??I hate running
It is boring It is painful ??
And it doesn’t come naturally to me
But when I ran the half marathon 2 years back, it was for a goal I had to achieve
To tell life that I have overcome
This year, running the marathon was to give my wife moral support. She wanted to run and I felt I should accompany here.
The stadium was a festival
Delhi’s largest selfie gathering
People were dressed in the right gear
Ammunition, whether it’s music, or water, or energy drinks, around their waist
Warming up
Making all the right noises
It started
I took a deep breadth
Put on my headphones
And started to run
With my head always looking at the road
Reminded every km by my running app, on how I was doing
Along the way, I saw “death”
The cool headphones guy was dead
The energy drinks guys was limping
The puma gear guy was unable to run
People with the noises were somehow silent
And I just kept telling myself
Run
Don’t fucking stop
If you stop before the next km, we will not hit our December GB
If you don’t do better than your precious time, we will not raise as much as I want to
If you don’t complete it within 2.5 hours, we will not be a best company to work for
And then, all of this makes you realize
There are people
Who will make a lot of noise
Who will have the right equipment
Who, before the run, will try and convince you they are better
But in long distance running, the enemy is your mind
We are not running a sprint
We are running a marathon
And it doesn’t matter who starts first
Because the ones that will finish, will always win!
Stay focused
Stay awesome
do epic shit