Exclusive | ‘I wanted to run from Kashmir to Kanniyakumari, most people thought I was crazy’: Ultra-runner Sufiya Sufi
FirstpostIn an exclusive chat, Indian ultra-runner Sufiya Sufi narrates her incredibly journey from working at the Delhi airport with no sports background to covering the trans-India distance from Kashmir to Kanniyakumari and becoming the proud holder of five Guiness World Records. I didn’t even know what proper hydration is at that time – that one has to mix a few things with water to hydrate oneself for runs like these,” Sufiya shared. But, when I took this idea of doing this trans-India run to my boss, he told me almost immediately that – ‘you either follow your passion of running or you do this job’. “We tried to get sponsors on board for this run, but didn’t get any, mainly because no one was ready to believe us that I could run this distance from Kashmir to Kanyakumari.