42.2 km is the distance Sandeep ran in 03h:23m:34s as part of the BMW Frankfurt Marathon yesterday. Running the marathon is in itself an achievement to be proud of. Sandeep (runner #9803) went beyond that.
He ran the marathon for a cause as part of Team Asha Frankfurt. The cause: primary education for the underprivileged children in India. Specifically, Sandeep ran to raise money for a project in Wazirpur (Delhi) to support a learning center for 80 "at-risk", out-of-school children, which will help them get back to mainstream schools. He has single-handedly raised EUR 800 as part of his one-man fund-raising campaign (Run to Educate), far exceeding his original target of EUR 500.
Photo Credits: Sanket Phadke & Meeta Paranjpe
Along the way, as Sandeep trained for the marathon, he kept passing on "pearls of wisdom" in his blog. Below are two of my favorites:
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional" (quoting Haruki Murakami here)
"Fear is an illusion" (as quoted here)
It's a perfect example of choosing to make a positive impact. We are proud of your achievement, Sandeep!.
Keep running!
He ran the marathon for a cause as part of Team Asha Frankfurt. The cause: primary education for the underprivileged children in India. Specifically, Sandeep ran to raise money for a project in Wazirpur (Delhi) to support a learning center for 80 "at-risk", out-of-school children, which will help them get back to mainstream schools. He has single-handedly raised EUR 800 as part of his one-man fund-raising campaign (Run to Educate), far exceeding his original target of EUR 500.
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Photo Credits: Sanket Phadke & Meeta Paranjpe
Along the way, as Sandeep trained for the marathon, he kept passing on "pearls of wisdom" in his blog. Below are two of my favorites:
"Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional" (quoting Haruki Murakami here)
"Fear is an illusion" (as quoted here)
It's a perfect example of choosing to make a positive impact. We are proud of your achievement, Sandeep!.
Keep running!
Hey Paritosh,
ReplyDeleteIts good that you wrote this... Great job Sandeep...
Thanks Paritosh for the nice blog. Thank you, Meeta, Sanket and rest of the Asha team for making it happen.
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