Sometime after the age of fifty, there comes a moment called as retirement which brings curtains down on most lives. On many occasions, not doing anything is most sought out. There are a few who go on to defy the convention and lead the way for the rest. By the age of fifty-eight, Latha Srinivasan …
Talk about France and cycling, the first thoughts that comes to one’s mind is the prestigious Tour de France. Equally popular though is the Paris-Brest-Paris (PBP) Randonneur event, which unlike the Tour de France, is open to amateurs across the world. Started in 1891, older than Tour de France, the next edition of the quadrennial event is …
Running has introduced me to myriads of people, to whom I would remain forever indebted for the treasures of wisdom that they parted with me, in thought, word and deed. One such person was Raja Marthandan, who at the first sight wasn't someone I would have looked up to. In 2010, I was volunteering for …
Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out. - widely attributed to Anton Chekov Sports persons are often unfairly judged on what they do for few minutes on the event day, ignoring the hours of drudgery of their routine training that consumes most of their lives. In long …
It all started with a casual conversation during May 2009. VPS and Shahid had then started a "Chapter" of Chennai Runners; morning runs were started at MCC, Chetpet during weekdays, in addition to the 'home ground' at Alwarpet. A new runner had started running with them. A regular walker until the age of 64, he …
Any conversation about old people and their passions in life will invariably lead us to the movie “World’s Fastest Indian,” a biographical picture based on the life of legendary Kiwi motorcyclist Burt Monroe, who set world records for under 1000 cc motorcycle at the age of sixty-eight. In one of the scenes, Anthony Hopkins, playing …
