Marathon - Sport that can change the World!

              The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres (26 miles and 385 yards),usually run as a road race. The event was instituted in commemoration of the fabled run of the Greek soldier Pheidippides, a messenger from the Battle of Marathon to Athens.

            History of Marathon : The name Marathon comes from the legend of Pheidippides, a Greek messenger. The legend states that he was sent from the battlefield of Marathon to Athens to announce that the Persians had been defeated in the Battle of Marathon (in which he had just fought),which took place in August or September, 490 BC.It is said that he ran the entire distance without stopping and burst into the assembly, exclaiming (nenikekamen, "we have wοn"), before collapsing and dying.

             This is about the history and what exactly is Marathon.This can obviously be found in Internet,but there is always a need for introduction to anything and everything.I want to share my vision as to how 'Marathon' as a sport can change the World.

          Folks,the major threat to our environment is Pollution and mainly due to the vehicles which is leading to depletion of ozone Layer.The major threat/disease in Human Beings is Lack of fitness and Obesity.'Marathon' is a wonderful solution to both these problems.

             How can Marathon be a Solution ? Just imagine,like how Cricket,football and other sports are famous,if Marathon also becomes a famous sport due to Humongous people getting involved in it and enjoying it,then the rate of diseases will drop down rapidly.Because Marathon involves running and running is THE BEST Sport/exercise to be FIT and Healthy.Marathon as a sport has a lot of benefits,Marathon doesn't have an age limit like other sports,it doesn't need construction of stadiums,it doesn't need huge funds and so on.Won't it be wonderful??? This shows how Marathon can be a solution for the betterment of the Health of Human Beings.

          Coming to the MOST Harmful disease to the entire World - 'Pollution.'How can Marathon be a Solution to this?? Simple.Pollution is caused to various reasons but the most   important one is Air pollution,caused due to HUMONGOUS number of vehicles.So,if Marathon becomes a regular,interesting,entertaining,lovely sport for most of the population in this world,the need of Vehicles will go down rapidly and thus reducing pollution and thus leading to a wonderful change in the environment.The exact distance of Marathon is 42.195km.In all the things I have stated above,I mean that all of them should get accustomed to full marathon(42kms) or Half marathon I.e., everyone should be capable of Running 42 kms at one stretch or atleast half of it.Then,the vehicles usage will drop down as people will start running to reach out to the destinations that are in the range of few kilometres,instead of taking their vehicles.And thus leading to a Healthy Mankind and Healthy environment.

           If anyone feels that what if everyone gets addicted and starts running,won't it be a lot of people everywhere.I have a solution,when we can have so many vehicles on the road EVERYDAY and even then manage with it,then a lot of people EVERYDAY and EVERYWHERE will be easily manageable.So this is my Vision as to how Marathon as a sport can change the World.

      "If we don't have a Vision about something we do,we can't enjoy and GROW by doing that 'something' for a long time."This can refer to anything and everything you do!!!!

Eat well to stay healthy!

               This is one of the most amazing activity of human beings-"Eating."I am damn sure that most of us love EATING.Some might love eating the food prepared at home,some might like food on roadside,some might like in restaurants,some like eating ordered food from outside,at home and so on.

               What do I mean by my title???Eat well-It not only means eating healthy food,eating at regular intervals and at the right time.It also means to eat the right quantity of food."Excess of anything is poison."Likewise,excess of eating can lead to obesity,sleepiness,fatigue,lack of interest and lack of concentration.I definitely agree that eating is good for health and it is very much necessary for metabolism.But eating the required quantity of food is very much essential to stay healthy.

          I happened to write this blogpost because I ended up having a lot of food at dinner and consequently I started feeling tired and sleepy.I was very much active and energetic before eating food but after excess consumption of food I felt tired and sleepy.It not only makes you feel tired and sleepy but such over-consumption is what leads to obesity.Disadvantage of being obese is you not only look bad but also fatigue and increased health problems such as heart diseases,type 2 diabetes,certain types of cancer,sleep apnea and osteoarthritis.Hence,i request you to make sure that you have the required quantity of food and not excess of it.

             You must eat for good metabolism,growth and to provide energy for your body and not to become tired or become obese or develop some kind of health problems.So,ensuring consuming required quantity of food is really good for health and definitely you stay healthy by following this practice.

            Water is the elixir of life.A person can stay without food but not without water.Even then consumption of water in excess might lead to life-threatening disease called Excercise Associated Hyponatraemia(EAH).This disease simply means that excess water in your body has diluted body fluids so much that the sodium levels have become life-threateningly low.When excess consumption of water(elixir) can be harmful,excess consumption of food is also definitely harmful.I happened to consume excess food today and hence thought of writing a blogpost about it,which would help me in creating awareness among people and also as a reminder for myself to not consume excess of food again.

Thank you for reading.

Vishwesh Wali from India.

Time is very precious.Squeeze each minute!

           "Time is Money" is a proverb that you might have heard many times.But according to me,there must be a change in the proverb and the proverb should be,"Time is EVERYTHING."I believe that time is not just money but it is everything.Everything depends on time.

             "Time and Tide wait for none."This proverb is absolutely true and very meaningful.Has time or tide waited for anyone?Obviously,the answer is No.Whether you are healthy or unhealthy,whether you are good or bad,whether you are rich or poor or let it be anything,time and tide does not wait.The time keeps going and the tide keeps rising and falling.You can stop the clock by removing its battery but you cannot stop TIME.

           Friends,time once gone is gone and you won't get it back.Hence we must make maximum utilization of time,we must squeeze each minute of our life and only then we will be able to create some dent in this universe.A person who does not know the importance of time,is just existing in this world.A person who knows the importance of time and understands that each minute is important,is LIVING his life to the Fullest.

             I would like to give a simple example to make you understand the essentiality of time.Look back into your life and count what are the failures experienced by you.And then find out the reason for it.The reason will definitely turn out to be 'Improper utilization of time.'For instance,you failed in an exam because on the day before exam you studied the subject notes completely and went to the exam but most of the questions were from text book.Now,how can this be related to improper utilization of time?Very simple!Definitely you would have got the information about exams very long before the commencement of the exams.But since you had not utilized the time given for studying and made an attempt to study only on the eve of your exam,you had time constraints and could only study the notes and could not study the text book.And you failed because most of the questions were from textbook.In contrast to improper utilization of time,if you had utilized the time properly,you would have got enough time to study both notes and textbook.Eventually,you would have not only passed in that subject but also secured amazing marks.

         This was a very simple example that came in my mind while writing this blogpost.There are a wide range of examples to show that time is very precious and you need to value each minute.

           Well,if you feel how is small quantity such as one minute important?The answer is think of an athlete running in an 100m race,not minute you will understand the importance of each second.Each second in our life is important!!!!There is no point in grieving about your past.It is gone and you need to get out of it as soon as possible and work hard to atleast make your future wonderful.Because if you keep grieving about your past,you will lose a lot of time and consequently you will land up in some other problem and you will again start grieving about it.Hence,irrespective of what has happened or what is yet to happen,give complete justice to each minute of your life in doing something PRODUCTIVE.Then the results that you get for your strenuous efforts are JUST AWESOME AND OUT OF THE WORLD.

        I would conclude by just one simple message-"One life,LIVE IT!" Live today as if it were the last day of your life.

Thank you for reading.

Vishwesh Wali from India.