MONDAY MUSE (18 January 2010)
MARATHON
Months of focussed zeal and marathon efforts bore fruit for Goan architect,
Sunil Sardessai as he successfully completed the half marathon at Mumbai. The
event put on display the inspiring spirit of the marathon reflected in the body
language of the thousands of athletes, recreational runners, enthusiastic
elders and the physically challenged who took up the test in various categories
of the Mumbai marathon.
The marathon celebrates the legend of Pheidippides, the Greek soldier, who ran
non-stop to deliver a message from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens and
then collapsed to his death. Ever since its launch in modern Olympics, the foot
race has become popular. In the 800 marathons organised annually all over the
globe, the bulk of the runners are recreational athletes like Sunil who run
many lessons for us.
It requires daring to choose a worthy challenge and perseverance to train and
prepare for it. It involves disciplined practice sessions as well as
significant lifestyle changes. The focus is to BE BETTER… to lay greater worth
to the ability to improve personal performance with reference to a previous
effort. Most do not run a marathon to win; they find success in completing it!
Let’s embrace the lessons from the marathon: to dare, to persevere and to be
better than the earlier effort!
To BE BETTER is the lesson from the marathon…
Let’s persevere to complete the challenge song!
- Pravin K. Sabnis
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