This is my first participation in a challenging event. I have heard and I know it’s going to be a difficult one , in terms of your mental health, might take up your entire time, but I am up for it. I feel you should always test difficult waters and find out how far you can swim. There’s no preparation as such but yes small things like keeping myself awake hopefully and the love and support of my family and extended relatives and friends should keep me motivated and going. I would like to thank a beloved friend of mine who actually posted about this thing on my social feed, so that I could take part in it. And I hope I can keep all of you enthralled as well with my wonderful poems. This is the quote that I feel would resonate with many at this point of time so…I would just post it here and I go by this.

It’s very hard at the beginning to understand that the whole idea is not to beat the other runners. Eventually, you learn that the competition is against the little voice inside you that wants you to quit.” – George Sheehan, runner and author

So no matter how strenuous you might feel, I think we all have it in us to give us a little push that will help us complete either the half or the full marathon.

Good luck everyone!