Our team at Krish Sports Foundation never fails to surprise its athletes. We are always searching for more and more opportunities for them. We want to make sure that these youngsters get a good platform to grow individually. After all the training sessions and workshops that were already organized, we wanted to do more for them. We were brainstorming for something that was interesting as well as would help these budding athletes grow more when we came across a post on a social media platform about a run being held by Adidas. Without even wasting a second, we contacted the team of Adidas for the details about the same. Soon enough, we were ready to collaborate with them and be a part of the run.
On January 15, our team along with the batch 1 of Sports Super 30 and 2 caretakers went to Bandra Bandstand Fort where the run was supposed to be held. Again, it started off early in the morning at 5:30 a.m. We met the organizing team of Adidas run there and started with some warm-up exercises which continued for half-an-hour.
At sharp 6 a.m., we were all set to commence the run. The distance to be covered was 6km. The directions were simple- we had to start from the Fort, run along the Bandstand road, reach Carter’s road and then come back. As soon as we announced that we were going to start soon, these athletes started smiling. We could see the amount of excitement on their faces as they were eagerly waiting for this very moment. Super soon we started the run. On the way, all of them were trying their level best to reach first even though it wasn’t a competition. They just wanted to be recognized.
After a few hours, we finished off the run and reached the finishing point. We made all of them do the relaxing exercise that helped them in calming themselves properly. Later on, we all watched the beautiful sunrise together from the Fort area and then made them see the Bandra Worli Sea Link. After spending a good amount of time there, we went to the open gym which is located at Carter’s road by the beach and did a few more exercises and had fun. After all of this was ticked off our list, we headed back to our hostel premises. This was a fun program to be a part of.
Adidas run was an amazing experience. It helped by training these athletes and increasing their strength-level. It had an energetic workout session along with energetic vibe. The team of Adidas shared their own experiences and tips with our budding athletes and appreciated them for their efforts. The even discussed about the approach that they keep in mind along with the constant amount of dedication.
As these athletes belong to rural areas, they were surprised by the difference in their approach as compared to the people from urban areas.
The Adidas team also told them about the pride and happiness of representing themselves at national level and how they can reach to that level.
