The Revenge of the Mind (Or M vs M- part 3)
Cast of characters: (in order of appearance) Me: The one with the fickle mind Mind: He Who Must Not Be Named The Coach: The…
The story of two Tempo Runs
A 9k tempo run. At my threshold pace. Stress. I was only counting negatives. That I’ve not run so fast all season. That…
Parul v2.0
The relationship that I have with Hills is pretty public. From “I hate hills” a few years ago to “It is just a…
Learning from W.H. Davies
Two millennia earlier, Aristotle asserted: “This is the main question, with what activity one’s leisure is filled.” Today, in our culture of productivity-fetishism, we have…
GOI (not a Goa flight :))
Goal: (By end June 2015) I will become an average swimmer this year, and an expert swimmer by next year. Once my running…
2016- The training begins…
2016- The training begins… Plan for last week was: Short Interval: 5x1km repeats @ Furious pace (Tue). Short. Hard. Scary. Little rest. Tempo…
The Power of 4:
Udayan, my therapist, taught me how to live life. How to talk to my children, how to understand myself and all around me.…
To Do or Not to Do…
Post an hour long swim, a few parental duties and little dilly-dallying, at 8.15 am I headed out for a run last Saturday.…
The Crossroads
As I read my previous post again, I think back on the various unusual people I met…in the same 60 days. A close…
Some thoughts on the last 60 days
And, for a Wednesday (Saturday it should be actually!), a few stray thoughts and a few general observations and a few points of view…