As I age it takes longer to get to first #5k of the season where I don't die on the road. It takes even longer for pace to come back.
But nothing like the feeling when you get form back and are on track shaving seconds every week.
2/ This year I couldn't train in Ramzan. Work, recovery and injuries reduced mileage and pace in Mar and Apr. It took steady training in Jun, Jul and Aug to get my first comfortable 5 with negative splits this morning.
3/ The best part.
I am running on roads of my neighborhood. Something I had never done before. Air quality is fantastic at 6 am. So is the weather.
Even better, this week a group of kids have started running on the same path. Nothing like converting others to road running.
4/ Still a long way to go before we get to the pace of last season, but this is as good a beginning as we could hope and pray for.
Here is to safe running, to reclaiming our city and rediscovering our neighborhoods again.
A single customer credit transfer made on the SWIFT network.
The bane of remittance/ free lancer / tech founder challenge across banking sector in Pakistan. More so for small businesses / founders that receive sub $ 1,000 wires.
Once upon a time in a different life we wrote, ran and supported treasury systems that generated MT 103 messages for local banks.
Given how treasuries front / back offices are structured and how all $ payments are consolidated and cleared via NYC, workflow was simple.
Collect all outgoing payments, bundle them together into one balance for one market / relationship / target account.
Send a shorter message to primary US$ Nostro account targeted for out going transfers for one amount.
Open to all undergraduate and graduate programs in Karachi.
If you are:
a) Avid game player
b) Aspiring game designer
c) Care about creative expression
d) Curios about what make games playable, addictive, instant hits, or
e) Love real time community feedback
2019-20.
First and second half marathon.
Remote work + Zoom Cohort based live training.
Founder Puzzles. Product launch.
2020-21.
Surviving Covid + recovering.
Close call.
3rd half.
2021-22.
Context switching. Fixing my knee.
Growth and Economic Complexity.
Raising 6 at 18 post.
Scale multiples and idea selection framework.
The Pakistan dataset.
Ed-Tech and crypto deep dive.
Teaching Venture Capital + Fintech and Financial Innovation.
Shipping FP, 2nd Ed.