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Brute 4.0 - Switching the vantage point of the run #belike

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The first edition of BRUTE aka Basar Running Ultra Trail Experience had me in aww of the hospitality offered by the generous people at Basar and since then the urge of going back to this nature reserve has been on the list of travel and run destination. And here I am, featuring yet again on the BRUTE 4.0 creatives with a sense of belonging to the running and adventure community that leave no stones unturned to make this event am amalgamation of nationalities. At https://brutebasar.in/, the vision has been clear from day one -  With BRUTE we seek to build Basar and Arunachal Pradesh as a global ultra-running destination, aiming to acquire over a million tourists, encompassing both Indian and international travellers, runners, backpackers, vloggers, through its annual ultra-running festival. The festival entails holistic health and wellness, tourism, culture, commerce, cuisine, lifestyle, music, and arts. Year 2024 had to be different at BRUTE 4.0 and enrolling in the 30...

Sinhagad Epic Trail 30kms - Keeping up with my differently abled pinkie

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A few trail events lined up in June, one of which had to be called off due to the little finger injury and giving it much needed time to heal and be on the way to recovery. The Sinhagad Epic Trail did not catch much attention as the distances were limited to a marathon and not an intimidating ultra unlike the Jumping Gorilla. Mind you, both these events are in the neighbouring mountains and both are known to give you a taste of trails for the beginners.  The Sinhagad Epic Trail and SRT ultra are the brain child of the Western Ghats Running Foundation. SRT being an Ultra event organised in December and is still on the bucket list.  More can be ready at https://www.wgrf.in. This event has to be a laid back one post UTMB Australia 100k as I wasn't ready to take on yet another stressful journey in the mountains. The justice however was done by signing up to the mammoth miler event in August to be conducted for the first time in Leh by One hundre...