The More I Read, The More I Realize How Unread I am..

9 Authors – 11 Books – 12 world’s best sportsperson & 11 key takeaways parallel to our work...

My 2022 in books was focused on biographies…

& many of them were Sports Bios. While reading them and recently while going through my notes I realized the clear parallels we can pick up from them in our work streams.

I have not mentioned what work episodes/learnings they evoked for me; because every one will relate to a different incident, a different manager or colleague when reading about what these ultra-endurance athletes felt about in their own lives.

Why is this post here? Needless to mention most of the athletes I read about our Elite UltraRunners :)

Message in the Drop Bag at an Ultra Run

In work.. In personal life... In Ultra Running... All that matters is "Don't Fu***** Give up!"....... MESSAGE IN THE DROP BAG AT AN AID STATION OF A PUNISHING ULTRA In Oct’18, I finished Malnad Ultra in almost 14 hrs 30 mins. One of the toughest Ultra run in India, I finished 80 Kms over a super tough terrain of hills and trails…. An ultra-so tough that the DNF rates are at a staggering high of ~50%.... In such events, runners are allowed to submit drop bags, which are then made available by the organizers at pre-informed stations during the event {at 50kms & 67kms in case of Malnad Ultra}. Malnad Ultra was an event with sectional cut-offs, that is a runner to be considered as a finisher needs to reach 50km checkpoint & 80km finish mark in pre announced timing. As the DNF rate of Malnad Ultra stood at a considerably high number, hence one can make out the tough challenge that the sectional cut-offs gave to runners… Well this post is a

The 3-Legged Stool Concept for a Healthy Life

The 3-Legged Stool Concept for a Healthy Life My approach on balancing the life with Running.. The 3 legs of a stool approach… How the stress of Professional & Personal Life, gets balanced out by bringing the third healthy & something-only-for-me angle… Also my long held belief that it need not be just running or a physically draining sport to keep the stool balanced – but can also be an activity like singing, dancing or guitar… I am absolutely against the views that forces people to go on diets or stay away from the food they love – as it’s not sustainable over a long period of time…. An apple a day keeps the Doctor away – A Samosa-Pav sometimes also helps keep your happiness at peak :) ** Addressing an audience from Nivea India at Mumbai on the occasion of Health Day

The Runner in Formals

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