We all believe that we have limitations to our fitness achievements. We stop ourselves way too soon even before we believe in our body and let it outperform. We give up but the adrenaline rush happens when you pursue beyond the obvious and run there to achieve what you can.
We all believe that we have limitations to our fitness achievements. We stop ourselves way too soon even before we believe in our body and let it outperform. We give up but the adrenaline rush happens when you pursue beyond the obvious and run there to achieve what you can.
52-year-old woman Marathoner Urmila Surana who has achieved laurels in running marathons believes to stop at nothing. She is the gold medalist selected to represent India in her age category at the World Masters Athletic Championship to be held in Spain in September this year.
“I was always an athlete. Right from school days, I would be found more in the grounds than in the classroom and I ensured my kids went through a similar childhood”, expressed Ms. Urmila Surana who believes that sports are no less than subjects like mathematics and science. “It teaches your life discipline and shouldn’t be ignored at any cost”, she said.
“I started running from 2015. I first enrolled for 10 kilometers in Coimbatore Marathon. Ten then seemed big but after I completed it, I thought to myself why not try 21 kilometers, and I pursued the same attitude when I did my 42 kilometers this year. I think everything changed when I said to myself, why not? after all, I have nothing to lose but a lot to take back,” she said.
Coming from a conventional Marwadi family, she believes it was her family support that made her come this far. “Women in many households are tied down by responsibilities and family restrictions. It is not easy to break them, but it is not tough to come out from your comfort and achieve a goal. I really thank my family for being my pillar of strength. It is their encouragement that helped me run with nothing running on my mind but to run”, said Urmila Surana.
Starting from 2015, she has participated in more than 25 marathons across the country and has won medals that cross a century in number and has only one goal, to see where she can stand. Urmila Surana said, “I compete with nobody but I. If each one of us holds this fitness goal, we are sure to stay healthy and fit.”
