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Navrun comes to an end.  9 km on all 9 days of Navratri done and dusted!  It is time for some celebration.  Every year after my Navrun, I have a feast. I treat myself at my favourite restaurant for completing this feat.  One of my friends once asked me, what’s there to celebrate about this? […]

Look up, maintain a straight posture, and breathe in as much fresh air as you can!  During a marathon, as I had slowed down a fellow runner gave me this advice.  I followed.  And all my runs after that have been a breeze.  So once while running a marathon, I was exhausted. I was dragging […]

Run faster, overtake and win over!  When I used to see other runners running, I naturally had this feeling.  But then I soon realised that it isn’t the way to peak performance.  How? Read on… I want to do better than the others. So during my runs, when I saw other runners, I naturally picked up […]

When people see me running barefoot they are in awe! They come and talk to me, and then they become friends.  And that has taught me a wonderful peak performance lesson.  Running barefoot is no mean task.  And that attracts attention from many people. Sometimes people stop me to ask how I do it. Sometimes […]

While running on the road, I always run in the direction opposite to the traffic.  But I have seen many runners run in the same direction suggesting I should do the same too.  Today something happened, and it proved me right.  An interesting anecdote coming up shortly.  So while I was running today, I saw […]

With my peak visualised, energy managed, today on the 4th day, I was truly enjoying my run.  And when I came back home and checked he run stats, I was up for some interesting revelation.  What was it? Read on – Today I had truly enjoyed my run.  I had run at a constant pace, […]

Today I will run with no problems!  Determined, I set out on the 3rd day of my first Navrun. I had run a little over 4 km. And I was feeling tired once again.  Once again I had slowed down.  I wondered why.   A realisation dawned upon me. And that is what I will […]

It was doing the Navrun for the very first time.  On the 2nd day after running for about 2 km, I couldn’t run. I slowed down. Then walked some of the distance. Then suddenly I remembered something and I was running again. What did I remember?  Well, coming up shortly… Hey everyone, welcome to Summit […]

As I stepped out barefoot for my run, my neighbour was awestruck.  Barefoot! He looked at my feet and exclaimed. Aren’t you afraid of being hurt?  Ah! It’s just in the mind, I said and sped away.  It’s all in the mind – I hadn’t planned saying that. Those words had come from nowhere. As […]

My excitement is at its peak!  Navratri is a day away. Every year just before Navratri I am always full of excitement, anxiety and vigour.  Why?  Because every Navratri I challenge myself to do the Navrun!  Hi everyone. I am Amit Chilka. I am a 10X Success Coach. I catalyse peak performance for individuals and […]