wanting to fail. it was going? for me personally, it was not wanting to fail. it was very going? for me personally, it was not wanting to fail. it was very much, i wanting to fail. it was very much, i know i can do this, i would ask myself, is now the reason you want to stop? even though sometimes you re covered in sweat and flies, and everything i know i can go one more k or 500 more metres, and if you string together little tiny goals, almost break them down into step by steps, you can make it. at the end of every marathon, i would always say, look, no matter how hard it you got through that, and i d take that mentality through the next day. i wouldn t say wasn t hard, but i had so much resilience from this that it makes me a stronger person going into the future. ~ ,,., , stronger person going into the future. ~ , , .,, stronger person going into the future. ~ , stronger person going into the future. , , future. absolutely, as you put it, ust future. absolutely, as you
this is newsday on the bbc. i m karishma vaswani in singapore. to some sporting news now and it s the second day of the australian open grand slam, in melbourne. tuesday sees novak djokovic make his return to melbourne park after being deported last year. he s bidding to take the crown for a record extending tenth time. to melbourne now, where we can speak to shaimaa khalil. she s currently covering this for us, it s great to get you on the programme. it feels like just yesterday you were covering the world cup for us in doha from the football to the tennis. i know how much you love sports it s the big match today, isn t it? just much you love sports - it s the big match today, isn t it? match today, isn t it? just more su ort! match today, isn t it? just more suoport! what match today, isn t it? just more support! what are match today, isn t it? just more support! what are some - match today, isn t it? just more support! what are some of - match today, isn t it? just more sup
about the extinction crisis, and my own personal accomplishment of breaking the guinness world record. so i have a lot of big reasons to keep on running, and ijust kept thinking back to that feeling of finally crossing the finish line and how good it would feel, and it definitely got me up. another big thing i did was reach out to a lot of people in australia and said, hey, i m running through your town, please come run with me and keep me company i had up to 50 runners running with me in some instances, so i m gratefulfor the support. that s wonderful to hear, the fact that people were out and giving you the best support that they can. you certainly deserve it but in those moments where, as you talk about, you went through some tough days and i can imagine lots of points where you thought, you know what? i ll just give up. what keeps you going, what keeps the drive, and commitment going? for what keeps the drive, and commitment auoin ? ., what keeps the drive, and commitment u
and healthy. i always figured i would get fit as i was running, so instead, ratherthan would get fit as i was running, so instead, rather than getting to fit and wearing myself out before he started, i actually put on a little bit of muscle weight, i went to the gym and focused on getting strong, rather than fit. i knew the fitness would come as i ran, and that s what i did. i got through it yesterday so it must ve worked! it was hard to bounce ideas off other runners, there s not many people who ve done what i did, and it s all very much trial and error since the start. but ust trial and error since the start. but just looking trial and error since the start. but just looking at some of the scenes you may well have passed by when you are running, what goes through your mind when you re out on one of those extended epic marathon runs? there definitely been extended epic marathon runs? there definitely been some extended epic marathon runs? there definitely been some very exten