I was bitten by the running bug earlier this year when a group of us from AMD trained together for the TCS 10K and raised funds for 'Asha for Education'. I'm grateful to you for contributing to our efforts and making it successful! It's thanks to that start that I've decided to go on and run a half-marathon - 21km at the Kaveri Trail Marathon (Sep 18) and 25km at Bangalore Ultra (Nov 13). I'm also raising funds for Asha through these 2 races. Asha is a volunteer-driven and zero-overhead organization, so all your donation goes towards projects that Asha supports. My goals through this effort are to- Run. Running leaves me feeling positive, I believe better. Pushing my limits, overcoming mental and physical exhaustion to go new distances is fulfilling. I've been training with Runner's High since June, this has been a great step and their guidance has been invaluable. But did I have to pick a half-marathon to make running a habit? Not quite, and this is where a purpose outside of 'me' fits in, leading to my other goal.

Raise funds for education. Few years ago through a volunteer activity I interacted with children from Ananya, a school for underprivileged children which Asha supported. These kids brimmed with confidence and enthusiasm, and are some of the most interesting and active kids I've met. This reinforced my belief that education is a great leveller. Asha is an organisation driven by this belief.

And on my part, I continue to train regularly - we train 5 days a week of which 3 are group workouts. I also plan to log my runs in some form here.

Support My Run:

My target is to raise Rs.500 for every km I run in these 2 races - Rs.23,000 in total. I request you to use the links below to support my run. There is no minimum donation amount.

Donations are exempt from Income Tax under section 80-G, you will receive a receipt from Asha. Do contact me if you want to learn more.

If you are an AMD Bangalore employee, please mail me to make your contribution (AMD will match your donations 100%).

Thanks to 5 supporters who have helped me raise Rs.41750.