Citizens look forward to Bengaluru’s World 10K running race

In the throes of the COVID-19 pandemic, the world’s eyes will be on Bengaluru as the city gears up to host the 14th edition of the World 10K 2022. Tareque Laskar, a Bengaluru local originally from Assam, is looking forward to interacting with participants and making meaningful social connections through running again. In terms of motivation, it’s just something that you remind yourself that you can do to make you feel alive. It’s very life-affirming to be doing a long run, especially to experience the runner’s high.
Laskar’s motivation represents the theme for this year is to #ComeAlive. To be alive – is to be capable of more than you imagined, do something meaningful together, believe in yourself, make it count and to finding your inner joy.
When asked about one special moment that he associates with his dedicated participation in the World 10K, he points to a personal goal of proving that he can complete this year’s race with minimal trouble. The COVID-19 pandemic only allowed for the virtual app-based run format to be organised last year, which was enjoyable for Laskar, but he is looking forward to the kind of things that you get to experience with fellow runners – just encouraging them or them encouraging you or sharing stories or just giving each other a high five, keep pushing each other as you are going through it. It’s an incredible feeling that cannot be replicated online or [through] any other kind of model.
The USD $210,000 World Athletics Elite Label Race will witness some of the world’s finest distance runners on the roads of Bengaluru as well as thousands of mass participation competitors from across India.