Hi I'm Afnan. Running has become a big part of me over the last few of years and this is the first part of my journey to take part in the 2018 Tata Mumbai Marathon.
In Aug 2017, I signed up for my #TMM2018, setting goals ahead for the new year and to kick it off on a high note. I haven't been to Mumbai before. So, with the main roads being cordoned off for the runners, there was going to be no better way to explore Mumbai unless I go do this. It all made sense.
On 23 Dec 2017. My hopes of attending TMM2018 hit a wall. I was involved in a freakish accident that left me with a severe trauma on my left big toe and a black toenail. I wanted to let it heal naturally and I wiped the thought of attending TMM2018 in that point in time. A week later when the blood clot was still not receding, I took a rational decision to get my toenail surgically extracted and have the wound cleaned from the fear of something much worse, like getting gangrene.
Post procedure was painful. Recovery period suggested by the surgeon was 3 weeks, TMM2018 was in 4 weeks. That left with me with a sliver of a hope. At the end of the 3rd week I was able to put my foot in a shoe with my toe taped up. 2 days later I went out for a 5k, still taped up. This was the longest I had run in over a month. I was slow as f#ck. But, my knees held, that's all that mattered.
Speed and PBs are no longer an option for me, completing a race is. The ramped up social media posts on the official TMM page and two of my brethren and fellow members of the BDRunners group, Randeep and Satender attending this year made my decision easier. There was no way on hell, I was going to pass this sliver of chance out to be there this year. The game was on!
This video starts as I'm heading down to the Dhaka Int. Airport after work to fly out to Mumbai, Enjoy.
Also please don't forget to join the BDRunners community to find Randeep, Satender and myself along with the coolest runners in Dhaka there. [ Ссылка ]
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