Note- Runesh Tamang is 27years old. He does not have any formal education. He dictated his note to somebody and his handwritten note is translated from Nepali to English by Balaram Baral.
My name is Runesh Tamang , resident of Mulpala Mandir village. I
would like to share my experience of "standard chartered Mumbai marathon
2014" .
It was a cold winter morning of 8-Jan, 2014. I boarded a bus from my village
Mulpala for Kalimpong. Other folks from my team joined me during the journey.
We reached Kalimpong and started descending towards siliguri leaving the hills
behind and reached NJP railway station at around 4 PM in the evening. Our train
was supposed to arrive at wee hours on the morning of 9th Jan. Its scheduled time
was 1 AM but there was lot of delay for the arrival of the train and it finally
arrived at 4 AM . Our long journey to mumbai had just begun.
We reached Mumbai on 10-Jan. Roshni didi had arranged for us to stay
in a Nair Hostel at Belapur. She also suggested that we take rest for that day
as it had been a long and arduous journey. We had our dinner at the hostel that
night had a good laugh before retiring to bed.
The next day of our reaching in Mumbai, we woke up at 6 AM did our warn up
exercises and had our breakfast. We did our usual morning walks, played indoor
games and lost ourselves in the glitz and grandeur hardly realizing that the
time flew by so fast. We had stayed in Belapur for over a week now.
It was 19 Jan, 2014, the D-day of our journey for which we travelled all the
way .All of us woke up early got ready and went to the starting point near CST with Roshi didi by taxi. The run was scheduled to begin at 5:45 AM. There were forty thousand people
taking part in the competition, it indeed was a very big event.
I and Roshni di were scheduled to run a full marathon of 42.2 kms. The
run started on the scheduled time, it was an amazing feeling to run with so
many people. I completed the marathon in 3hrs 2 mins and secured 9th
position. It was a very proud moment of my life. This was just my second marathon
at a national event and I feel proud to have got an opportunity to run.
The prize distribution ceremony started at around 8:30 AM. Post that
we had our breakfast and returned back to the hostel. We also conveyed our
gratitude to Gorkha community from Belapur for their love and support for which
we are eternally grateful. Without their love and support, we could not have run Mumbai marathon.
The next day after the marathon , we went out to watch a Hindi movie and
visited few landmarks of Mumbai.Our fruitful journey had finally
come to an end. Early morning of 21-Jan, 2014, we went to VT railway station
and boarded our train return home at 6 AM. We reached NJP around 8
AM on 23rd Jan, 2014, safely.
I am grateful to God for the successful
completion of the journey. We reached Kalimpong by bus and bid farewell to each
other, by the time I reached home it was already dark but I was very happy and
excited to be back.
I would like to conclude by saying Happy and prosperous year ahead to everyone.
Thank you ,
Runesh Tamang .
Mulpala Mandir Goan ,
Kalimpong , Darjeeling
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