Archive for April, 2008

Maintaining an exercise log

April 29, 2008

Finally spring is here and the time has come for all closet runners to start heading out to run in the open. Yes, I belong to the club of closet runners simply because I am too much of a chicken to run when the temperature is below 30. Last year, I would not head out [...]

Bastardisation of Indian food

April 23, 2008

We Indians have perfectly managed to mess up really good and balanced cooking. I might even say we have bastardized it enough that we now think we have to eat non-Indian food to feel healthy. I am also a culprit of this movement and the more I read magazines about what to eat, the worse [...]

Soccer player’s leg????

April 21, 2008

I was walking up the gym stairs the other day when a guy walking behind me asked me if I was a soccer player. I was stunned. After informing him that I don’t do any sport except run every once in a while, I asked him why he assumed that. He told me that it [...]

Running a marathon

April 16, 2008

After giving this a lot of thought, I decided I will run the marathon this year barring any injuries.
Lot of people have different opinions about running the marathon. Some (most actually) think that only a crazy person runs a marathon. Some of us think it is an awesome feeling. But to be honest, it definitely [...]

Book review – Topaz (Leon Uris)

April 2, 2008

I read this book a couple of days after I came back from my trip. It was a decent read. I had read Exodus by Leon Uris – I personally think it is one of the best books written. After this, I went to a sale at the library and picked out all the Leon [...]