Fitness Enthusiasts - How about a phone/tablet/desktop as your work-out buddy? These are crazy times and crazy things are happening. One big emerging trend is about fitness going the digital way. And India’s fitness and wellness industry leader – CureFit, is committing to this trend. In an unexpected move in late May 2020, CureFit... Continue Reading →
A short video on home work-out routine for runners.
India isn’t a ‘sleeping sports giant’ anymore. Over the past few years, India has woken up to sports like never before. Therefore, the opportunities in the sector have slowly and surely cropped up. It is only a matter of time before these opportunities scale upto to sizes befitting the nation with 1.3 Bn people and... Continue Reading →
Garmin Forerunner 235 (FR235) has been a go-to watch for most amateur runners the world over. And, rightfully so, as FR235 packs nearly everything that its users would need without burning a serious hole in the pocket. So, when Garmin announced an upgrade in the form of Forerunner 245 (FR245), there was anticipation in the... Continue Reading →
From being borderline stupid to extremely serious stuff, and most often alien-speak to the non-runners, ‘Shit Runners Say’ is a real thing. Runners get a lot of flak for this, but at the same time this is what makes them true runners. Here is my attempt to put some of this shit together. And, a... Continue Reading →
It took some time coming. To be totally honest, it actually took more time than I'd thought. I was hoping to break the sub 4 barrier at Tata Mumbai Marathon (TMM) 2019. But, I bonked spectacularly at 32Km mark to earn my first DNF ever. 4 weeks later, New Delhi Marathon (NDM) 2019, I though... Continue Reading →
2019 has been an outstanding year for Sports. It has been an equally outstanding year for Indian sports in particular. We witnessed many spectacular individual and team performances by Indian athletes through the year. Here is my attempt at listing India's top 10 sporting moments of 2019.
India has a mind boggling 17%+ population of the world. People in India are watching more sports than ever, playing more sports than ever and spending more on sports & fitness than even before. Why would any sports brand NOT want to win in India? But, barring a few big brands, a vast majority of... Continue Reading →
Being on the long and committed journey of endurance running and entrepreneurship, I have come to believe that these completely unrelated passion areas actually have several things in common. At a fundamental level, setting up a start-up is not so different from running a marathon. There are several similar types phases one has journey through,... Continue Reading →
Khardung La Challenge (KDC) was one of my BHAGs (Big Hairy Audacious Goals) of 2019 season (all puns intended)! The other one was Comrades. I had to skip Comrades so KDC assumed even greater importance. In 2018, I had run Ladakh Marathon and KDC 2019 was penciled in at the finish line back then. And,... Continue Reading →
On The Run with Aashu 