Note- Ranjeet has sent the scanned image of the handwritten note in Nepali. Translation of his note is done by Bishal Lama.
On the 8th of Feb, ten of us departed from Darjeeling to participate in Mumbai Marathon 2014(SCMM '14). After reaching NJP, we came to know that our train was late by a couple of hours. It was 4:30 am when we boarded the train and everyone wanted to go to sleep straightaway. But a drama was about to unfold. The TT who had come for inspection brought to our notice that one of the names in the ticket was wrong hence he asked one of us to get down of the train. Everyone got terrified, we tried to persuade him but in vain. We then called Premika di whose invaluable tip helped us to get the TT off our back! He excused us hearing that we were all sportsperson and were on our way to participate in an international event.
The journey was a memorable one, we sang and danced all the way to Kurla. Roshni di was already there at the station to pick us up with Mohan Daju. We were overjoyed to see her as she was to see us. We set off for the hostel at Belapur and after reaching we had our dinner and went to sleep.
The next day we went to collect our bibs. We met Coach Daniel Vax and Roshni di's other friends at the expo. The point of bringing us to Mumbai early was a week of tapering before the marathon. Morning and evenings we used to go for walk and take rest for whole day. Coach paid a visit to us on 16th Jan and gave us a lot of tips and advice on long distance running.
On the D Day, I woke up at 2:30 in the morning, went to each and everyone's bed and woke them up as well. Not just me but most my friends were apprehensive about our performance on the final day. Thankfully our performance was good and I hope we perform even better in the next marathon.
We sorely missed Ramesh and Prabal who were the best performers in last two Mumbai marathons but they couldn't join us this time.Finally I would take this opportunity to thank everyone who helped us with sponsorship, guidance and support.
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| Rajeet receiving the trophy and finish certificate. |
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