running – Christine's Reviews

Testing Reebok’s reversible running shorts

By christine December 16, 2016 December 16, 2016 Clothing, India, Shopping, Sport

Late September & Delhi is at its worst.

Hot, humid, the fag-end of the monsoons – which explains all that heat and humidity.

So, of course, that is exactly when I decide to buy some new running trousers, and test drive them (as it were) in such an unforgiving climate.

Because I’d just bought some Reebok running shoes, I decided to try out their clothing range as well, and bought a pair of reversible running shorts – well, more capri-length to be exact.

They are indeed reversible – grey one side, black the other:

I have subsequently used these running shorts at least twice, if not thrice, a week since then, and 2 1/2 months on from humid September, I am every bit as pleased with them, and they show no sign of wear and tear.

They really do wick away the sweat, as advertised:

The only adjustment I made to the trousers when I bought them, was to cut off the care label, in order to make them truly reversible. Like so:

It was stitched on in such a way that removing it was easy.

My only cavil – I do wish there was a pocket.

I bought & paid for the trousers myself, and no-one in Reebok knows that I blog.

They cost Rs 2699 (in late September 2016).

If you want to buy these running shorts, you can get to Amazon very quickly, straight from this page. Just click on either of the links below, and they’ll take you straight to their website…but, hey, you know all this stuff, right? 🙂

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How good are M&S sports socks?

By christine June 16, 2015 June 16, 2015 Clothing, Shopping, Sport

At £6 a pair, these super cool-looking running socks are not cheap. But after a month of daily, intensive use, I am happy to report that they are good and soft and cushioning and, actually, yes, well worth their £6.

You see, they are more than “just’ a sock.

Here, read the M&S literature for yourself:

They really do feel good. Ditto my feet, after pounding the unforgiving Delhi pavements in our equally unforgiving pre-monsoon heat.

Am a sucker for L & R on my socks, I have to confess.

Ditto the cute message inside the sock, hidden from view.

Personally recommended.

Value for money?

Yes, I think so. Can’t quibble with something that keeps your feet blister-free.

Would I buy them again?

Yes, already did. I tried them out for a couple of weeks in London & stockpiled before returning to Delhi.

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What is Siri Fort Sports Complex, New Delhi like?

By christine January 6, 2015 January 6, 2015 Uncategorized

I have just returned from my first ever visit to the Siri Fort Sports Complex in Delhi, and at first I thought, “How can I review it after only one session there? Hardly seems fair.”

And then I thought, “Hang on, I will happily write a review of a restaurant after only one meal, so same difference.”

I used the jogging track, running with one of my running group, as we try and get fit for the Mumbai half marathon.

I was seriously impressed at this clean, quiet, green oasis, right in the heart of the city. Ample safe parking. Blissfully quiet. After running on city roads, what a treat to run on a good track. Very clean, even the loos.

Slightly bored indifferent staff, but that is par for the course in India with any government/municipal initiative, always coupled with the obvious dread of perhaps having to speak in English with an old foreigner…as it is, this old foreigner can speak Hindi, so that was OK.

Got myself my day pass with only minimum explanation required that yes I am a foreigner, but yes I live here, and that yes I am PIO and…all OK in the end. They even knocked Rs2 off the price, since no-one had any change. Sweet.

As I was cooling off after my run, I was challenged by a security guard for not having said day pass. “Gave it in at the desk over there,” I huffed, bright red in the face.

He went and checked at the desk, and dismissively told me, “Thik hai.”

“Oh,” I asked him, “so you think I would tell you a lie?”

“No, of course not madam.”

“So why didn’t you believe me. Do I look like a liar?”

“No madam, of course not”, and he saluted, so that was that.

Very impressed by what I saw. It was pretty empty at 3 when we started running, but as the afternoon wore on, and I guess schools finished, lots of children were rolling up, mainly for tennis practice it would seem

I can envisage more runs here, and a post run coffee in the Barista outlet.

Am seriously, unequivocally delighted that my tax rupees have been so well spent.

Well-tended lawns and flower beds, and gardeners hard at work this afternoon.

Brilliant running track.

Intriguing sculpture (below). Guess the message is to get off that couch and into your sports gear. Could’ve been our logo for our “Couch – 6km” programme last year.

A slightly puzzling sign (below).

Only sad note – rubbish “hidden” behind a wall, right next to ticket booth, and a “Swachh Bharat” poster. No litter otherwise in the complex, which was such a treat, so this was unnecessary.

Pick it up, fellas, don’t chuck it underneath the hoardings, behind a wall.