Note- Nitesh had sent the scanned image of handwritten note, which has been typed out by Mohanraj. Nitesh's mother is ill since last 7 years and she has to go for dialysis every week. After the marathon, Nitesh was saying that around 15km, he remembered her ill mother, whom he had left for 14 days to come to Mumbai and could not run faster. However, he says, regular running gives him the strength to take care of his ill mother. God bless you Nitesh.
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Runnnig Mumbai Marathon was a Dream come True for
me as it is the Asia's most prestigeous International Marathon. Mumbai Marathon was held on
19th January 2014. The Members of my Team " Run with
Roshni" were running Half Marathon (21Kms) and Mr. Runesh Tamang &
Miss. Roshni Rai were running Full Marathon of 42 Kms. All the Members of the
Team were wearing the T-Shirts with a Slogan " We are Gorkhas and We
are Proud to be an Indian, Jai Gorkha Jai Hind ", printed at the back side
of T-Shirt. It Indicates that We, The Gorkhas are also the Part of India.
On 19th January,everyone wok eup early
around 2:30 AM . Everyone got freshed up and Started getting ready. After
Getting ready before moving out of our Hostel all of us got
Together for a prayer at 3:15 AM and we left our
Hostel. Our Team was headed by Mr. Puran Rai,the Senior Runner and Mr. Ranjeet
Rai. We went to the Spot as instructed by Roshni Didi, from where the Bus came
to Pick us and take us to the Bandra fire Station, the Starting point of Half
Marathon. After reaching the Starting Point,almost Half and hour was left for
the Race to begin. We were told to do warm-ups which was headed by Premika
Rai. Roshni Didi and Runesh were not with us as they were running Full
Marathon (42kms), they by Taxi to their Starting Point, which was VT.
Around 6:00 AM, The Half Marathon started and we
all began to race. While running, Dilip told me and Uttam to be with the Indian
Girls Elite runners.I gave my best to be with them but I could not compete with
them after covering the distance of 15 Kms. My Timing was good ,but after that
my Body was restless and mentally tired. I was feeling tired but I did not
loose my hope and gave my best by running at my own pace.I was sure that my Timing would
not be same as of 2013. Somehow I reached the distance of 19 kms,I heared
everyone shouting and cheering for me. When I heared them shouting, my enrgey
boosted and I increased my Speed and reached the vinish line in 1 hour 34 Mins & 10 sec.
After Reaching the Finish line, I kissed the Floor and thanked God for giving me strength to complete
the Race. Sadly, among the Boys in the Team I was the last one to finish, I was
very sad,but I am determined to do much better than this in SCMM 2015. After
receiving the Medals we took Group Photos. Many other Runners came to click pics with us.
We made many friends out there. On our way back to the Hostel after the
Marathon, we Stoppted at a point and Had 'Pav-Bhajji' (a Famous fast Food snack
in Mumbai ). After reaching the Room, we took Bath and slept for an Hour.
Next Day, on 20th January, as Planned
We went for outing and watched Movie " Yaariyaan" with Roshni Didi.
Everyone was tired, but we all enjoyed our outing with Didi. It was our Last Day in
Mumbai, So, We were invited for a Dinner by our supporters, Poonam di, Jaya di, Mohan da and their family in Mumbai, whom for
us are like our own Family. The way they helped and Loved us, we all felt we were at
our own Home. After the Dinner, we were gifted a Small Token of Love from them. We all
enjoyed our time together.
Next Morning, The Time had come for all of us to
say good bye to Roshni Didi. Roshni Didi along with Sandip Dada, Mohan Dada
came to drop us till the Railway Station. My eyes were full of
tears as I don’t know how to thank Roshni Didi for Helping us with so much of
support & Love. With tears in our eyes and a Promise to come back stronger
next year, we boarded our Train at 6:00 AM and returned to the Place we belong
to.
Thank
you again everyone who stand by us.
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