History-making long-distance runner Seema did not want her septuagenarian mother to fret over her whereabouts when she headed to Japan for the Asian Games. So, she figured a simply solution — fly away without telling her about the biggest assignment of her career.
Seema, who fetched a surprise bronze in the women’s 10,000m race by clocking 32:50.05 seconds, says she has a protective mother, who worries excessively whenever she travels. But over the years, she has made peace with Seema being at Bengaluru for lengthy training stints and this is exactly the assumption she left her with while heading to Nagoya.
“My father is no more. I have my mother but she is quite old, around 78. I was born very late, when she was 45. Whenever I go out, she gets very tensed. So, I did not tell her that I am going to Japan for Asian Games,” Seema said after winning her medal.
– PTI
