This was my first ever experience of running a
marathon. On March 4, 2017
(Saturday), two of my friends, who are
also a part of the Little Journalist organization, and I went to S10 Health in
Guindy to collect our BiB. There, we
collected our chest numbers and t – shirts.
Then, the people there asked us to do some fitness exercises, so that we
would be fit and ready for the next day’s run.
We finished our exercises and came out.
Hafiz uncle, who was the head of the Little Journalist organization, told
us the way to the Palavakkam beach, where we would run the marathon called
‘Ridley Run’ the next day.
The next day – March 5, 2017 (Sunday), I woke up at
4:00 a.m and started dressing. My
friends and I had planned to go in my friend’s car together. We started from their house at 4:45 a.m and
reached there at 5:30 a.m. I had made
some questions ready the day before itself because, as we are a part of the
Little Journalist group, we had to take interviews from people who had also
took part in the run. My friends and I
planned to run 5 km.
We started to run.
At first, it was easy. But then,
when there was only ½ km to finish the run, I became tired and started to
walk. We collected our medals,
certificates and breakfast and started taking interviews. My classmate and I took interviews
together.
At first, we took an interview from two women. They wouldn’t tell them names. They had come from somewhere far. They felt that the run was really good. They also thought that the aim of the run was
excellent. They had run 5kms. They had come to know about this run from a
friend of theirs.
Then we took interview from a family consisting of a
mother, a father and a little boy. They
felt that this run was interesting. The
mother had run 1 km along with her son.
My friend asked the little boy what was the aim of the run. His mother encouraged him to answer, and he
told us that the aim was to save turltes.
We congratulated him for saying the right answer. The kid also felt very excited and
happy. This was the first time running,
like me. The mother also told us that if
there would be other events like this in the future, she would be happy to
participate.
Then we interviewed another little boy, Adithya, who
was with his mother and aunt. They were
a part of the Chennai Runners group, so they got the information from the site
itself. The boy was only 3 ½ years
old. He had run 1 km. He also told that he would run again, if
there are any events like this.
Thus, our experince of taking interviews came to an
end. This was such a memorable day in my
life. I too, would be happy to
participate again, if there are any other events.
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