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Shankar Saravanan |
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Thanks for visiting my webpage. Please spend few minutes reading through the entire page.
Not many of you know that past few years I have been under an addiction, and it has been really hard to wean myself from it. My sustained struggle to stay away has failed and the vicious urge peaks during summers. So far this addiction of mine has caused me pain and has been eating away my leisure time, but on flip side it has made me stronger - physically and mentally. This non-congenital addiction of mine is called “Running”. Past failures have not helped to cease my relentless quest and pursuit to complete a marathon but have rather fueled by desire further.
I have always had this itch to do something different in my life, one such opportunity that I stumbled upon was to train with Team AIDAsha. So far it has been 4 months of early morning runs, blisters, chaffing skin, muscle pain and hamstring pulls, and over 300 miles of my sucony shoes. You might ask why all these. Team AIDAsha runs races to raise money to AID ( http://www.aidindia.org/main/ ), and Asha ( http://www.aidindia.org/main/ ),which both are voluntary, non-profit organizations, which supports and initiates efforts in various interconnected spheres such as education, livelihoods, natural resources, health, women's empowerment and social justice. So this is my small concerted contribution towards their AID and Asha’s cause.
Apart from getting physically conditioned and mentally prepared for the race day, the 4 months of training so far has also yielded me the following by-products
• An overflowing social calendar - I wish I had a twin
• Kids in my block look up to me now - well I'm taller than them
• Lost few lbs and I’m on target to achieve that elusive 6 pack – I’m not talking abt 6-pack beer
• Can sport that tight T-Shirt that I bought years back – Did I really buy it
• Can afford that 12000 calories on Saturday – isn’t that Phelp’s diet
• I look straight when I run – distractions don’t distract me
I would like to thank you in advance for your generous contribution you are going to make and for helping me raise the $2620. I would like highlight the power of your donation.
• $500 – Can completely take care of a ten year old child until she graduates from high school.
• $250 – Helps train hundreds of rural men and women in making clothes, using a bank and more
• $100 – Helps educate hundred rural pregnant women on infant health
• $50 – Helps a rural farmer start his own business
• $25 – Takes care of education and living of one child for one month
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