MUMBAI: We normally see her on stage dressed to the T like a corporate executive presenting or taking part in panel discussions around digital marketing and spends. But there’s another side to Kellanova head media & digital marketing Sonam Pradhan: she loves to run, she’s an avid marathoner.

And boy did she run at the twentieth Tata Mumbai Marathon which finished just a couple of days ago. When she crossed the finishing line, she had covered the full distance of the marathon – the full 42.195 kilometres. Kudos to her as many other media professionals ran only seven kilometers, or 10 kilometres, or the half marathon.

Which is what she had been doing so far and she expressed that on Linkedin: 
“Finish the race, Never the run.Completed My First Full Marathon! 42.2 kilometres  taught me discipline, resilience, and the power of consistency—lessons I carry into every aspect of life and work.She came. She ran. She conquered.”

We don’t know what her timing was like, but completing the marathon is no easy task and only a few million  worldwide have managed to go  the distance. For not only does it require physical strength and stamina, but it also calls for a lot of get-go spirit, the never-say-die attitude even if it feels like you are going to. Some say, the thirty fifth kilometre is when the body wants to give up and that’s when you have to draw up on your reserves -  even if you have ran out of them – and go on. Once the thirty seventh  kilometre is crossed, the legs tend to move forward on their own.

As they did for Sonam.  And the following five kilometres were a cinch for her!

More power to this marketing & media professional!