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My father and bourbon biscuits

Posted on December 31, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Today is my father’s birthday. He would’ve been 86 today. My fondest memory of him happened when I was 11. I was in the northern Indian city of Patiala with my sister (Sheelben) and a bunch of other swimmers from Gujarat for swim-camp. Our accommodations were pretty bad and food was even worse. The pool […]

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Monkeying around on Merry Christmas

Posted on December 26, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Super-cool Monkey Mug Merry Christmas. I did not receive new training gadgets this year. I did not want any. I am happy with my Garmin 910XT. Santa (aka Binita) did give me a super-funky super-cool monkey-business coffee mug today (pictured above). I look forward to enjoying coffee every morning in my cool monkey mug. I […]

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Congratulations Megan!

Posted on December 20, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

We were at a rockin party last night. It was Megan’s Bat Mitzvah. In the morning she was amazingly poised as she recited and sang Hebrew. Of course we had no idea what she was singing but it sounded beautiful. In the evening, it was time to let our hair down and hit the dance […]

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A tough golf shot

Posted on December 11, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

This Sunday I plan to go on my first group bikeride since May of 2014. It’ll probably be around 40 or so miles on relatively flat terrain with Kristi, Katie, Mike and a couple of other guys from The Village. I’m excited! Today I ran for a short 4+ miles around the DC Ranch neighborhood. […]

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Back in the saddle after 18 months

Posted on December 7, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

It was 18 months ago that I was diagnosed with Pulmonary Embolism. When there are 6 clots in your lungs including a saddle clot, you have to get on strong blood thinner medication. Since I was on Xarelto (a mild form of rat poison) which has no antidote, any head trauma would be quite deadly […]

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Favorable forecast for the New York Marathon

Posted on October 25, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

When you run hills in the heat, your heartrate has no choice but to flirt up. Today was supposed to be an 8-mile taper day but the run sure didn’t feel like a taper run. The last 3 miles were straight uphill and my heart rate was constantly into the 150s. It even touched 160. […]

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When a soft drizzle turns hot and humid

Posted on August 28, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

The early afternoon heat and sunshine gave way to cloud-cover by late afternoon today. With cracking thunder in the distance, the skies looked ominous. Heavy rain-showers bypassed my house but light drizzle began to fall. There was a slight breeze tempting me to give up my treadmill tempo run in favor of running outside. At […]

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Running on jetlag

Posted on May 25, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

It’s no surprise that I have jetlag. On my first day back, I feel lethargic. I spent the entire day at home catching up on work, taking a long nap, hanging out with and giving Missy a much needed bath, and going for a quick 4-mile run around my neighborhood. It was around 80 degrees […]

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TopGolf is not real golf, but it is fun!

Posted on February 20, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Everything was scrunched up today. Things were back-to-back-to-back at work and I barely had time to relax. I found a 40-minute slot in the afternoon and ran near my house. It was hot outside in the afternoon and I ran more hills than I wanted to, but I got an easy run in. In the […]

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Decent versus descent – big difference!

Posted on December 31, 2014December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Once again it was cold today. At around 4:30PM, I started my 1-hour run. I ran through the streets of DC Ranch (Pima, Legacy, Thompson Peak, Bell, etc.) for a total of just over 8 miles. I started easy but picked my my pace after about 15 minutes. I ran briskly for the next 35 […]

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