This is the sequel Part II of my previous post about the "Tough Sport". For the benefit of all, I am just going to recap some thoughts from my previous post.Running Marathon is a one of the Toughest sport. One needs to have commitment and will power to take up the challenge and give unprecedented amount of effort in order to run 26.2 miles in one stretch. It might be a tough sport but its not an impossible sport. If you want to read the previous post fully, Jump to Tough Sport - Unrevealed to check it out.
Believe it or not, this tough sport is being mastered by a 4 year old. Yeah, that's right! I can't even believe my eyes when I saw the news in the web. It got more interesting when I read the news more to find that the boy is from India.
Actually, Budhia Singh — 4-year-old from India as a slum resident from the eastern state of Orissa dubbed “Marathon Boy” and “India’s Forrest Gump” — did not run just a marathon. He ran farther… much farther. In fact, perhaps enough to set a world record for a kid: 40 miles! Just as impressive was his time: 7 hours and 2 minutes.
Officials of Limca Book of Records, India's best-known record book, witnessed the run and said it would be included in its 2007 edition, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Budhia Singh completed the distance in seven hours and two minutes which is an Indian record. This is perhaps a world record too. No other kid at his age has completed a distance of 65 kilometers (40 miles) at one go," said his coach, Biranchi Das.
Despite just being 4 years old, the kid already has some interesting stories. When his father died his mother could not afford to raise him so she sold him off for $20. He then was put under the watch of (or possibly “rescued”by) a judo master who “discovered” the boy’s incredible stamina when, for punishment, he told the boy to run and 5 hours later — when the judo master returned — the boy was still running. The judo master then started him on a training regimen including running in the morning, having a siesta in the early afternoon, and then running again in the evening. He also switched him over to a diet of eggs, milk, soybean, and meat.
In place of a few lumps of rice that he used to get at his mother's place, he now has a diet of eggs, milk, soybean and meat. He starts running at 5am each day and does not stop till noon. After a few stretching exercises, he has lunch and goes for a siesta. At 4pm it is time to run again. Budhia is enjoying his stay at the judo hostel. "I can run and eat to my heart's content here," he says.
Budhia's coach has now set his eyes on a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
That, he says, will be possible when he can run for 90km at a stretch."I have no doubt whatsoever that he will achieve it soon", Mr Das says.
What this 4year old accomplished was an unthinkable achievement. I couldn't even imagine my son(8months) doing it when he is at 4 years. For some, sports come naturally but it doesn't mean that others doesn't have chance or can't try to excel it.
For my part, I did try one or 2 half marathons and 1 marathon. I am proud to say that I was able to complete them successfully with some good timings. Because completing a marathon itself is a great accomplishment. I am also happy to invoke interest among some of my coworkers to try out this tough sport. There is so much to talk about this Tough sport and I am not done yet. Please look out for my final post of this sequel with some How to's and What to's.
Officials of Limca Book of Records, India's best-known record book, witnessed the run and said it would be included in its 2007 edition, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.
Budhia Singh completed the distance in seven hours and two minutes which is an Indian record. This is perhaps a world record too. No other kid at his age has completed a distance of 65 kilometers (40 miles) at one go," said his coach, Biranchi Das.
Despite just being 4 years old, the kid already has some interesting stories. When his father died his mother could not afford to raise him so she sold him off for $20. He then was put under the watch of (or possibly “rescued”by) a judo master who “discovered” the boy’s incredible stamina when, for punishment, he told the boy to run and 5 hours later — when the judo master returned — the boy was still running. The judo master then started him on a training regimen including running in the morning, having a siesta in the early afternoon, and then running again in the evening. He also switched him over to a diet of eggs, milk, soybean, and meat.
In place of a few lumps of rice that he used to get at his mother's place, he now has a diet of eggs, milk, soybean and meat. He starts running at 5am each day and does not stop till noon. After a few stretching exercises, he has lunch and goes for a siesta. At 4pm it is time to run again. Budhia is enjoying his stay at the judo hostel. "I can run and eat to my heart's content here," he says.
Budhia's coach has now set his eyes on a place in the Guinness Book of World Records.
That, he says, will be possible when he can run for 90km at a stretch."I have no doubt whatsoever that he will achieve it soon", Mr Das says.
What this 4year old accomplished was an unthinkable achievement. I couldn't even imagine my son(8months) doing it when he is at 4 years. For some, sports come naturally but it doesn't mean that others doesn't have chance or can't try to excel it.
For my part, I did try one or 2 half marathons and 1 marathon. I am proud to say that I was able to complete them successfully with some good timings. Because completing a marathon itself is a great accomplishment. I am also happy to invoke interest among some of my coworkers to try out this tough sport. There is so much to talk about this Tough sport and I am not done yet. Please look out for my final post of this sequel with some How to's and What to's.
