Bhola Khanal used to go for a walk with his wife Gyanmala in Perth Park, Scotland, in his free time. He became curious after seeing people running in the park. After seeing 3-400 people gather in the park every Saturday and run 5 kilometers, they also joined.

He said that he felt a little awkward at first. After gradually getting used to it, he started matching the pace with others. In the process, he realized that running at your own pace is more enjoyable than running at the pace of others. After that, Bhola started running on his own without looking around.

He has been living in Scotland for 28 years and has been doing ‘park runs’ for the past 5 years. Park runs are very popular in Europe. Park runs, which started in London, are now organized in many places around the world. This trip gave him the taste for running. Running brought joy and fitness. Then he told me how to do running better. Then he discovered that while studying nutrition and the body, vegetarian food gives more energy and allows you to run more. After this, it did not take him long to become a vegetarian.

After running more than 20 park runs in different places, he moved on to the 10-kilometer race. The park run was 5 kilometers, and when he wanted to 'upgrade' to 10 kilometers, he started searching online. During this time, he ran 10 kilometers for the first time in Edinburgh. After doing about 15 10 kilometers, he moved on to the half marathon. In Dundee, Scotland, he did a trail half marathon. After 4 half marathons, he moved on to the 'full' marathon. He ran the Loch Ness Marathon, which has a lot of ups and downs in the Scottish Highlands, for the first time. This marathon taught him a lot.

Since then, he has run 8 marathons. Two years ago, he ran the Pokhara Marathon, then the Brighton Marathon, Edinburgh Marathon, and London Marathon. He ran these 3 marathons in 6 weeks. This boosted his confidence, and he realized that he could run a marathon without racing much.

After some time, he became a vegan. After various studies showed that vegans were ahead in running, he also became a vegan. He stopped drinking and eating curd, milk, and ghee (dairy products). Now he calls himself a ‘vegan marathon runner’.

He is also a member of the ‘vegan marathon runner’ club. He has found that there are few vegans who run marathons. He said that it was a bit difficult to balance his diet at first because he was a vegan. He said that after he started eating more food, he started to balance his diet.

The person who inspired him to run was Pandav Mahato, the founder of Nepal Run UK. ‘Mahato had cancer, he started running after recovering from cancer, he has run in many marathons.’ He has received the title of ‘Great Britain Warrior’, after meeting him I gained more knowledge about running. After listening to him, I thought, ‘Is this possible?’ I thought. Only then did I get attracted to running,’ said Khanal.

Almost all his family members have diabetes. However, he is not the only one who does not have diabetes. ‘He has the experience of being free from diabetes after starting running. I have not had to take paracetamol for 10 years.’ I eat natural foods, I don't eat processed foods. That's why I think I can increase my speed,' she shares her experience, 'But I still need to run for a long time, to have the same rhythm, so I try to increase my speed. I think this is the successful aspect of my running life.' She wants to run the Great Wall Run after running all the 'major marathons' within 65 years. She wants to continue other small races until she is 75 years old.

Last year, she completed the Berlin Marathon. This time, she is doing the Sydney Marathon at the end of August. From Sydney, she is running the Dublin Marathon in October, and the Urbino Marathon in Texas, USA. She estimates that this will allow her to reach the world's major marathons. She wants to run all 7-8 major marathons in the world within 2 years. He is preparing with the goal of completing the marathon in 4 hours. He has set a goal that it may be difficult because the Boston Marathon has high standards. For that, he will have to work hard to complete the marathon speed in 10 minutes less. If he completes the 'full marathon' in 3 hours and 50 minutes, he will be able to run in major marathons according to his age.

He completed the London Marathon in 4 hours and 30 minutes. He completed it in Berlin in the same time. The adverse weather conditions did not allow him to reach the goal. The high humidity in Berlin quickly overwhelmed him. Due to which he could not improve his time in the London Marathon. 'The London Marathon is the best marathon in the world, during the race, people standing on the right and left sides of the road cheering on the runners. "It's like running among the spectators," he shared his experience of running the London Marathon. "There's not even a meter of the marathon route without people, Santoshi Shrestha and I ran together at that time. The London Marathon is very exciting, and everyone is motivated to run."

Last month, he came to Kathmandu from Perth, Scotland, to run the Kantipur Half Marathon. He had arrived in Nepal just 2 days ago. He was very tired after his long flight from the ongoing tensions in the Middle East and West Asia.

After running the Kantipur Half Marathon, he pointed out that there is a need to improve traffic management here. He said that while running, cars were driving close to him and were emitting smoke. He had returned to Scotland after running 2 other races. In the coming days, he wants to run from the Valley Trail to the Everest Marathon and the Jumla Ultra Run in Nepal.

He has run a lot in the 4-5 years he has been running. He said that he has run up to 7 marathons in a single year. He thinks this is too much for his age. Even increasing the speed carries a risk of injury, which is why he runs at his own pace. He also takes online classes with Nepal Run trainer Santosh Rai and continuously checks his running.

After returning to Scotland, he has started training for the Sydney Marathon. First, his lungs and heart had to be strong for the race. Physically, his legs had to be strong. After this, he says that if he has the willpower, age alone will not make much difference. He runs at least 15 kilometers every day. He says that he runs up to 25 kilometers on Sundays. He has influenced his family by running, almost all family members run half marathons. His son-in-law Naresh Acharya is running the Sydney Marathon through charity.