Comments on: Street running in Bangalore

By: Sandip

Sandip — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:36:59 +0000

That is not entirely true, Kamal. Most races nowadays in the city happen on city road, people train on city roads.

I have read that if your running methodology is right, then the surface doesn’t matter. e.g. heel first running as advocate by many sports coaches will get affected by running on hard surfaces. But in this method, you are going to get hurt over time anyway. However, barefoot/chi and other running methods are not affected by surface, as your leg posture adjusts to the hardness of the surface.

By: chandan

chandan — Thu, 24 Dec 2009 05:38:50 +0000

i saw that in paper

By: Kamal

Kamal — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 22:21:56 +0000

I’m sorry to say that I don’t agree with you Vikram.
- First of all, almost all the trainers say that it’s not good to train on roads because of the surface which is bad for your knees.
- Secondly, you can’t run in the streets at the phase of 5 or less than 5 mnts per km. It’s not possible.
- Thirdly I do agree with others it’s not advisable to run with headphones in the streets.

By: Doddappa

Doddappa — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 23:14:21 +0000

Running in streets in moderation is O.K.But most of us are also good runners.We run from problems of life.What do you say?

By: Sathwick

Sathwick — Sun, 13 Dec 2009 09:36:40 +0000

Listening to music while running on Indian streets is highly NOT recommended…for obvious reasons…and you have already covered the honking section in you blog…

By: Prashanth

Prashanth — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 05:02:16 +0000

Great post!!! Would love to run the route you have said.

Let me know in case you are looking for a running mate.

Prashanth