Author Archives: Sandip

Finally, it is done. The race is over. I clocked about 2 minutes less than last year. Not as good as I had hoped, because the weather today was fantastic. But at least the timing wasn’t worse than last year. That … Continue reading →

Three months of training, mostly irregular towards the end. We are ready for our second 10k, actually the second annual Bangalore 10k. Last year I was about 8 kgs lighter. But we had an eight month sabbatical in between so … Continue reading →

As I watched my brother-in-law run the half-marathon on television, I realised I had no reason not to put my running shoes on. There were CEOs and housewives with less free time than me. There were disabled people who didn’t … Continue reading →

[Photo courtesy: 4deserts.com] Six years ago, Sumanth Chidambi was a man couldn’t walk even a kilometre without tiring, who weighed 106 kg for his 5.11 frame. “I used to be waist size 42, now I am 35.” (ref: Bangalore Mirror) … Continue reading →

Just saw a friend tweet about the TCS World 10k course route having been announced. Had some trouble finding a link to the course from the website homepage. Here are the routes of all the races of the event. I … Continue reading →

See the full gallery on Posterous [Photo credit: David W Oliver (1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8), RenoTahoe, Keoki Seu] Over the last couple of years since the time I heard about it’s existence, if there is one race that I try to keep up … Continue reading →

[Photo credit: Jamie Carter] Due to some unexpected changes to our schedule this weekend, we just weren’t in shape in the morning for the Sunday run. This week Runners High scheduled a 10k on the regular World 10k race route … Continue reading →

After all the controversies regarding the dates and venue, the TCS World 10k dates were finally confirmed by Santhosh in a mail to the group yesterday. Time to sign up and book some tickets for folks to come watch!

This Sunday, Runners High arranged for the long run at the IIM Bangalore campus. Seems students are off at this time of the year, and so that gave a crowd-free running track. The weather was cloudy, and the tree covered … Continue reading →

Just now got a mail from Procam about the new name for their annual World 10k run in Bangalore. What used to be called the Sunfeast World 10k till now, will be called the TCS World 10k in 2011 at … Continue reading →