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
Category: Running
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)
“Kailash Manasarovar Yatra” of Bhaskar Thakur a.k.a Shankaran Pillion
Prologue: The Epic Ride of Sadhguru Just this year, defying age, illness, and every whisper of “You can’t,” Sadhguru did something almost mythic: after two major brain surgeries in 2024, the man mounted a motorcycle and rode all the way to Mount Kailash. He conquered high passes, muddy terrain, icy chills, and thin air —… Continue reading “Kailash Manasarovar Yatra” of Bhaskar Thakur a.k.a Shankaran Pillion
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
If You Are Injured, You Are Still an Athlete—Your Sport Is Rehab
Injury. The dreaded word that no runner wants to hear. It’s like someone hitting pause on the movie of your life—just when the chase scene was getting good. But here’s the truth I’ve come to accept over the past few months:If you are injured, you are still an athlete.You haven’t stopped being a runner. You’ve… Continue reading If You Are Injured, You Are Still an Athlete—Your Sport Is Rehab