About Anchal

I’m Anchal. I discovered trail running during a trek through Uttarakhand five years ago, and something clicked. The idea that your body could carry you through landscapes that most people only see in photographs.

Since then, I’ve run 8 races — from 10k fun runs to full marathons — completed 24 treks across the Himalayas and Western Ghats, and traveled through 12 countries searching for the kind of moments that stay with you.

This journal is where I document all of it. Not for an audience, but because I believe that writing something down is how you truly
understand it.

I believe that discomfort is the beginning of growth, that every summit has earned its view, and that the best conversations happen around campfires above the treeline…