Abhishek Mishra is an Ironman who finished Ironman triathlon multiple times. He is an Ultraman triathlon finisher which involves completing 10km swimming, 422km cycling followed by an 84km running over 3 days. He is not just an ultra endurance athlete but is also a motivational speaker, an author and an event organizer. In this episode he shares his endurance journey and learnings from it This episode covers: 0:00:00 Intro 0:02:30 Herculean Tri 0:05:10 Early years in sports - The Motivations 0:14:30 The Ultra that connected him to running 0:20:10 Quitting the job - Need driven vs desire driven 0:28:20 Run for yourself - Best race and learnings from DNFs 0:36:25 Looking at the time vs experiencing the event 0:39:30 Ultraman experience 0:49:00 Being prepared vs being trained for an event 0:59:10 Hawkman Tri - 515km Triathlon event coming up! 1:01:40 Run to Realise! Becoming an 'I Can' guy! 1:15:10 Tips for working athletes Some Links Below: Working Athlete Community on FB. Link to Anchor Voice messages 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 full-time/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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