Run your race

 

A Haryanvi woman, Rambai, aged 105, has set up a new record in 100 m sprint at National Open Masters Athletics Championship in above-100 class. Why should age cut on your burgeoning aspirations? She was the sole participant but that didn’t stop her from improving the record from previous 74 s to 45.40 s. The old woman with a young spirit set up a record, overcoming the old-age hurdles as if egged on by a kind of spiritually sustained surge. So sometimes the mere decision to run and participate makes you a champion. You start as a winner even before you take the first step if you have overcome the mental block and broken the conservative cliques that tame you. And how will you set your individual best if you choose not to run at all. Forget about nine something seconds. Focus on your own timing and try to improve it. However, a bit of competition is also handy in pushing one to better limits. Rambai would have done even better if there was some other octogenarian participant helping the champion just by her presence.