This episode is brought to you by www.thebikeaffair.com If you are in search of a one-stop destination that caters to all your cycling needs, our today's sponsor, The Bike Affair, is the perfect place to check out! With over 14 years of experience, The Bike Affair has established itself as a trusted source offering honest advice and exceptional service. They are offering a special treat for the listeners of this podcast. You can enjoy a 10% discount on your first order by using the code 'BIKEYVENKY' on their website. Visit their bike store in Hyderabad or shop online by using the link www.thebikeaffair.com It has been 3 years since this podcast started and miraculously, I have managed to put out an episode every single week for the past 3 years. After 3 years, I have taken the recording out of my tiny home studio and out into a new recording space courtesy of a kind friend. With the help of another good friend, Dipankar, I was setting up the space last week. We wanted to do a test recording. What could be the topic of this test recording? Some of you know that I have done my first official Half Marathon a few weeks ago at the Bangalore Marathon on 8th October. So, for the first episode in the new recording space, my good friend Dipankar Paul interviewed me about my running. We talked about my weightloss journey and the start of my fitness journey with running. We touch upon why I cut short my running career before what was supposed to be my first Marathon back in 2010 and why I decided to run a Half Marathon this time. We talked about all the mistakes I did back then and the new mistakes I did this time as well as the new learnings I had because of those mistakes while successfully finishing my first official Half Marathon. It was fun getting interviewed on my own podcast. I sincerely thank DP for being such a great friend and being there always when I needed him. 0:00:00 Intro 0:05:40 Initial fitness journey, Finding my WHY! 0:11:40 Introduction to running 0:21:40 Starting of cycling journey 0:26:30 Getting back to running in the US 0:38:00 Restart of running during Pandemic 0:44:00 Why running? Running away from? 0:49:20 Losing a friend and running in memory of him 0:54:10 HM Training, becoming greedy, getting injured 1:02:30 Resuming training after injury 1:05:30 Race day - first official Half Marathon 1:11:00 Learning from the half marathon experience 0:44:15 Higher education and cycling in Europe 0:52:00 Closing comments Link to the poem: https://bvcoaching.in/2010/03/an-ode-to-the-running-soul/ 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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