Well, my name is Amit Dhawan, I'm the IT head for Financial markets at ING and why I'm here.

Well, I came here to run a half marathon for the first time in my life.

It was always on my mind to run a half marathon but I never got around doing it.

It was only when my running buddy with my run every weekend, he started running for a marathon and that motivated me to run the hub marathon.

ChatGPT helped me a lot in making my plan.

I started preparing for it two months back and it was a combination of long runs, short runs, interval training, strength training.

Running with anybody, your friend or your spouse really is very helpful.

It's fun but at the same time actually we motivate each other both in terms of running but it also the fitness and nutrition and everything.

But over the last few years it has acted me as a great mental refresher.

You know, I have a very hectic life and I need something to reboot myself for a daily and a weekly basis and running actually helps in that.

Well, as an IT head, I need to stay active for the day, I need to be focused, I need to be resilient and these all these things are also required in running.

So in that way I find a lot of similarity between running and my job.

I felt relieved.

I was happy I had my son watching me from the from the stadium.

So I was really happy, I was.

I wanted to make him proud and I hope I did.