In the first week of July, I completed
the Jaipur full marathon (42.195 km), aptly named as the 'hot' run, with
temperatures soaring to 40 degrees celsius plus.
Sharing some fine learnings here:
1. The route included long, never
ending roads. Such tracks can lure runners to think that nothing is changing
after running several km as one sees the similar surroundings, same plain
roads. Breaking the monotony was the key, especially at the later kms. How does
one break the monotony in a physically demanding and a mentally draining sport?
- By not thinking beyond the next step of the run, by keeping a tunnel vision
just on the next km.
2. One of the advices I recently read
from an acquaintance who was on radio for the first time, he shared-
"while on air, audience can listen to your smile. So smile and talk".
Likewise, while running, especially in gruesome conditions, it helps to run
with a constant smile and encourage the fellow runners. I have no scientific
proof to prove this but it has worked now and in earlier runs almost as if
"while on track, your legs can listen to your smile."
3. Lastly, life lessons aren't best
learned while on the couch with our favourite gadgets but right in the
trenches, while being amidst nature at its extremes and dealing firmly with
what it has in store for you.
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