{"id":821,"date":"2015-03-16T09:43:18","date_gmt":"2015-03-16T04:13:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=821"},"modified":"2017-03-21T13:08:56","modified_gmt":"2017-03-21T07:38:56","slug":"joy-running-heritage-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/joy-running-heritage-site\/","title":{"rendered":"The joy of running in a heritage site: What gives?"},"content":{"rendered":"
Many of us believe that running is just another sport and do not know the joy it gives.<\/p>\n
Ask Haruki Murakami, the world-renowned fiction writer, who started running on an everyday basis after he began writing and penning wonderful books such as Kafka on the Shore, Norwegian Wood among others. In one of his books on Running, he wrote – \u201cthe thoughts that occur to me while I\u2019m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.”<\/p>\n
That’s what running offers \u2013 the ability to think clearly and freely; the time to relax and enjoy your surroundings. And that was the intention behind starting Go Heritage Runs – to give you the joy of running at a heritage site.<\/p>\n
In the last two years, Go Heritage Runs have been organized in Bidar and Hampi, and in addition to serious and regular runners, travelers, cyclists, families, children and nature lovers also have warmed up to the idea of running in a heritage city.<\/p>\n
Vinayak Joshi, a multifaceted creative personality (actor, RJ, VJ), who ran the 11k at the Go Heritage Run organized in Hampi in January 2015 says, “Hampi is a scenic place in Karnataka and such runs would give marathoners an opportunity to run in heritage sites and spread awareness about the need for their conservation and protection.”<\/p>\n