Marathon

 We are super excited today. A marathon race was announced in our school that will be held exactly after 1 month. When I told my friends that we should participate, they immediately agreed. My mom told me once that we should  pursue our careers according to our strengths. I believe that I can become a good leader.   I already made 2 followers   and I believe that remaining few millions are just a matter of time. 

I asked them if we should practice for marathon every morning and go for  jogging. Vikas immediately agreed. Rohit refused because he wanted to conserve his energy for the marathon.  His idea sounds great. But I lost 1 follower out of   2. I and Vikas decided to go for jogging at 6 AM. And that the one who wakes up first will go to the other person's home to wake him up. It was a fool proof plan not to miss the practice.

I kept sleeping till 6.15 AM. Vikas also didn't come. As a good leader, I should lead my followers by setting good example. I got ready and went to his house at 6.30 AM. I can tell you from my experience that you can earn most brownie points from your friend's parents by  vising   him    while he is still asleep.  

 

My dad once told me that planning is most important thing. Big tasks take a lot of time in planning. We decided to make the plan for our workout. We were fast as our  plan was ready in just 1 week. 

 

We followed this plan for rest of the month. As a good leader, I was giving Vikas longer turn while I was sitting on the bench so that he could become stronger. Rohit also joined us occasionally. Probably he noticed how strong we were becoming and that he was going to loose from us. 

Soon both of realized that we needed shoes like Olympians have. Probably those  shoes could make us run few extra kilometers. That day I discovered that all the parents are same as the request of new shoes was declined by everyone's parents. 

All 3 of us reached school before time on the marathon day. It was Sunday. The clap sound was loud and clear.  The starting point turned into clouds of dust. We started with full excitement. I was able to cross the gate of  the playground and reached  the corner of the street. I was panting badly. My feet were hurting. I took some rest and looked back for Vikas and Rohit. They were in the similar situation. But no one noticed because there was no one behind us. Our parents should be held responsible as they didn't buy us those shoes.  

Rohit spotted Jain uncle's car. He lives in our neighborhood.  We communicated using the sign language and settled in his car quickly. We were still panting loudly. Jain uncle was kind enough to drop us near the end point. And we crossed the  finishing line easily.  

We covered 7 KM marathon in just 15 min. I don't know why this was not featured in  world records. As a good leader,  I will  take this matter to the organizers.