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Chicago Marathon Training Week 1

Posted on June 26, 2017December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Yes, yes, yes, I am still here. I haven’t blogged in over a month but I’m still here! It has been a routine life with less running and lots of biking. It’s been mostly relaxed training sessions just to keep up my fitness. You can click on the above image to see the details (if […]

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Swimming, running in the rain and a bobcat

Posted on August 3, 2016by Gaurav Parekh

On Monday evening, after a 7.5-mile treadmill recovery run, I got home and saw this bobcat in our front yard. She instantly reminded me of Simi and Missy. They would both have gone nuts had they seen her. The bobcat didn’t have a care in the world. She was master of her domain. Look at […]

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Swimming in a sparse pool after eons at The Village

Posted on November 23, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

After months of hiatus from swimming, I took the plunge in the water at The Village. It was a gorgeous day with lovely sunshine and virtually no wind. I dreaded jumping in the water but found it refreshingly easy to swim more than a mile today. I started with a warm-up of 400 followed by […]

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Back in Scottsdale | An easy swim at The Village

Posted on July 6, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

We drove back to town today. After the lovely first hour of the drive down the 101 from Santa Barbara to LA with the Pacific on our right and gentle mountains on our left, we drove through Palm Springs and the desolate Eastern Arizona desert and on to Scottsdale. It was an uneventful drive with […]

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Haboobs in Phoenix; off to Durango, Colorado

Posted on June 29, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Yesterday, we experienced the first haboob of the season. After America so grotesquely invaded Iraq, the soldiers came back with a few select words from the Middle East. Haboob was one of these words. The word is actually Arabic and frequently used in North Africa and parts of Asia for a thick dust storm. Today, […]

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Empty swim and a cheesy light show

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

I love my new swimming goggles. I have never used this brand (Structure) before today. Not only do they look cool, they also completely seal my eyes. Seeing through them is also clear and they are UV coated. Needless to say, I swam this afternoon for a bit less than a mile in the near-empty […]

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Lazy Sunday swim at The Village

Posted on June 8, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

It was a lazy Sunday today. With virtually zero plans all day, I went swimming in the morning for an easy 1,000 yards at The Village. The water was warm yet refreshing and the swim felt good. Somehow, my stroke felt long and easy and my breathing was unlabored and natural. Maybe I should do […]

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Hover – a novel by Anne A. Wilson

Posted on June 3, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

As a warm-up to #NationalRunningDay tomorrow, I ran 5 miles on the treadmill at The Village. School must be out because there were tons of teenagers occupying a bunch of treadmills, stairmasters and elliptical machines. They tend to talk in high volumes while checking their mobile phones. Most of them are dressed in perfectly matching […]

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Swimming with friends at Lifetime Fitness

Posted on June 1, 2015December 15, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

Me, Kelly, Shelly at Lifetime Fitness (after swimming) I don’t swim too often these days. I don’t enjoy it as much and I don’t like to be cold. With the advent of summer, swimming will take center-stage for the next few months. Today, I went to my old stomping grounds at Lifetime Fitness and met […]

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Swimming in the Aegean Sea – check!

Posted on May 18, 2015December 27, 2019by Gaurav Parekh

St. Paul Bay, Lindos, Greece When my family gets together, there is nonstop partying, nonstop jokes, nonstop drinking, nonstop laughter, nonstop activities and nonstop fun. We have a bit of a tough time getting started in the morning, but once we get going, watch out! Before anyone else woke up, I went for a run […]

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