Run Musings

Many a times, I am asked the question - How do I start running. The answer to this question, that I have often provided is - In order to run, all you need is Legs(these days we have blade runners too - all respect to them), Road, a pair of running shoes (these days we see a lot of barefoot runners as well - more about that in the article), a runner's heart. The next question more often than not - what kind of shoes should i wear? Now that is a tricky one. There are various things that go into selecting the right pair. I have been a minimalist runner for the last 6 years and hence my recommendations are on those lines.  However, in this article, I will try and address what are the different types of running shoes and how should you select one. Many a times, if you are already a runner, you may face a situation where you may find a shoe to be perfect when you buy it in the store. You try it, may try taking some strides in it etc. However, the real test of the shoes i...

We are in the era of instant gratification and we are used to getting appreciation instantly for whatever we do today. The Social Networking sites are facilitating this. Likes, Comments, Shares etc from various networking sites are helping this. In a matter of 20 years we have moved from no mobile connections in our country to 478 million internet users in June 2018. We moved from hardly any internet connection in late 1990s to 4G internet connections in late 2010s. In 1990s most of the country relied on the newspaper the next day to get breaking news – today we get it within seconds of a happening. Back then if we wanted information, we would ask some people, read some stuff and try to get the information – today this information is available to us within seconds on our mobile phones. Most of the times, back then, if someone asked – who is the singer of – “Mere Desh ki Dharti Sona Ugle? And if we didn’t know the answer – we were completely OK with not knowing it – today the n...