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Milind Soman Asked For A 7-Hr Marathon Everyday And Twitter Ran In The Opposite Direction!

byJinal Bhatt
17th January 2018
3 minute read

I have this strong feeling that if they ever tried to remake Mission Impossible in Bollywood, the only person who could do justice to the role would be Milind Soman.

That gorgeous and fit-as-a-fiddle model/actor is already our desi Ironman, has proven that he can run for kilometers on end without basic footwear, and has pretty much completed several international marathon missions too!

And if his latest challenge is any indication, he probably has his impossible mission lined up already! Impossible for us, mere mortals, I mean. Not for him!

So yesterday, Milind Soman tweeted about his new year fitness resolution and trust him to come up with something only he can follow through!

Yep, you read that right! Soman wants to take up the Herculean task of running a 7-hour marathon every day! If your brain’s zapped and you’d like to rub your eyes before reading this again, don’t. He actually wrote that.

And while we basic humans tend to fudge on our new year resolutions the very next day, this man’s resolve seems iron-clad!

But see, Twitter could live with that. What the Tweeple could not comprehend was how did Milind assume he’d be able to find company for this crazy mission!

7 hours? Seriously? Even Ethan Hunt wouldn’t accept that mission! People’s reactions to this ran in different directions other than a ‘Yes, I will’!

The first reaction, of course, was utter shock and confusion.

1. How did you assume?

2. Wait… so that means 2,555 hours in a year? Or do we get weekends off?

Then, they began listing their priorities. And naturally, sleep came first!

1. ‘Sleeping’ was probably silent in the tweet.

2. Of course, that’s only fair.

Next, they set out to find a good enough excuse to decline. And everyone had the same one, apparently!

1. Such responsibilities. Much how?

2. That’s fine. But uncle kisko bola?

3. Boss, bye!

4. Arre bhai bhai bhai bhai!

5. Maandavli much?

6. Them feels!

https://twitter.com/one_by_two/status/953249855991791618

A few alternates were also suggested. Some good ones, if you ask me!

1. Chalega kya?

2. Genius! I’m in too!

Marathon has a different meaning in our layman dictionaries.

1. Marathon bole toh?

2. I’ll bring the popcorn. You bring your account password! Deal?

3. It’s all about practice. Soon, it’ll be 7 hours and you’ll feel nothing. Except perhaps, existential crisis.

And finally, they resigned to making some astute observations and conceding defeat.

1. Excellent service, I assume?

2. That would be unfair. No one can run like Milind!

3. Kaafi dard.

4. And Bro, agar tu mujhe bolega saath me aane ko, toh I will make jokes!

https://twitter.com/notb_666/status/953251449349160960

5. Humse na ho payega!

Moral of the story: Milind Soman’s idea of a marathon is different than normal humans’ idea of a marathon. And never the twain shall meet!

But best of luck to you, @MilindRunning!

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