“You are strong, you are fresh, you deserve to be here” The sweat was pouring down in buckets. The legs began to tingle with the early signs of cramps. Every muscle in the body was being recruited in moving the bike forward. But, the face did not give away any signs of pain. “You are strong, you are fresh, you deserve to be here”, he repeated the chant in his mind for the hundredth time as he took his 80kg body climbing up the Anmod Ghat with a couple of 50kg climbers!
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Tour of Thekkady! A Beautiful Brute of a Race! GranFondo in Kerala!
The brain was unable to process the contrast of the beauty in front of my eyes and brutality that the beautiful terrain was putting me through. Sweat… Read more “Tour of Thekkady! A Beautiful Brute of a Race! GranFondo in Kerala!”
From Coffee Country to Tea Estates – The Queen of Hills – Ooty Beckons! TFN 2024 – Day 4!
“It doesn’t get easier. You just go faster.” Greg Lemond, Tour de France champion from yesteryears. When it comes to hills, I think, it neither gets easier… Read more “From Coffee Country to Tea Estates – The Queen of Hills – Ooty Beckons! TFN 2024 – Day 4!”
Epic Weather And Epic Pacelines To End The 14th Edition – Day 8 – TFN 2023
A Badass Father Son Doctor Duo’s TFN Connection! The Tour of Nilgiris 2014 was the toughest edition of the tour I’ve taken part in the 11 years… Read more “Epic Weather And Epic Pacelines To End The 14th Edition – Day 8 – TFN 2023”
A Daring Move and the Legs to Back it up! Oldies and their Race Strategies at the BBCh Hassan Express Race! – May 2023!
I was taking a long pull at the front and just started to go to the back of the group to recover. It was 20km to finish!… Read more “A Daring Move and the Legs to Back it up! Oldies and their Race Strategies at the BBCh Hassan Express Race! – May 2023!”
BBCH Nandi Epic – 2020!
2020 has been a strange year to put it mildly! Covid had all but wiped out any semblance of normalcy. As the restrictions eased, racing resumed for… Read more “BBCH Nandi Epic – 2020!”
Tour of Goa – Day 3 – The Finale!
Jungle Book! The final day of Tour of Goa started from our stay in Jungle Book resort outside of Molem. The jungle resort was a completely different… Read more “Tour of Goa – Day 3 – The Finale!”
Tour of Nilgiris 2019: Day 7 – The Rain Gods Descend!
A Tryst With The Mountain Weather! On the rest the day in Ooty, we had beautiful weather with clear blue skies and sunshine! For our ride to… Read more “Tour of Nilgiris 2019: Day 7 – The Rain Gods Descend!”
Tour of Nilgiris 2019: Day 5 – Kalahatty Calling!
Kalahatty Calling! You have been dreaming of this day. You have been dreading this day. This was day that got you out of your bed at ungodly… Read more “Tour of Nilgiris 2019: Day 5 – Kalahatty Calling!”
Tour of Nilgiris 2019: Day 4 – Death by Rollers!
The first three days at TFN we had completely new routes that have never been done in the last 11 editions. Out of them, the ride from… Read more “Tour of Nilgiris 2019: Day 4 – Death by Rollers!”