Arun Rajaraman

2023   An year of base miles training which would help 2024 and beyond. In my 2022 year-end blog here , I'd set some goals. I also did a checkpoint mid year here . The new year is here and it's about time to look at how 2023 wrapped up. 2745 km was the target distance I wanted to hit, which is btw 75% of my 2020 yearly mileage. Closed the year with 2,919.7 km (~79.77%). 243.5 km/month, 56.1 km/week. Very pleased with the outcome Strength training always took backseat in my workouts, I made a conscious attempt to correct that this year, very happy on how the year paned out. My appearance at races/event continued to be limited in 2023 which I don't intend to change in 2024. I have decided to participate in 2-3 events in any calendar year, however train all through the year. Races I participated this year, London Marathon, you can read about that here  and another half marathon at NDA in Pune which I have blogged here Body weight continued to be around ~70 kg/155 lb Drinking s...

I  have been meaning to visit the Vaishnodevi shrine and Harmandir Sahib for over a decade I’d say. But the trip never materialised and was always in ‘planning’ stage. I’m sure lot of you reading this blog would have destinations you have been meaning to go to but it takes forever to get real. This year my annual outing to New Delhi was due, it is usually to go hang out with Sreekrishna aka Tyson, eat some amazing food and also run the Delhi Half Marathon and return. This year, on the same date as Delhi Half Marathon, there was the NDA Marathon in Pune which I had registered to run, you can read all about it here as a result I didn’t have my usual ‘race’ or excuse to visit Delhi. Around mid August though, I was talking to Tyson and asked him if he’d be interested in going to Vaishnodevi & Amritsar. We tried to loop in Sriram too, he however couldn’t make these dates due to constraints. I booked flight to and from Delhi, the idea was to commute between the other cities by train....