#WILLPOWER
Y O U T H №1
become wet under pouring rain,
wake up early in the morning, but
Run, Zlata! Run!
at the same time go towards the
aim. When I am nervous and worry
about something, I want to run.
With the run, new forces to life
wake in me, I rejoice to every day
and feel my body more than ever
before. Through sport, I’ve learned
how to manage my own life.I learned
14 February 2016, I saw my first run-marathon and thousands of loving
couples in one place. I was impressed by them. And then, decided that I
w a n t t o b e w i t h t h e m . F i r s t l y, I t ’ s n o t a b o u t r u n n i n g a t a l l . . . I d e s i r e d t o b e
part of this happiness, I wanted to smile and to run, run until each part of
m y b o d y f a l l s o f f t o p r o v e t o m y s e l f : « We l l , i f t h e y c a n d o i t , I c a n t o o . »
My first race I ran almost without any preparation. My goal was to check,
w h a t I c a n d o r i g h t n o w. T h e r e s u l t w a s n o t g o o d , I g a v e u p o n t h e 4 t h k m ,
b u t a s t h e re a l f i g h t e r, I re a c h e d t h e f i n a l l i n e w a l k i n g , n o t r u n n i n g . I g o t
my first medal and awareness that it’s not as easy as it looks. Run is not only
about a smile on the finish line...
Next 3 months, I got up in 2 hours before the beginning of my school
and went jogging. At first, it was about 10 minutes, then 15, 30 and the
fol low i n g m o n t h i t w a s a wh ole h o u r. . . D e s p i t e t h e we a t h e r, I w a s w a k i n g u p
and going outside to run. My inner circle entirely didn’t understand me. I
heard phrases that I do it from inaction, that all this nonsense and I am not
a r u n n e r. O n t h e n ex t r a c e , I r a n my f i r s t 5 k i lo m e t e r s w i t h o u t s t o p p i n g a n d
s e t n ex t g o a l : r u n h a l f- m a r a t h o n (2 1 k m) d i s t a n c e i n S e p t e m b e r. T h e s u m m e r
of 2016 became a significant stage in my running life. I continued training,
s t e p b y s t e p , s e c r e t l y. I d i d n o t w a n t t h a t s o m e o n e k n e w a b o u t i t . I w a n t e d
t o s e e t h e eye s o f a l l t h o s e p e o p le wh o s a i d t o m e t h a t I a m n o t a r u n n e r. A l l
s u m m e r r u n a n d I we re o n l y t o g e t h e r. O u r re l a t i o n s b e c a m e c lo s e r ; I we n t
t h ro u g h t e a r s , d e s p a i r, g r i e f , v i c t o r i e s , d e fe a t s . I t w a s n o t e a s y fo r m e , b u t
I overcame myself and laziness that had hampered in my previous life. With
e a c h p a s s i n g d a y, I g r e w s t r o n g e r . W i t h e a c h k i l o m e t e r a n d w i t h e a c h n e w
training, I understood that many people run a race to see who is fastest, but
I want to run a race to see who has the most guts.
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I run to myself and for myself.
And
here
that
day
of
«yellow
t-shirts,» 20 thousand people and
again I with them, with people
who prove every day that if you
can dream it, you can do it. All
distance, I ran with a smile and
light in the
soul.
I learned to
hear my body and to agree with
it if I really need something. My
soul revealed. For 2 years of the
running
c a re e r,
I
have
visited
more cities of Russia, than I ever
had in my whole life before. I wait
to trust myself and my heart. I’ve
found
support,
in
thousands
of
people, who always ready to come
to the rescue at the moment when
you are ready to give up.
We
support
those
who
are
we a ke r, a n d we a s p i re fo r t h o s e wh o
a re s t ro n g e r. T h a t ’s wh a t m a ke s
us real leaders! Now I precisely
know that all barriers only in the
head. And even if I am not a runner
f o r m a n y, t h e m a i n t h i n g t h a t f o r
myself - I am a fighter! Do you want
to argue? Then, see you at a race!
for each running with special awe
and an anticipation, because who
knows what waiting for me on each
kilometer and minute
Run developed in me internal
persistence
and
understanding
that there is nothing impossible
and that I can do everything. I
had no idea before that I can run
in minus 18, choke with a heat,
P.S. On September 23, 2018 I ran the first marathon in my life!
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