to me, when i say my name is complaining about my running, my name is mary, just 15 and the mother at 19 tends, in, has found freedom and running out from morrison's high in northern india's himalayas. she does it without any institutional support funds or training. this means a difficult balancing act between providing for her family in a rural village and reaching her athletic potential all while racing against social expectations for women and mothers invest. i want to send a message to all the goals out the if i can run, why can't you the a somebody in my hometown goes, i'm not encouraged to run. you don't get any good. i need to try and buy myself and there's no one to guide me. anyone. i'm often told either i should do this or i

shouldn't do that. so yeah, we've worked some people told me asking me why is the woman i run for them? women on the run in the all me, the may i put on, i do little the household shows run my cache. and on top of that consistency train and participate in some of india's most competitive races tends in his father passed away when she was a child to 2 months i've struggled ever since childhood, damascus. at 15, i was married off to a stranger to and i didn't live a normal life. i don't remember them. i called his face the but i didn't experience things i should if in my childhood, the

middle of it's one of the reasons i started running, i wanted to prove to myself the doing so that i could have the kind of challenges if i didn't want my paws to limit me. my days i usually spend during choose my life comp, just to be the american dream of the 2 things for myself on the 10th, and is one of india's most active outcome. marathon runners. she runs a small cafe in the himalayas and just have families. main breadwinner though, she only began running, assess the 2. she's one titles and 12 of the 18 races she's taking parting makes it a made up. my goal is to participate in international races and

represent india or that wouldn't be easy given tends in reality, money under time, i have to tell them to participate. and when i do the necessary training again, just because i'm financially week, so i fall behind the an old to madison in the neighboring village of mentally would give, tends, in another chance to prove myself the 100 kilometer matter. as soon as being organized in my home town, it's called the right time challenge. i'm excited to run on my home tag. i don't think it will rain today. the tenzing is self coached, embarking on grueling. so t now on mountain medicine runs without any official training. this is meant to state planning process. on the high tide risk of injury,

the, the, she's consistently proven hard talent with strong showings tends in still struggles to raise funds for races. i think another challenge to an already difficult suppose the come on, you know, if, if we don't have a running community around me, so i have to train it or not we guide there's no one to guide me or let me know what i should avoid or provide way to do things so you have is um so help send in iowa. and when tenzing came to the hospital, she was experiencing a slight pain in her right hand payments, cruelty england overreach, and they need go on to obtain use to get was when she lifted her level training guy have to be sick since she had no one that's going to she was doing random exercises

which caused to injury everything. can you do me any? do you want to go back but even off the guessing and, and she kept training, didn't rest in this lesson to condition all of us will get to when get got here to basically the korea, which is basic and i'm running to just be an effective standard but still she and just performed well performance besides the challenge of hoping to represent india internationally despite to economic prosperity tends and is also confronted with the daily social pressure of women hoping to succeed in male dominated schools. yeah, this is only compounded in rural india where women rarely have the opportunity to pursue sports in the 1st place. tends in stands out to me on her neighbors. she should run travel and see places educate herself and excel in

a passion. i boss, if i'm not, she shouldn't live like what we bro. no, we've done nothing like that. even though not the notes everyone is supposed to. it's the, the, you know, this new generation, they won't follow traditional seem to come working a single job isn't sufficient to raise a family and i'm always close on. busy busy tens, and was raised by how singled mazda tends, is running. it's hard to understand for an older generation.

so even people keep complaining about you when they ask, how do you have time for it and what you gain from it. i just sit quietly and don't tell me so i think if i really did a man of me, i was married on such a young age in the way. so it wasn't. if i could have had a better life, you have no idea. what else could i do? your father died dudley. my other kids went their separate ways. everyone left the village in there and i was left behind with you to look often. i thought the only way to survive was mary you off. if you're doing something, do it for yourself to listen to these people can assist me with i was doing every race that comes of moment when you ask yourself, why am i doing this? got to you and i was doing it as i remind myself that i'm extremely passionate about this account. quit health way is of the this was my dream was renewals at face of mind. variables are cool. this is in the back of my mind during the race.

so why did i choose such a difficult problem? because running in the rain? i know, but of mine does, i choose this funds because her face moved here. he came to now i've come to the conclusion that you suffer. if you choose the club lay myself binge in the future. problems ends in his problems on just has on mind. there are many women like us who share option, but kind of run with me. but by the, the jump in the engine whenever tends in and i train most people we pulse, direct testing was that a, they took about to ask, who are these 2 goals running, going to be done? even acquaintances say things like, wherever you guys running off to, how do you go back to the tens and stuff is more than i do because she is a bit older. it's like she has been repeatedly discouraged and asked why she's running this age limit. people tell how to do her, choose the well i can't explain how inspirational she is for

a whole stage and for the world at large even of to being married and living in a patriarchal society and associates 14, i wrote an identity despite societal pressure continuously bought and i shouldn't get well, so i mean, i know what she motivates, goes around, have a niche. she's not just running for herself or not, was involved in the account. she has a different energy, which is right now, women have hire a g, sage, and make is a woman. that's impressive because her family is conservative. that will be. that's why i appreciate how nice me. i appreciate the slowly but surely tends and helped change opinions of those around town. madam i run challenging race is because i like choosing the difficult pulse. i know what i'm capable of and that i have the potential for even more the, the main challenge is coming up, the

streaming media and i couldn't really train for this race. you may not have pulled a muscle of 3 months ago. the men of it, it was the same story with another recent mattress on that i couldn't properly prepared for safety and security. so that will be enough. it's just the 10s installed side, racing as an outlet for herself. her running has become a challenge and an inspiration to many around 10 minutes of course, via give them awesome people are happy with me. i knew they were inspired by my story and think i'm doing something meaningful. 8, the negative love is a critical asking me what i'm busting my next for some people even say to my face,

what happened to you running isn't know, move forth and cool me crazy for us to. so they say all i do is run into, into golf, to my family or the 3 months it may make messages, but i want to send a message to all the goals out there. if i can run, mike hon. you would you be, i will always maintain that women to have their own passion, which they should proceed. they shouldn't be limited, the tools will be suppressed by expectations, and that's why don't give up even when things get rough. i want to give up on my passion. i don't, nobody informed me. it is totally a thoughts winning by doing the right we say

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