This year in January, I participated in Mumbai Marathon, half marathon to be precise, which involved running 21 Kms. Myself and a friend have been participating in dream run (7 kms only) for this marathon for last 3 years, last year we decided that we will participate in half-marathon this year and would start practicing for the same at 3-4 months in advance.
Like many new-year resolutions, I didn’t stick to practicing for the run and days kept passing, I was just finding one excuse or the other to postpone the practice. Till last 2 days I didn’t do anything. When 2 days were remaining, I finally decide to wake up early and walk for 3 kms and on second last day, I walked for 6 kms. This was nothing compared to the goal I had to cover.
So, everyone at home were telling me not to go, since I had not practiced and it might be a disaster, they were also telling to go for dream-run or run whatever I could and come back home. Only my sister had full faith and told me Bro, I know you will complete this run in stipulated time.
Then came the morning where I had to run 21 kms, I started with good enthusiasm and first 2-3 kms were good fun, running with thousands of people around, it was a great feeling, but after 3 kms my energy started dying and I was getting slower, where as friend of mine was still high on energy, so, he went ahead. I some how managed to complete the entire 21 kms track with breaks and slow running and walking in less than 3 hours. This was nothing less than victory for me.
This taught me some very important lessons of my life, which I had read in storybooks while I was kid or heard from my grand mom, but never implemented them after I grew up.
Practice makes person perfect. My friend was practicing every day to run 5-6 kms, so, he didn’t find it very difficult to run on the D-day. I barely practiced 2 days before the marathon, so, it can not be counted as preparation, I should have been better prepared. This year, I have decided to do the same for next year’s marathon.
It’s all about Victory. Whenever we participate in any competitive event, the main goal is to always win or come first. This is true for schools, cricket, football or basketball and others. But, we also need to define victory for us, we should never ignore small victories, these small victories will make us reach the bigger one. But, that doesn’t mean we define the victory as completing or achieving something in defined parameters and settle for a lower standards. We should always aim higher and work towards achieving the same.
Last but not the least, Doing is important. We can definitely talk about practicing for something, but what if you develop cold feet on the last day and don’t participate in the event at all. Doing as important as practicing. If you don’t participate or if you don’t do something, you are never gonna know about the outcome, you may speculate about what could have happened.
So, I feel that practicing, doing, winning and perfecting by more practice is important part of anything we do.
This is applicable for online or any other business or venture we get in to.
What do you do ensure that you meet your goals or do something new?
It’s about Doing, Winning and Perfecting
This year in January, I participated in Mumbai Marathon, half marathon to be precise, which involved running 21 Kms. Myself and a friend have been participating in dream run (7 kms only) for this marathon for last 3 years, last year we decided that we will participate in half-marathon this year and would start practicing for the same at 3-4 months in advance.
Like many new-year resolutions, I didn’t stick to practicing for the run and days kept passing, I was just finding one excuse or the other to postpone the practice. Till last 2 days I didn’t do anything. When 2 days were remaining, I finally decide to wake up early and walk for 3 kms and on second last day, I walked for 6 kms. This was nothing compared to the goal I had to cover.
So, everyone at home were telling me not to go, since I had not practiced and it might be a disaster, they were also telling to go for dream-run or run whatever I could and come back home. Only my sister had full faith and told me Bro, I know you will complete this run in stipulated time.
Then came the morning where I had to run 21 kms, I started with good enthusiasm and first 2-3 kms were good fun, running with thousands of people around, it was a great feeling, but after 3 kms my energy started dying and I was getting slower, where as friend of mine was still high on energy, so, he went ahead. I some how managed to complete the entire 21 kms track with breaks and slow running and walking in less than 3 hours. This was nothing less than victory for me.
This taught me some very important lessons of my life, which I had read in storybooks while I was kid or heard from my grand mom, but never implemented them after I grew up.
Practice makes person perfect. My friend was practicing every day to run 5-6 kms, so, he didn’t find it very difficult to run on the D-day. I barely practiced 2 days before the marathon, so, it can not be counted as preparation, I should have been better prepared. This year, I have decided to do the same for next year’s marathon.
It’s all about Victory. Whenever we participate in any competitive event, the main goal is to always win or come first. This is true for schools, cricket, football or basketball and others. But, we also need to define victory for us, we should never ignore small victories, these small victories will make us reach the bigger one. But, that doesn’t mean we define the victory as completing or achieving something in defined parameters and settle for a lower standards. We should always aim higher and work towards achieving the same.
Last but not the least, Doing is important. We can definitely talk about practicing for something, but what if you develop cold feet on the last day and don’t participate in the event at all. Doing as important as practicing. If you don’t participate or if you don’t do something, you are never gonna know about the outcome, you may speculate about what could have happened.
So, I feel that practicing, doing, winning and perfecting by more practice is important part of anything we do.
This is applicable for online or any other business or venture we get in to.
What do you do ensure that you meet your goals or do something new?