My Kind of Adventures

Before I venture out onto my next adventure, I realized it is time to take a back seat, learn from the experts and then plan it....  Triathlon as a sport has been gaining popularity in the past few years and with brands like Ironman making this sport exciting, interesting and brag-worthy. The title of “Ironman” has become a dream for a lot of athletes across running, swimming and biking, as well as other endurance athletes trying their best to get this title. In India, though we don’t have Ironman events as of now, we do have a lot of triathlon events – pool, lake or sea based. The most popular open water triathlons are held in Goa, Chennai, Thonnur (near Mysore), Kolhapur, whereas the Pool based ones are in Hyderabad, Gandhinagar, Delhi and smaller events in other cities. And hence, there is a need to undergo proper training under expert supervision as the sport requires you to train across multiple disciplines – Swimming, Cycling, Running, Transitions, Nutrition, T...

Challenge the Limits! Something that scares me but gives that adrenaline rush too.... So after multiple motorbike rides, car drives, running, trekking and 2 failed attempts to ride a bicycle to the top of Nandi Hills, here came a new challenge, The Nandi Epic Road Race by Bangalore Bicycle Championships . A 68.7km Road race that starts from the Bangalore-Hyderabad Highway (Century Sports Village), straight till Chikaballapur (25kms), a U-Turn, then 23 more kms on the highway, turning right onto the road that leads to Nandi Hills, and finally after 61kms of rolling terrain (ups n downs with 300m elevation), the final ascent of 7kms - 450meters (about 40 floors of a building) that seem impossible on a bicycle for a newbie cyclist like me.... So I registered 4 weeks ago, thinking lets give it a shot. Was not actively preparing for the race, but managed to do a few 30-40km rides, with flyovers as the tough areas, and this was a big mistake because the actual test was as steep as 30 f...