It started about two years ago (2016). It started with a
desire that I had! To make Suresh run
the TCS 10 K!
How do you like that? I convinced him that he should run the TCS
10K. He had run it once before about two years before (2014 May). He was in
good shape. Fit! Cycling to work! Playing soccer and beating the crap out of youngsters’
half his age. And this run was for a good cause. He could raise money for Reaching Hand a shelter for street kids.
Interestingly my desire for Suresh backfired. I mean
literally backfired. And this is somewhat how the story turned out.
Along with Suresh, I thought a bunch of our youth from
church could also run and raise money. And so I started talking to
them. When I approached a few of the girls, one of them turned back with
this request. ‘ Rohini Chechy if you run I will run’. Thanks Naomi. I owe you
for pushing me into this addictive habit!
‘I am too old’ I tried this excuse. It didn’t work and so I
told everyone that I would register and practice and at least walk the 10 K. I
started calculating that if it took me 10 mins to walk 1 km, I could finish
walking the 10K in 1 hr and 40 mins. Not too bad! I could walk for that long a
time. And so we started practicing. There were about 15 odd folk who signed up
and agreed to run. Toward the race we fizzled down to 8 people who ran the TCS
10 K 2016 for Reaching hand.
In 2016, I ran a little now and then. We all promised
each other that we would keep up our good workout routine and we also decided
we would run TCS 10K 2017. I didn’t do so well from May 2016 till December
2016.
In November 2016, I hit an all time low. Some may call it
being depressed. I call it the beauty of the valley where you don’t want to
stay for too long. I put on 3-4 Kgs in a span of 2 months. That may not seem like a lot. But it
looked like I would not be stopping there unless I did something. So, in 2017 I
began the year with the resolution to run/walk everyday as much as possible. My
main aim was to lose weight! From January to April I did really well. I ran so
much that it became a habit. Such a good habit. I ran when my back hurt! I ran
when my legs hurt! I ran when I was sad! I ran when I was happy! If I could not
ran I would walk. Basically I did everything to get off my butt. Such a good
year for exercising - 2017
Most people start these good habits early in life. Most folk
move from running to walking as they age. I changed the flow of the river. I
started with no exercise to bicycling to walking and finally running.
One morning after a long break I put on my shoes and clicked
a picture of FB and posted ‘Back again ready to lose those last few kgs’. To
this post one young girl messaged me and said ‘God has made you already so
beautiful why are you trying to lose weight’. Ha! I spun this in my favor! I don’t
run just to lose weight. I run to stay in good health… I run to prevent breast
cancer… I run to set an example for my kids.
The last one being the most
important. In a world obesity and morbidly lazy kids, Isaac and Ziva could use some
inspiration from my journey non-runner -to- runner.
Last year (2017) Isaac and Ziva ran their first 5 K. What a joy
it was for the whole family – Suresh, Isaac, Ziva and me to run together. I love
that Isaac and Ziva are excited about running even though there is whining when
it comes to the actual run 😊.
Someone complimented the family at our craziness ‘ A family
that runs together stays together!’
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