Belief and Hope

Back in training - Started the winter training program and it felt good to be back with Team Asha. It wasn't easy though. Fall (autumn for my friends outside the US :) has set in and the morning temperatures have dropped. 44 degrees outside and the thought of getting out on a Saturday morning can make it difficult to get out of bed. But then, I had the chance to read a message from a friend, thanking me for my involvement with Asha for Education as a cause and sending his prayers for my success. Dang it - i had to get out there and run. Thank you to my family, friends, well wishers, donors to keep egging me on. The journey is tough but every time I think of a girl child in a remote tribal hamlet in Rajasthan getting an education - my tired legs push for another mile

For someone who has never run more than a mile, completing 13.1 miles is a huge sense of achievement. One keeps hearing of tales of such determination, of success, of humans pushing the limits and to experience it is a whole different feeling. I am confident my few miles is a springboard of more to come. Absolutely loving it