Foreword How does one define Courage? Conquering mount Everest? An Olympic gold? Acts of bravery in war against enemies? Fighting against odds and coming back triumphant – probably that is how I would define courage. How does one grade courage and decide who is more courageous? I guess we can Read more…
The idea of running came to me when I saw my father completing his first half-marathon in 2016. I used to think that it was an impossible task and seemed way out of my league. One day, a thought struck me. If my dad, who is much older than I Read more…
5k, 10k, Half Marathons, Full Marathons and even Ultra Marathons. Manipal has produced a versatile class of runners who participate and compete in various distance categories all over the country and some, even in other countries across the globe. By no means are the runners of Manipal the best in their Read more…
“You run and run, mile after mile, and you never quite know why. You tell yourself that you’re running toward some goal, chasing some rush, but really you run because the alternative, stopping, scares you to death.” – Phil Knight, Shoe Dog Running for me has never been about any Read more…
Navaal Rai Struggle. That is what all creatures do from the moment they are born. Somewhere along the way, humans forgot their eternal quest for struggle. We settled into a comfortable life, all the while knowing that something was definitely amiss. What better to remind one of this quest, than Read more…
Dhaval Patel The rain is on our lips, We do not run for prize. We know not whom we trust Nor whitherward we fare, But we run because we must Through the great wide air. That’s the Song of the Ungirt Runner – C. H. Sorley. And I think that’s Read more…
Anushka Singh 11th of February, 2018 is undoubtedly a day that will be etched in my heart for eternity. It has taken me a good 3 and half months to gather my thoughts onto a piece of paper because immediately after the marathon I was overwhelmed by a surge of Read more…
Running a half marathon is an experience that words can do no justice to. Yet, I shall try to put my feelings and emotions into a form which is tangible. I woke up at 4:50 in the morning, much before my alarm went off. Such was my excitement. The first Read more…
Wake Up 5:09 AM. I woke up before the alarm was set to go off. I swore, like i usually do when i wake up before the alarm rings, and suddenly felt a chill go through my heart. The half marathon! This was one of my first pre-race jitters in Read more…
About a week ago, I rode to the athletics stadium in my city around 6 PM, when the sun had started to set and the weather was getting cooler every minute. I did my dynamic warm-ups, drank a few gulps of water and set off for my run, bottle in Read more…