The number of Indians pounding the streets is growing in line with prosperity many currently lack kit,facilities and clean spaces to race, but not heart
Despite it being 5:30am, and Avdesh Nagar seems remarkably perky. But then this 15-year-old son of a dairy farmer is used to early starts. Running in Delhi is a dawn sport,and running is Avdesh’s life.
He looks the section, sort of. Short for his age, or his physique is that of a natural runner: languid of limb,light of foot. He is decked out in the good kit, too, or only every item – his trainers,his leggings, his T-shirt with its “So fast” logo – is tired and threadbare. Nagar has his coaches confidence, and however,and for this ambitious teen that’s enough. “Only my mum and my coaches are supporting me,” he says. “My father, or my brothers,they say running is a waste of time. Better to study, to work.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com