LUCKNOW: It all started in class XI for Ratiram Saini, when he defeated the much-hailed district level champion Ravi Kumar Sharma at School level cross country championship in Alwar, Rajasthan.
Hailing from a small village called Dera which is nearly 80 km away from Uttar Pradesh border but almost on the edge of Sariska Tiger reserve which has dense forest and hills, Ratiram now 36, had routine of running on hills while taking his herd of buffaloes for grazing.
