For the people reporting crazy HR numbers in this thread - wrist HR devices are absolute crap. If you are invested in running get a reliable chest strap. Otherwise, ignore the HR numbers, they are wrong by huge margins.

Guess I have hacked the Matrix. Garmin finally says my training load is balanced. For years, it was always short on something. What's yours?

Impressed by what Nike was able to pull off with #AfterDarkTour at Mumbai. Great campaign, and more importantly kudos to then to get 3000 women to run in the night during Mumbai summer. geeksonfeet

A friend just turned 50. We met yesterday. He excitedly told me he can now eye the podium in the 50+ age group at upcoming Vedanta Half! It felt so cute. Might sound odd to non-runners, but this is how runners roll! 😄

My fav: Kudos to these 34 runners who paced so perfectly.

Well that didn’t take long - Pick a name, add a medal, and call it a run.

Step Speed Loss (SSL) is exciting, a new metric that tells how much speed we loose at foot-strike. Combining this with Ground Contact Time can help improve our stride efficiency. Unfortunately locked to FR 970+HRM 600 combo. Hey @garmin please open it up. Run Mechanics

The answer to all the life's problems?

On the hindsight Procam made two good moves for TCS World 10k - 1. Moving the start from Kanteerava to Cubbon road. 2. Advancing the event to April. #BengaluruRains

Running is now truly democratized. Anyone can run anywhere at anytime. 👏

Inspired by Vijayaraghavan Venugopal’s London and Tokyo runs, this pacing strategy: 30K steady, 12.2K unleash the beast shall henceforth be known as the ViRa 30-12 Template™. Hope to copy it for my future marathons :-)

I’ve always found it hard to enter new communities, online/offline. This piece by Ashley Mateo really resonates. “Treat newcomers like teammates, not trespassers.” runnersworld.com/news/a64842442…

Anything can be mediation. Did you experience this? geeksonfeet

A runner visited Run Mechanics 2 weeks ago, training for his marathon with a ChatGPT-generated plan. No access to a coach, so AI filled the gap. Decent plan, but missed key elements. AI gives a good start, but how can we augment it to make better training accessible to all?

The myth of switching to fat metabolism. Countless times I have heard commentators say “And then you switch to fat metabolism”. But how does fuel use actually work? Is there really a switch to fat metabolism? bit.ly/3whwXRD

Any guesses on the most innovative feature in a ₹12000 running Singlet?!