I FINISHED with more POWER....

18^th October, might be just another day for many, but was an important and challenging day for me…. I had decided to go for my first Half Marathon – 21K race, after 2 months of taking up regular running....

I knew it might be too early for me to run 21K suddenly when u have started running hardly 2 months back, but I wanted to do it....

But it was not that easy. So guys, one day back on 17th Oct, it was bad really bad. My lower back had gone for a toss, my stomach was hurting badly. I was almost struggling. Was not feeling fully fit to go with it.

I took my light dinner, slept early and got up at 2:30 am to get ready for the day....

I found that it was my ‘FIRST MENSTRUAL’ day today. I was feeling week physically and mentally.

Since my childhood, I never took any off or rest on my first day. I always was very active be it my work or my workout. So I decided to go for 21K....

I started @5:30 am. It was not as comfortable as I had assumed. I was struggling with bad stomach pain for the first 6-7 K, yet I kept telling myself – I AM STRONG AND I CAN DO IT….

My legs were cramped badly. I was on and on running walking and doing the best whatever I could that time. I had decided to not to quit and kept telling me – ‘I AM GOING TO FINISH IT’....

It took me a while, but YES…. I FINISHED it…. I finished my first 21K on my first day with more power....

That time at the FINISH LINE, I faced and achieved a WOMAN’S INNER STRENGTH AND POWER…. 

It gave me more POWER and made me STRONGER….

I would say thanks to RUNNING, to make me a much STRONGER female after this EVENT….

In this race, I overtook NO runner but my PAINS, my STRUGGLES, AND most importantly, our INHIBITIONS OF THOSE DAYS in A WOMAN’S LIFE….

I didn’t feel ashamed to Run on my first day….Neither do I feel ashamed to share with all today…. Rather I am feeling PROUD and more ACCOMPLISHED…. More accomplished as a Woman, as a Mom, as a Wife and as a Daughter….