Joel Sundaram is a young cyclist. He got into cycling in 2018 to lose some weight and ended up on podium at his first race at BBCH. He made it to Indian cycling nationals representing Tamilnadu with in a few months. Racing with the most basic equipment and doing reasonably well, he realized that racing is something he really enjoyed and might actually do much better if he devotes more time to it. He trained for the next Nationals for 7 months and finished 7th fastest in India in elite category in the most competitive field there is. In this episode, we talk about his weight loss and cycling journey. We go into detail about his experience at the recently concluded Road Cycling Nationals. We also talk about what his future goals look like! It was a fascinating conversation with a fascinating young guy. Let us get into it. 0:00:00 Intro 0:04:01 From being very active in sports in school to becoming heavy in college 0:06:05 Starting cycling doing Swiggy deliveries on cycle 0:10:10 Working with Decathlon 0:14:10 The weight loss journey, nutrition and no dieting on the bike 0:24:45 His weight loss and performance diet while training for Nats 0:28:25 Quitting Decathlon and focusing on competitive cycling, BBCH Nandi Epic 2020 0:32:00 The Tamilnadu selections saga for 2020 Nationals 0:40:55 Experience of the first Cycling Nationals(2020) in Mumbai 0:47:20 Under 23 age category confusion. Missing U23 by 15 days. 0:49:45 Training for 2021 Cycling Nationals 1:02:45 TT bike set up, Aero better than weight 1:06:50 Nationals 2021 ITT performance finishing 7th in elite field 1:13:25 Nationals road race experience, strategies, breaks and crashes 1:30:52 His next goals and aspirations for cycling 1:37:50 Tips to aspiring athletes 1:40:50 Closing remarks! 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

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