Subu Narayanan has an amazing transformational story to share. He is a person of extremes and loves doing routinely what many consider impossible. He lost 70kgs in 90 days by walking for 40-50kms a day every day. From 150kgs he came down to 80kgs. He then walked for around 3400km in 51 days from Kanyakumari to Kashmir to promote road safety awareness. He then picked up cycling and has been cycling insane number of kilometers year after year. He cycled a massive 33,000km in 2020 alone. In this episode, Subu shares his endurance journey alog with his various memories from his walk from one end of India to the other. He also shares his favorite pacing strategy for FTP test and what works for him in terms of nutrition for ultra long endurance rides. 0:00:00 Intro 0:04:45 Sports as a kid 0:06:00 From 150kgs to 74kgs. Massive transformational journey 0:19:30 Walking 3400km in 51 days to spread road safety 0:32:20 Getting into cycling 0:41:35 Getting into training with power for cycling; his pacing strategy for FTP test 0:48:25 Riding through Covid Pandemic and getting into brevet riding 0:54:10 Brevet riding experience 1:01:40 Tips for working athletes 1:05:05 His on bike nutrition 1:09:30 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. 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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