"You are an IRONMAN 70.3 finisher." For the last seven months, I worked toward hearing those words at the finish line. Chapter 1: The Why and the preparation for the race The seed of wanting to do an IRONMAN was planted in 2021, when I watched thedocumentary
At this point in my life, having run three full marathons, running is not a whimsical hobby that I have chased for a few years; it has now become an integral part of my life. I want to run at least a full marathon every year for the rest of
After finishing the TMM 2024, I was joyous having completed my first marathon relatively comfortably at a good pace, but after finishing the TMM 2025, I was in tears. I think it was due to the mix of emotions—a sense of achievement from pushing through one of the most
I dropped my phone last month, and the screen shattered. I thought I could still make it work for a few months and see how it goes. But last week the touch was not working on certain areas of the display, and I decided to buy last year’s version
In January of 2023, I couldn't participate in the Tata Mumbai marathon as the registrations were closed when I came to Mumbai and learned about it. Still, I wanted to cheer the amazing participants and collectively celebrate with thousands of others who had also come out of their
The habit of reading came to me when I needed it the most in life. Having done my schooling in a lower English-medium school with Marathi as my first language, I was not required to be good at reading/writing, especially in English, nor did I have any motivation
In 2016, I landed upon Casey Neistat’s channel on YouTube, and just after watching a few of his vlogs, he became my favourite YouTuber. Watching him run every day motivated me to try running myself. At the start, running felt like an immense struggle when I could hardly run