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Marathon Ready, Always
The Morning Standard
|August 16, 2025
After earning the recognition in the India Book of Records 2026, K Jayanth Murali, a retired IPS officer talks about the stretches of miles he covered, and the rewarding experiences in life
HARUKI Murakami told The Paris Review that when he's writing a novel, he wakes up at 4 o'clock, writes for five or six hours, runs ten kilometers or swims 1500 meters, reads, listens to music, and is asleep by nine. Day after day, month after month, this routine doesn't change. For Murakami, repetition is a spell. The same magic lies not in sentences but in strides for retired IPS officer K Jayanth Murali. His mornings begin with meditation and movement. And like Murakami, his discipline has carried him far—far enough to run over 200 marathons, earn a place in the India Book of Records 2026.
Rewards of discipline
This story is from the August 16, 2025 edition of The Morning Standard.
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