Somewhere during the chilly nights of Boston in early 2017, I and my buddy were discussing a problem related to valuation of Bonds. May be around 11 or 12 pm, we were trying various ways to crack the problem so that I can take one small step towards passing my FRM (Financial Risk Manager) exam.
As we were heading nowhere, we decided to take a break and started talking about various other things. Obviously, all Indian gossips circle around either Cricket or Bollywood. However, this time, we were talking about how our daily schedules were just not right. All we do is work and then doze off, piling up pounds after pounds, adding endless amount of fatigue and we don't even realize, how fast, we are stepping towards the dangerous zone where any sort of illness isn't a surprise.
We started talking about how we should plan to uplift our abysmal lifestyle and seriously do something about it. Suddenly, Vinay my study partner started talking about running a half marathon and I instantly laughed him off. I even made fun of him saying we haven't yet climbed even a bunny hill and here you dream to climb the Everest. However, in my hearts of hearts, I lunged on to hold that solitary plank in the sea of unhealthy despair and committed to run a half marathon by September 2017.
By May end, I started my training and quickly realized that the word 'HALF' doesn't do justice to the hardships required to train for a half marathon. Within few days, I started running a full mile. I know, claiming a mile run as an achievement sounds ridiculous but you really don't know how low my ambitions and targets were :-).
To my surprise, my body was even more eager to gulp all these miles and started to positively respond. With a week or so, running improved from a mile to more than couple of miles. Last week, I did my first ever 5 miles run and today i.e on July 23rd, I improved my pace and completed my first 6+ miles run.
Running helps me to clear my mind, brings a serene calmness and helps to focus. Running isn't like any other sport, there is no glory or gratification attached to it. There is no audience and there are no claps and whistles on your personal records.You do it for yourself and celebrate all those small milestones in the privacy of your own company. You don't compete against anyone as there are millions of people who has done the same task many a times and much better than you could ever train yourself for. But, you train to compete against yourself and you try to become a better version of you.
As I have reached halfway in my journey, I am eagerly looking forward to take my running to another level and to successfully finish my first ever half marathon.
Stay healthy and keep running!!
Sid
As we were heading nowhere, we decided to take a break and started talking about various other things. Obviously, all Indian gossips circle around either Cricket or Bollywood. However, this time, we were talking about how our daily schedules were just not right. All we do is work and then doze off, piling up pounds after pounds, adding endless amount of fatigue and we don't even realize, how fast, we are stepping towards the dangerous zone where any sort of illness isn't a surprise.
We started talking about how we should plan to uplift our abysmal lifestyle and seriously do something about it. Suddenly, Vinay my study partner started talking about running a half marathon and I instantly laughed him off. I even made fun of him saying we haven't yet climbed even a bunny hill and here you dream to climb the Everest. However, in my hearts of hearts, I lunged on to hold that solitary plank in the sea of unhealthy despair and committed to run a half marathon by September 2017.
By May end, I started my training and quickly realized that the word 'HALF' doesn't do justice to the hardships required to train for a half marathon. Within few days, I started running a full mile. I know, claiming a mile run as an achievement sounds ridiculous but you really don't know how low my ambitions and targets were :-).
To my surprise, my body was even more eager to gulp all these miles and started to positively respond. With a week or so, running improved from a mile to more than couple of miles. Last week, I did my first ever 5 miles run and today i.e on July 23rd, I improved my pace and completed my first 6+ miles run.
Running helps me to clear my mind, brings a serene calmness and helps to focus. Running isn't like any other sport, there is no glory or gratification attached to it. There is no audience and there are no claps and whistles on your personal records.You do it for yourself and celebrate all those small milestones in the privacy of your own company. You don't compete against anyone as there are millions of people who has done the same task many a times and much better than you could ever train yourself for. But, you train to compete against yourself and you try to become a better version of you.
As I have reached halfway in my journey, I am eagerly looking forward to take my running to another level and to successfully finish my first ever half marathon.
Stay healthy and keep running!!
Sid
