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The name of this blog looks surprising (many will think the word 'second' is loser in itself!), but there is lot to it.
'The Second Wind' is the metaphor to the all-powerful energy that a marathon runner ought to get to win the race. Imagine the 25-mile long Olympic marathon, where athletes are vying for the gold. By the near-end, all are exhausted . But there is the one who finds 'The Second Wind'. This second wind is so miraculous, so captivating, that it obliterates all the tiredness in the athlete, and so to speak, 'carries the athlete' to the end. Of course, this is what we call 'the internal urge to succeed' (everyone gets the start, the 'first wind'; but for those to last till the end, there has to be the internal urge, the surge of the second wind). It is the fire within.
I believe there always is the 'second wind' behind every success. Be it a successful person, or a successful mission, or a revolution.
I am writing this blog so that it will motivate me during hard times. And it will remind me that the second wind exists within me, and I have to search for it.

A Short Story:

The Athens Olympics, 2004 was the last one for 'the King of Distance Running' to win an Olympic Gold. Hicham El Guerrouj was the world-record holder in marathons, but the Olympic Gold had always eluded him. The 30-plus years old athlete from Morocco was not among the favourites in 5000m race. But in Athens, he won the 1500m gold, and wanted to win the 5000m. The race had begun. It is the last 100m to go before the finish line, and Guerrouj is one of the three front-runners, though behind the two. The will to win is so intense, that 'The Second Wind' can't refuse Guerrouj. Guerrouj sprints hard to get past the second runner, and it is 50m to go. In the final 50m, Guerrouj uses his 'milers 'kick' to overtake the leader, and makes it first to the finish line. He has won the second Gold of the Games.
It is astonishing that the mere urge to win the 5000m in his last Olympic helped Guerrouj win.


The inspiration that such stories provide is immense. And the simple fact that such stories originate from that indomitable human spirit is enough to carry on in our life.