Mayank Tripathi is one of the new breed of Ultra cyclists, that India is seeing who aims at not just finishing mind-numbingly long ultra events but actually do well in them. He believes that Ultra cycling in India can benefit a lot from more people focusing on getting faster and not stopping at taking pride in just surviving for the distance. Many would consider him too young to be focusing on Ultra endurance. But, to his credit he has raced and continues to race of all types races and distances along with the Ultra cycling races. Unlike many of us who hate riding indoors, he loves riding indoors. He did Virtual Everesting on Zwift in 10h 15m. He recently won a 24hour virtual time trial championships riding non-stop for 24hours on Zwift. A working athlete to the core, after years of working and cycling in India, he recently moved to Toronto Canada in pursuit of better work opportunities. In this episode he shares his cycling journey which started back when he was in college. He recounts experiences from his first Kalahatty climb, his first Tour of Nilgiris and her experiences in ultra races. We also talk about his experience crewing for RAAM. Topics covered in this episode: ISRT Indian E-sports Racing Team(Zwift Team) How his cycling started His experience in cycling Nationals His first 400km and 1000km rides His cycling crash and coming back 2015 Tour of Nilgiris experience Desert 500 race experience London Edinborough London(LEL) 2017 experience Coming back from injuries Tour of Glory experience Crewing experience for Race Across America Training and winning the 24 hour Indoor time trial Thoughts on balancing work and training 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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