Marathon training isn’t about one magical workout. It’s about reaching a point where running simply becomes part of life again. This week felt exactly like that. After the ankle niggle last week, I was curious to see how the body would respond. The answer was reassuring. No drama. No setbacks. Just five solid days of… Continue reading Week 4/20: Engine Back in Rhythm
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Week 3/20: Engine Knock
Week 3: The Hardest Workout Was Doing Nothing After two weeks of building momentum, Week 3 reminded me of one of marathon training’s oldest lessons: fitness grows when you train, but longevity comes from knowing when not to. The plan looked simple on paper—hill repeats, aerobic runs and another marathon-specific long run. Life, or rather my… Continue reading Week 3/20: Engine Knock
Week 2/20: Building the Engine
Week 2 of the Ahmedabad Marathon training block was a reminder that marathon training is never a perfectly straight line. The plan called for a little more mileage, but life had other ideas. I missed one aerobic base run, which meant the week’s volume ended at 47.5 km instead of the planned 55–60 km. A few months… Continue reading Week 2/20: Building the Engine
Week 1/20 — Ahmedabad Marathon: Starting the Engine
Prologue: New block, new language — from %Max HR to %LTHR This training block starts with one important change. I’ve shifted my Garmin training zones from percentage of maximum heart rate (%Max HR) to percentage of lactate-threshold heart rate (%LTHR). Why bother changing something that has worked for years? Max HR tells me where my ceiling is. LTHR gives me… Continue reading Week 1/20 — Ahmedabad Marathon: Starting the Engine
Kohlu Ke Bail: 6 Hours, 157 Laps, and Three Men Running in Circles
There are some race formats where you run from Point A to Point B. There are some where you run from Point A to Point B, then question your life choices, then somehow reach Point C. And then there is a stadium run. Here, you run from Point A… back to Point A. Again. And… Continue reading Kohlu Ke Bail: 6 Hours, 157 Laps, and Three Men Running in Circles
The Gel Index: A Runner’s Currency Depreciation Report
When I started running in 2014, I thought running was a low-cost sport. Shoes, shorts, T-shirt, road.Simple. Then I discovered gels. In 2016, I started using GU. Later came Fast&Up and Unived, which gave Indian runners some local relief. Then around 2022, I discovered Maurten, and suddenly my marathon nutrition plan started looking like an… Continue reading The Gel Index: A Runner’s Currency Depreciation Report
Bengaluru TCS 10K – Midpack Review
Bengaluru 26. 4. 26. OK, that’s a funny number to start the blog There are two kinds of runners at the TCS World 10K Bengaluru. The first kind is chasing a PB.The second kind is those whose race bib says “DEBUTANT,” making sense of this Mahakumbh of 10K, somewhere near Ulsoor Lake( I usually run… Continue reading Bengaluru TCS 10K – Midpack Review
Finishing a Marathon Is a Time Problem, Not a Distance Problem
Every marathoner knows the number by heart: 42.195 km.Some even romanticise it—26.2 miles of glory, grit, and questionable life choices. But if runners were mathematicians, they would quietly push the distance aside, pick up a chalk, and write a different equation on the board: Marathon = Managing Time in Space Because on race day, your… Continue reading Finishing a Marathon Is a Time Problem, Not a Distance Problem
BTS: Back To Sports (Not Behind The Scenes, Not Bangtan Boys)
Everyone thinks BTS means Behind The Scenes or that shiny K-Pop band with haircuts sharper than my Garmin splits. But for me, today was BTS = Back To Sports… after 6 months of complete vanvaas. Yes, friends, six months of Netflix cross-training and samosa strength workouts. My fitness graph looked like Sensex after budget day… Continue reading BTS: Back To Sports (Not Behind The Scenes, Not Bangtan Boys)
Diary of a Rehab Bro with a Hustle Hangover
So picture this: you run a marathon, then pitch a startup, then ice your knee while checking your startup runway and your Strava splits. And just when you’re about to nap, your college friend turns 50 and throws a party with an open bar and throwback Bollywood playlist. Basically, you feel both a Yoda and… Continue reading Diary of a Rehab Bro with a Hustle Hangover