It is a muggy Wednesday dawn in Mumbai. The pavement is still slick from night‑long drizzle, but Advait Sawant is already threading through it, every exhale a quiet promise to himself. Three strides in, the city noise fades; five strides in, he remembers exactly why he runs.
The First Spark
Rewind to 2018: a school friend’s casual dare to join a neighbourhood 5 K became the hinge on which Advait’s life swung open. “It all started in 2018 when I got influenced by a school friend to take up running,” he recalls, the straightforwardness of the sentence belying the cascade of early‑morning alarms, shoe‑sole stories, and start‑line butterflies that followed.
Back then he was simply curious—about his own limits, about the shifting shape of effort, about whether the boy who once dreaded PT periods could learn to love motion. Curiosity, it turned out, is a powerful training partner.
Building a Balanced Week
Today, that curiosity is channelled into a rhythm that keeps his weeks humming. “I generally do four days of weight training and three days of running,” Advait explains, treating strength work and mileage like interlocking gears rather than competing chores.
Monday might mean heavy deadlifts that remind him of gravity’s pull; Tuesday, a relaxed five‑mile loop that teaches him how to negotiate it. The alternation has not only kept injuries at bay but also taught him the pleasure of feeling prepared—muscles ready, lungs open, mind steady.
Running for the Right Reasons
Ask him about race‑day pressure and he shrugs, almost amused. Time goals? Podium dreams? “There’s no such goal,” he says, “I just want to run and help others in their journey and stay strong as much as I can.”
What drives him out of bed on mornings when the ceiling fan sounds like a lullaby isn’t the lure of a personal‑best split. It is the quiet conviction that every kilometre banked now is a gift to his future self—and to anyone who might need encouragement to take their own first step.
“Enjoy Your Running Without Focusing on Numbers.”
That line is his north star. “Enjoy your running without focusing on numbers. Get in a group if you can’t run alone! Embrace every second of it,” he insists.
It is why he often joins local run clubs, pacing newcomers through their first non‑stop mile, clapping strangers into the finish chute, or simply swapping stories over cutting chai afterward. Community, he’s discovered, is the most reliable performance enhancer.
Gear That Matches the Energy
Scrolling through his Instagram grid, you cannot miss the flash of colour around his calves: “It’s the pink and green sorgen calf sleeves which I love to wear. They blend well with my running attire,” he laughs.
Those sleeves—his favourite piece from the Sorgen line—do more than colour‑coordinate. On tempo days they keep the blood singing in his lower legs; on recovery strolls they are a gentle reminder that healing is part of the plan. Advait stumbled upon Sorgen “through social media,” proof that an algorithm can sometimes deliver more than cat videos and headline doomscrolls.
A Mind Always in Motion
If tomorrow running vanished from his life, would he flounder? Unlikely. “I just love sports! I can take up any of them—because it helps me to calm my mind,” he says, listing badminton rallies, pick‑up football, even a flirtation with swimming as backup plans.
Sport, in other words, is his chosen language for translating restlessness into clarity. Running happens to be his current dialect, but the grammar—discipline, play, community—remains the same.
Advice for the Starting Line
On Sunday long runs he often finds himself chatting with first‑timers worried about distance or pace. His counsel is disarmingly simple: “Breathe, look around, remember you picked this challenge. Then keep going.” Numbers will come (or not); medals will shine (or not). What matters is the story you tell yourself each mile.
Looking Ahead
Advait’s map of the future is refreshingly free of red‑circled finish lines. Instead, it shows open trails, shared laughs, perhaps a beginner’s clinic where he can hand over the lessons he’s collected—about patience, consistency, and that glorious moment when a run stops feeling like punishment and starts feeling like home.
And maybe, just maybe, a few more pairs of those pink‑and‑green sleeves tossed into the laundry basket, proof of kilometres well loved.
Closing Reflection
There is a steadiness to Advait Sawant that goes beyond cadence—a sense that the miles he covers are less about where he is going and more about who he is becoming. Every stride is a small act of self‑trust, every finish line a reminder that strength is a moving target, best chased with curiosity and a splash of colour.
Follow his miles and smiles: @advait_sawant
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