Clik here to view.
Running the Course – Mumbai Marathon 2010
Half-marathoners covering the Worli sealink (Pic: courtesy sulekha.com) If you’ve not read Part 1 of this 2-part series (My Road to Mumbai Marathon 2010), the short version is this – “a case study in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Three Bubbles Revisited
When I wrote The Three Bubbles back in Oct 2008, the perspective was biased around cushioning the India landing. Clearly the 3 bubbles represent a fairly minimalistic view of life. If one were to just...
View ArticleR2I Profiles – Launching a New Category
My WordPress dashboard stats tell me that a lot of organic traffic comes from folks searching for “nris returning to india” or “indians returning to bangalore”. When I started this blog in 2008, this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Bengali Mumbaikar takes the long way home
Pic: courtesy ekmarathimanoos.blogspot.com Soumya Banerjee (my friend from University of Houston days) returned from Boston to India 10 years ago – a period which we can term the “first wave” of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Pre-2011 Marathon Running Era
The T-shirt they gave to the finishers of Silicon Valley Marathon 2002 In 2002, I ran my first marathon – the Silicon Valley Marathon in San Jose. Finished in a respectable time of 4:32. After a 6-year...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For a few minutes less: running the Mumbai Marathon 2012
Look for the Asterix reference at the tail end of post (Pic: courtesy zenitram.over-blog.com) This is Part 2 of my Mumbai Marathon 2012 race report and continues from For a few minutes less: a race...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My marathon discography
I completed my 12th marathon yesterday (and my 2nd Ultra). It finally made sense to create this discography post. #1 Silicon Valley Marathon (Oct 2002) – 4 hrs 32 min #2 Kaveri Trail Marathon (Sep...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Cramps in the final 10k of a marathon – what gives?
Pic: courtesy tumblr.com/Google Images I missed the marathon season’s closing race Mumbai Marathon aka the ‘Kumbh Mela of Indian Running’. Wish I could claim credit for that moniker but no.. it was a...
View ArticleHungama in Manama: Eka Lavya’s vivid Mumbai Marathon 2014 race report
[Editor's Note: Most race reports are a sequential recounting of the race, some more interesting than others. And then you have THIS race report. A vivid portrayal of the race (of course) but also a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Cult of BHUKMP
[Editor's Note: It's been almost four years since I started running with (and became part of) the BHUKMP cult. I never got around to writing about BHUKMP, aptly described as a "cult" rather than a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A boring race report – Jan 2014
[Note: a boring race report is one where everything largely goes per plan. The below update, a brief account of Mumbai Marathon 2014 was shared on my Facebook group, as a prelude to a race report. But,...
View Article
