Before you start reading the blog, please check if you have at least 10-15 minutes with high tolerance levels. An easier way is to to scroll all the way down, check the final part of the blog, and contribute to Asha. It would be more meaningful than the entire blog! It was in the year 2009 …
During the first Tour of Tamil Nadu in 2010, I offered myself to be a blogger but never fulfilled that promise. Most of my writings remained in draft mode and on many days, I did not write anything other than the title. I redeemed some of the promise when I wrote this piece for The …
A marathon in a city like Berlin cannot be anything but “legendary” - Yes, that's the theme of the event and the organisers did some brilliant promotions to reinforce. Check this promotional video, The event holds a special place among runners for being the ‘fastest course.’ Suresh Seshadri, a participant in this year's edition, wrote an …
Emil Zatopek is often credited to have said, "If you want to run, run a mile. If you want to experience a different life, run a marathon.” Andrew Johnston, a business faculty member, explains in a popular TEDx talk on how he taught his students the fundamentals of Business by making them train and run …
After riding in the 2010 (first edition of the tour), 2015 and 2017 editions of the tour, I registered for the 2018 edition of the Tour themed "Waterfalls". My personal experience can be summed up the image below! In addition to riding in the tour, I also ventured to write about the tour for The …
Life was like a box of chocolates. You never know what you're gonna get. A week back, my good friend, Srini was looking for someone to replace him in the Tour of Tamil Nadu as he is keeping himself busy with the 'clean-up' work in Chennai. The following day, as I was riding to my …
