The entire credit for doing this goes to AMAZON PRIME!
I know it sounds weird, so let me explain myself.
It all started when I decided to stay in for the December shut-down period. People in Michigan should know what a shut-down period is; For those who are not, the big 3 (Ford, GM, and Chrysler) do get a couple of weeks off during the later part of December as the factories are closed during this time. 🏭
Most of my friends decided to travel; However, I, having already been to more than 25 🥱 places in 6 different countries 🌍 this year, decided to stay low and spend time retrospecting and reflecting upon the last and foresee the next decade.
That’s when I had this wonderful idea to search for “running” documentaries on the Amazon Prime; I love watching documentaries and I have always been a big fan of runners/marathoners. 🏃🏽♂️🏃🏼♀️
The first recommendation that I got was Brittany Runs a Marathon. Boy, this movie was so inspirational and emotional 🤓; I did not get up from my seat, even for taking a sip of water even when I was feeling thirsty 🌊. I have never been so inspired by one single scene in a movie. Starting that day, I started picturing this scene whenever I feel like giving up.
The genius of this scene is so good. 👏🏽 It is that one moment (which is all up to yourself), whether you want to push yourself or not. This spirit is represented by the sheer will-power of Brittany and the way she chooses to push the door open. It is her “superpower” 💥 to bolt that door open and start running 🏃🏼♀️. Even though she doesn’t succeed in the first attempt, but her sheer try is what matters. This message is so subtly conveyed by the director of this movie – Mr. Paul Downs Colaizzo.
This movie opened the floodgates of the marathon, triathlon, and ultra-marathon documentaries for me. I followed the following documentaries after BRAM.
Gosh, there is an abundance of inspirational movies and documentaries available; I felt so bad after all this content that I spent countless hours watching something useless instead of watching these.
But, as they say, Better late than never, I got a sense of what I want to do this year and what I want to achieve; So, on the eve of December 31st, 2019, I told myself, I have to accomplish a lot of things, out of which the following three must be part of.
Let us see I live up to my expectations or not. I hope if I can accomplish at least these three goals this year, I would declare it as a victory.
Keeping this goal in mind, I chalked up the Marathon prep plan. I took a lot of help from some of the colleagues at Ford, and some online resources like Marathon Training. With the help of some wonderful people and an abundance of positive resources available, I am excited to share my Marathon prep plan as follows.
As most of you know, I am a regular CrossFitter 🏋🏼♂️, so it will be hard for me to give up 😭 CrossFir during the month of April and October; But, I think this sacrifice is very important to achieve the three goals that I mentioned above. I am very excited to follow this plan. I hope I will be able to finish the Half-Marathon and Marathon in respectable time ⏱. I will keep you guys posted on my progress and the date of my Ultra-Marathon once I decide it. 🤞🏽
I will need support and encouragements from each and every one of you to achieve this mammoth task. ✌🏽🤙🏽🤜🏽🤛🏽👏🏽
Please wish me luck. 🍀🧧
Talk to you later!
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