In this episode, we talk with first Indian to finish the Race Across America, Lt. Col.(Dr) Srinivas Gokulnath. Srini is a simple humble guy with a string of big achievements and an even bigger heart! He is the first Indian to finish the Race Across America, a 4800km race across america which is considered one of the toughest races there is. He is the first Indian to finish Race Around Austria a 2200km race in some of the most trying conditions. He's by no means a full-time athlete. He is a working athlete, a doctor with Indian Armed forces and is currently serving as part of UN peace mission in South Sudan. In this episode he shares his journey, his learnings for all the failures and successes as well as his recent stinct in South Sudan on the UN peace mission. This episode covers: His early years as a doctor and how he decided to join the Indian Armed forces His start in cycling and his times in Hyderabad His move back to Bangalore and the seeds of passion for long distance cycling His Ride from Northern tip of India to the Southern tip of India His Deccan Cliffhanger/RAAM qualifier experience Dealing with failure at RAAM 2016 Coming back from the lows to the highs of RAAM 2017 Incredible resolve to get across the finish of Race Around Austria His work in South Sudan and the life lessons he takes away from there Links to Srini's book, "LET GO: The Trials & Triumphs of The First Indian to finish RACE ACROSS AMERICA (RAAM)" Kindle version of the book here. About the Podcast The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future. Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job. If you like this, share with friends who could be interested. For the visually inclined, a video version of the podcast can be found here: YouTube Other Places you'll find the podcast on: Anchor | RSS | Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google podcasts | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | Breaker A bit about myself: I'm Venkat/Venkateswara Rao in my work avatar, working as a Chief Data Analyst in the IT industry in Bangalore. I'm Venky/Bikeyvenky for my friends in the cycling community.

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