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Looking Back – Mumbai Marathon 2009
Soon after running, rather walking, the Mumbai Marathon in 2006, I wanted to get back to the city again and banish the ghosts of not finishing the run in specified time. Given the registration fee was not exorbitant as it is today, I registered for the event again in 2007 and 2008, only not to…
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Bringing Diversity in Running
On February 23, 2020, 25-year old Ahmaud Arbery went for a run in the Satilla Shores, an upper class locality in Glynn County, Georgia, United States of America. In the process, he entered an under-construction site and spent some time inspecting it without causing any damage. Alarmed by the presence of a stranger in that…
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10 Years on…
Being nostalgic is often seen as a virtue of getting old and best avoided. Despite depressing on most occasions, largely for the those at the receiving end, and occasionally elating, it does help one to get a perspective. As George Santayana would say, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it“ Turning…
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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…
Running and Beyond 