Sandy Madan, Author at Scrooge Uncle We bring out the Hero in you Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:32:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 LA TRUK: A TALE OF SIX MOUNTAIN PASSES https://scroogeuncle.com/la-truk-tale-six-mountain-passes/ Sun, 31 Dec 2023 14:32:05 +0000 https://scroogeuncle.com/?p=11256 “Endurance is not just the ability to bear a hard thing, but to turn it into glory” – William Barclay, author of Endurance: Shackletinis Incredible Voyage. Julley……an Introduction Despite grueling physical and psychological demands, Ultra Running is booming. Any run longer than a conventional 42.195 Km (26.2 Miles) Marathon can be considered an ultra marathon, […]

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]]> Comrades for Comrades https://scroogeuncle.com/comrades-comrades-col-sandeep-madan/ https://scroogeuncle.com/comrades-comrades-col-sandeep-madan/#comments Sun, 23 Jun 2019 12:01:15 +0000 https://scroogeuncle.com/?p=11104 “Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” – T.S. Eliot Although T.S. Eliot was likely not thinking of running when he wrote these words, he couldn’t have better captured the essence of why ultra runners do what they do. We’re all searching for something within […]

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]]> https://scroogeuncle.com/comrades-comrades-col-sandeep-madan/feed/ 5 KR – THE SOLES OF RUNNING https://scroogeuncle.com/kr-the-soles-of-running/ Mon, 01 Oct 2018 04:54:10 +0000 https://scroogeuncle.com/?p=10927 We celebrate the second anniversary of KR by going back to the history where it all started, designed and presented in collaboration with Prema and our own scroogeuncle aka Abhinav. As collaboration is what makes us true to our motto Harder, faster, stronger. The beginning………….. Somewhere in mid 2015, a bunch of strangers started meeting […]

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]]> SEEK AND YOU SHALL FIND-Sandy Madan https://scroogeuncle.com/seek-shall-find/ https://scroogeuncle.com/seek-shall-find/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2018 11:44:22 +0000 https://scroogeuncle.com/?p=10906 No matter how often one goes to Ladakh, there is a surprise waiting every time. Unfamiliar challenges won’t stop you from travelling to the land of high passes or romancing its unexplored side. My affair with Ladakh commenced in September 2005 when I did a car safari, K2K (Kargil to Kanyakumari). The drive from Kargil […]

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