January 1st. The time for resolutions. And the mandatory “Resolution Run”. This race has almost become a tradition for me for the past 4 years (I missed it last year and well … my racing year did not go well, so why jinx myself!). We’ve always gone as a family with my minions doing the kids races, but this year Daddy didn’t wake up even when I poked him quite a few times, so I guiltily went by myself. Apart from…
It is not yet January , the time for goals and resolutions. But I have my goal picked out for this season and I’m going to treat the next 5 months as a “mini-year” with goals, resolutions and check points! I have a SMART goal (Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, Time-based) – for a marathon that I will refer to as the “Mystery Marathon”. And the goal in this marathon is to complete within the official time limit. But a goal…
If you can’t go to Disney, then bring Disney to you at the runDisney Atlanta Meetup! That is what #OnTheRoadToDisneyParks was all about and Atlanta was lucky to have the first meetup. Even though I’m not running any Disney events this year, we are going down in December. What better way to get me all extra excited about our trip!!! Amy from Mom’s Magical Miles and I carpooled down to Turner Field, the home of Atlanta Braves (atleast until…
A classic example of being in the right place at the right time. In cyberworld, that is. A few days ago, there was this tweet from @rundisney, that I honestly didn’t give a second thought to. I mean, what are the odds that they’d pick Atlanta, right? It's official! #runDisney Meet-Ups are going on the road. More details to come… #OnTheRoadToDisney — runDisney (@runDisney) October 29, 2013 And then, at about 10:40am as I was idly browsing facebook, waiting for…
My race report for the 13.1 AllState Atlanta ends right at the title – it was hills, hills and more hills. This was Half Marathon #8 (or is it 9?) and surprisingly the first one after Alien Half Marathon LAST YEAR in August!! Even though I’ve run 2 marathons since August. I had done this race 3 years ago and it was Half #2. It was the old course and hilly at that time. It was the new course and…
Growing up in India, August 15th, India’s Independence Day would be day full of flag ceremony at school, followed by speeches and other cultural events, the much awaited sweets, and then returning home to hear more speeches from politicians. It was a day of wearing white, of reflection and appreciation of what the freedom fighters had endured (the millions of people, not just Gandhi. Wikipedia has a “short” history, if you are interested.) In contrast, July 4th, USA’s Independence Day…
Yesterday, I had the chance to run and then hangout with Bart Yasso at Big Peach Running Company, our local running store. Both run and hangout are very loose terms that I will deliberately not elaborate on 🙂 (As hard as it may be to believe, I did not stalk him but instead learnt of his run at the store through twitter #runchat) After a short easy 3.5 mile run, Bart took the time to talk to us about running…