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Pacing the 5:30 Bus
To be a pacer in a marathon is an unique challenge, for it comes with a great deal of responsibility. You not only run your race but also help someone to run their race. My only experience as a pacer was during the Hyderabad Marathon in 2011, when I and KP tagged along for the…
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Run for Team ASHA in Bengaluru Marathon
Running a marathon is not just about running the 42.195 Km on the race day. It is more about the training for the event. The discipline required for the training brings out the best in oneself and is the real learning from the endeavour. It is not just about one’s physical ability but more about…
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Running and Environmentalism
After Religion, if there exists a social group that breeds more hypocrites, it must be Environmentalism. Although, my friend Rajesh does not see much difference between the two as he considers environmentalism as just another new age Religion. We still do not know where the green brigade stand on iconoclasm, whether they will fight crusades,…
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Mumbai Marathon
During the run-up to the Mumbai Marathon this year, the Race Director, Hugh Jones said, “This is where the running movement started in India. People in urban India have taken to street running,’’ Tall claims! Nevertheless, one has to agree with the fact that it is one of the well established running event in India.…
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Tirunelveli Halwa-Marathon
In the blog for upcoming Chennai Marathon, Ram Viswanathan wrote an interesting post entitled ‘Running Takes You Places.’ Reflecting on the article, I realised that there are many places that running has taken me – both in India as well as outside of it. However, in all these trips, running the marathon has been the…
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The Ahimsa Run
Ahimsa Paramo Dharma (अहिंसा परमॊ धर्मः) On March 30, 2014, the Jains and Marwaris of Pondicherry organised a 7Km run to promote running amongst their community members.The theme of the run was centred around the basic tenets of Jainism. The run was aptly named as the Ahimsa Run, the key principle of those following the…
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The Servarayan Hills Ultra
In the middle of the night, Aravind wakes up and yells, ‘Praveen…. It’s 3:30 and no one has got up.’ Checked my phone and the time read 11:59. Praveen jumps out of his bed to confirm the same. Aravind quickly realises that it is the second time of the dual time on his phone screen.…
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Navagraha Ottam – Part 5
All’s well that ends well! That’s precisely what I was expecting on a final day of the arduous, yet enjoyable trip. While a finish looked all but assured, a grand finish was what I was expecting. It didn’t look as easy as expected. I got up with a severe pain in the arch of the…
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Navagraha Ottam – Part 3
One done; three to go. It wasn’t the distance we ran that mattered; it was more about the frequency of start-stop-start that made the run more difficult. After a good night sleep and an early morning coffee (Our crew made sure that we are served coffee every morning), we were all set to start the…
Running and Beyond 