Garv Jain: Consistency never wanes!

I have always been a sportsperson. Staying active and playing sports brought the best out in me. However, playing and being involved in physical activities all the time is not a susceptible task when you are a student. Therefore, I studied and gave the rest of my time to sports since it relished me the most.

But then covid ceased everyone to stride and we were all homebound. When the pandemic was stressing the world, it became my blessing in disguise. Schools and colleges were closed, it was just the online classes and I just had to go one month before the exam. Therefore, the pandemic gave me enough time to carry out my sports stuff. I started running and then after a few months, I started cycling as well. I was pretty good at running and cycling so BNPGR members suggested that I should take part in Ironman 70.3. At first, I had no idea what it was. Later, one of the member told me that it is a Triathlon consisting of running, cycling, and swimming. At that time, due to the pandemic, the pool was closed so my journey started in February. I started preparing for the Triathlon held at Goa under the guidance of my coach, Pradeep Katrodia sir. Thereafter, I consistently followed my workout schedule. I used to wake up early in the morning and work out consistently,  followed by some evening workouts. Being a vegetarian I did not consume any supplement for protein intake. Meanwhile, I took part in several marathons and waited for the final triathlon.

 I was anxious before the event and even my glucose level went down because of the heat. On top of that, the event started 40 minutes late, ruining our diet plan before the event. Regardless, it didn’t break me!

I knew I wanted to finish the race within 5 hours and 30 minutes but because of my glucose level, I started feeling dizzy in the last 10 minutes. Nevertheless, it still didn’t break me. I had to finish the triathlon for me and for the people who helped me be there.

At last, I finished the race in 5 hours 55 minutes, and 14 seconds becoming the youngest finisher of Ironman 70.3. Thus, being consistent changed the game. After all, consistency never wanes!