the marathon), when people asked me what race I was running, I knew I was in trouble. And when I replied, that I was running the full, they looked confused and covered up by saying, haven’t seen you run much, but yeah, you’ll do it because […]
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previous parts here: M vs M: Part 1 M vs M: Part 2 Mental memory(!) vs Muscle memory. Over coffee, I gave a runner friend my sob story (usual for this season), of how my previous few long runs had […]
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Running is a unique sport. No matter who runs, where and how much, it remains a solitary pursuit, in which every runner ultimately competes against herself. Kipchoge’s words have been immortalised, “I’ve done this to inspire other people and show the world nobody is limited.” And how most of us interpret them is, if Kipchoge […]
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My rant about my swimming is fairly well known (along with my hill-o-phobia). Since my Dubai Half IM race in February, I have focused primarily on strength training and swimming. Last week, I did a 2km swim and was pleasantly surprised to find that I was 9 minutes faster than my previous 2km time of […]
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5:15 am It was a dark, cool morning, and the loudspeaker was playing “Fix you” and I had goosebumps. It was really happening! Nearly 2000 faaancy bikes were racked up, and then there was mine! 😉 With shaking hands and stomach jitters I filled up my tyres, did some last-minute preparation and then put on […]
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It has been a year of firsts. An edgy year. A year that I lived fully outside of my comfort zone, in some other land! And I figure that this is a good way to live… 😉 Firsts this year: Swimming in open water (breast stroke) Learning freestyle (yet WIP) Riding a road bike in […]
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The stress of the ride was playing with my mind. 100 km= Over 4 hours of riding. 5 am – 9.15 am at the least. The distance and negotiating traffic on my cleats (just to put it out there- my safe dismount rate off the bike is 50%!) were my primary concerns. So, I woke […]
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Post my Goa triathlon in February 2018, I started to learn freestyle. First with a friend, who is a national level swimmer and then with a coach. I had a simple goal…to do a 2km swim, freestyle, in under an hour. That was when I would register for my first half IronMan race. (This is […]
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