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In a very heart warming gesture, The India Running Summit played host to the blade runners from Dakshin Rehab. Major DP Singh introduced each one of them and Mohana Gandhi explained the various aspects of their participation in the SCMM the next day. Though the event was a short...

In the experiential part of the Summit, Milind Soman, who was planning to run his first full marathon barefoot at Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon the following day narrated his personal story of how he transitioned to barefoot runner. He started with how he ran with shoes, the...

The second session of the day dealt with the all important topic of ‘Nutrition’. Dr. Kinita Kadakia Patel touched upon various aspects of pre-race day, during the race and also post race recovery.She started with explaining why the lunch that was served at the Summit...

The opening ceremony was a quick and crisp one. Mr. P. Venkatraman, Chief Running Evangelist, YouTooCanRun, went on to touch upon the need to have The India Running Summit. He said that based on the way running was growing in our country, there needed to be Pan India Summit,...

We have finalized the venue of the 4th annual Mumbai Road Runners’ Awards Nite to be held on Saturday, 1st February 2014. The Awards Nite will be held at “White Restaurant”, Ozone Club (erstwhile Nirlon Swimming Pool),1st floor, Off S.V. Road, Goregaon West, Mumbai 400 062....

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...

Kinita Kadakia Patel the Sports Nutritionist at the Summit is going to touch upon. Sample Menu for Saturday Explaining Every meal Hydration Strategy on Saturday Pre Run Snack- Options During Run- Options Recovery & Hydration Strategy Based on the sport nutritional principles,...

Poorna Daftari, joined the team of YouTooCanRun and was inspired to take up running. Being a non runner, she aspired to take part in the Pinkathon 10K. With about 7 weeks of training she ran a decent 10Kms. Read her amazing story here. Name : Poorna Daftari Age : 22 Profession :...

Jayanti Poojari joined the team at YouTooCanRun. Though she was having an atheltic background before, she had never run. She aspired to run the Pinkathon 10K and with about 7 weeks of training she ran the distance at a comfortable speed. Read all about her adventure here. Name :...

The mission of YouTooCanRun is to inspire non runners to take up running for good health. It seeks to do this by presenting inspiring stories of runners who are achieving great heights in running inspite of several challenges. The Challenging Ones is an organisation spearheaded...