Introduction Today, I'm joined by someone who was one of my earliest guests when I had just started Run Chronicles three years ago. Back then, we were both preparing for our first World Marathon Major, Berlin. Since then, our paths have crossed in the most unexpected ways. Funnily enough, we've still never met in India, but we did catch up in Paris after Berlin. A lot has changed since our first conversation. There has been growth, new experiences, new challenges, and plenty

I have known Seetharam Rajamani (SR), or Seetharam Rajamani sir, as I like to call him, for about a year and a half now. The first thing that has always struck me about him is his incredible zest for life. He is perpetually full of energy, greeting everyone with a broad smile, and I often feel that his mind runs at a million thoughts per mile. My earliest interactions with him were through social media, where he would regularly send encouraging messages whenever I posted abou

I prayed, prayed, prayed, and then prayed some more and prayed even harder. That is what the past two months have looked like for me after the Tokyo Marathon. I love posting about my runs, sharing my training, my progress, my good days, my not-so-good runs, my journey on Instagram. It gives me a different kind of joy But for the London Marathon, I went completely off the radar. I even switched my Strava account to Private mode. Not much action was happening there anyway. Very

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If I don’t celebrate my failures, do I have the right to celebrate my successes? That’s the reason I’m writing this blog. Because every race has a start line, and this story begins right here. The thing about having a strong intuition is, when things are going to be bad, somewhere in your heart you accept it, but outwardly, the denial is there, you fight your intuition, until you are proven right. And when things are going to turn out fine, you know in your gut that’s it's

Author's note For years, we ran the same route, exchanging nothing more than a quick good morning wave. I followed her achievements online, admiring her quiet strength and humble presence from a distance. There was something about her energy, steady, grounded, and inspiring, that drew me in. I knew her story belonged in Run Chronicles. And last Sunday, over coffee at a cozy neighborhood café, I finally sat down to hear it from her directly. There are many runners out there, b

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