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This is the last week before the SCMM and I thought I will share my thoughts on this important aspect. While much focus is given on training aspect and some on nutritional aspects, very little attention is given to the recovery aspect. So here goes. 1. The ‘form’ that...

I spent the weekend of April 27 / 28, 2013 in my ancestral village in Thanjavur District of Tamil Nadu, South India. On Monday evening, I had occasion to understand the ceremony of TheeMudhi. Literally Fire- Walking. Or walking across on flaming hot coal embers. About 50...

Marathon Training Workshop at Panjim –  Goa The Marathon Training Workshop conceived by YouTooCanRun held its second workshop at Panjim Goa. In a first time initiative, the Vasco Da Gama Sports Club, organizers of the Goa River Marathon invited the faculty of YouTooCanRun...

YouTooCanRun is organizing together with Vasco Sports Club and ESA the Marathon Training Workshop in Panaji, Goa for the benefit of the running community there. It is scheduled for Sunday, Oct 21st and is to be held at the prestigious Black Box at the Kala Niketan Academy. Here...

Generally from time to time each one of us receive emails that talk of various ‘superfoods’ Many runners who have read the book Born to Run by Chistropher Mcdougall  have also got acquainted with Chia seeds in that book.  Most emails will talk of some exotic fruits or...

    From all the feedback of my last post of the Hare and the Tortoise, one thing clearly emerged. Everyone wants to run like a hare with the pacing plan of a tortoise :-). Sorry guys you were born on a wrong continent. But everyone agrees that one should pace properly...

Now that we know, from the earlier post, what Pace is..let us try to understand why this is so important on Race day. Runners believe that in the parable of the Hare and the Tortoise the Tortoise won the race because it had a better pacing plan in place. Most new runners,...

    This is something that used to confuse me a lot when I was a new initiate into the world of running. It helps to clarify these two terms and also why we talk in terms of Pace rather than Speed when we run. Most newcomers to running come from a background where their...

Many may wonder what is the purpose of the workshop and where does this fit into the larger scheme of things. Out of the 13-15K HMers and 3-5K FMers that turn up for the SCMM, hardly a fraction train under a good coach or as part of a running group. Each year, there is a large...

YouTooCanRun supports Exercise Science Academy in conducting a first time Marathon Training Workshop on Sep 8th at Asian Heart Institute in BKC, Bandra E, Mumbai