In order to train for the lack of oxygen, I had to ensure my body goes through a high level of stress conditioning during training at sea levels. Long runs, hill runs, and strength workouts to ensure I am capable of taking on those harsh mountain conditions. My training did not start until 12 weeks before the event. Considering this as a challenge for both mental and physical fitness, I decided to give it a go and to my fortune, I was selected for the Half Marathon Race (21.0975 kms). This marathon route also had major elevation differences, which means a lot of inclines and declines over the scenic route. High-altitude running has its own challenges, from low levels of oxygen to extreme weather conditions. It claims to be the highest marathon in the world, held at a height of 11,500 to 17,618 feet. The Ladakh Marathon is a marathon held in Leh, a town in the Indian Union Territory of Ladakh. All of this may sound a bit too poetic, but probably because it is!Įarlier this year, April 2023 I got an alert in my mailbox for the opportunity to participate in the Ladakh Marathon 2023. The music in the wind and the ticking of the watches. But some of us saw it in its pure form, the joy of running, the joy of mechanical watches. If you wanted a ‘fit’ lifestyle you ran, if you want to see the time you had a watch that did so and that was about it. Then came the era of battery-operated quartz watches, the smartwatches, and the new generation of watches. The mechanical watch was created as a tool to measure time, which then turned into an accessory of fashion. Much like mechanical watches if you think about it. In today’s technologically advanced and fast-paced life, we have stopped running physically and started a race of mental stress. We ran for food just as we ran when we didn’t want to become food in the past. We started running as toddlers and somewhere in the midst of this journey called life, we forgot that biologically it is something that comes to us not naturally, but instinctively. We are all “Born to Run”, said Christopher McDougall when he shared his adventures of running in the Mexican Copper Canyon trails with the legendary Tarahumara tribes.
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