Rahul Verghese (Founder and Chief Believer)
 I started running at the age of 40 and ran my 1st marathon at 41, while posted in Chicago with Motorola. I got bitten by the running bug since and have run 37 marathons across several cities and continents. I have found that running really unleashes the potential of each individual, and that's what's excited me to quit my marketing career of 25 years with Unilever, Nestle, a garment company and finally Motorola, and switch gears to start something I am passionate about and combine that with my experience in Marketing. I have had the opportunity to run in several major marathons - including Chicago, New York City, London, as well as the original - from Marathon to Athens. After my 2nd marathon I set myself a target to run 50 marathons, one in each continent (including The Antarctic) and also qualify for the Boston Marathon. In school and college I was into mountaineering and trekking, and just 8 years ago, along with long distance running, I got into skiing and have found myself atop several double black diamond slopes even though I am no way an expert skier. But you live only once! So - life begins at 40 I guess. If you love life, you're on the right website, else if you want to start getting to love life, you couldn't have chosen better! If you want to make a deep connection with your target consumers, contact us and help kick start a big running movement, amongst beginner runners, and watch your brand equity soar.
The end goal is to enable individuals, organizations and brands, to unleash their potential – via running
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If they could do it so could I...these were ordinary people out there, many over 40, like me. I have never been very sporty even when I was younger, so this was very motivating. So, from never having run a single mile, I decided to run a marathon. Completing the Victoria marathon in British Columbia made me, an ordinary person, feel like Michael Jordan! It also gave me immense confidence in my ability to do other things, which got me into trekking (Everest Base Camp, Annapurna Base Camp and Mt Kinabalu have been the highlights of my treks). Maybe what excites me about both running and trekking is that they are both social activities. Work was also another social activity for me...my last job was with Paypal in the Bay Area in California, heading their data warehousing group. I loved work because I liked the people I worked with. We moved to Delhi in 2004, I took up an assignment here (I don’t count this one in my list of jobs!), did not enjoy it at all...and it was soon history. I continue to run because I still enjoy it. And here is a picture of me....I don't have the body of a runner....maybe that is also why I run!