The Working Athlete Podcast

In this episode, we talk with Dipankar Paul. Dipankar Paul picked up a bike for commuting and chanced upon a cycling google group and signed up for an Ironman on impulse in 2011. Things never looked the same after that for him. He walked away from a well paying job so that he can be a freelancer and pursue his passion of traveling and Ultra endurance. After a few years as a freelancer, he started...

In this episode, we talk with Richard McDowell. Richard ran cross-country at school and university then moved more into mountain biking for a few years. Then sport took a back seat for a few years while travelling overseas with work, until getting more into cycling in India. He got into triathlon and participated in a couple of half and full Ironman races. He discovered that while swimming was cer...

In this episode, we talk with Anubhav Karmakar. Anubhav Karmakar started out as a cyclist, picked up running, then he participated in triathlons.  He is extremely good at all of these, but at least for now, it is in running that he seems to have found a footing and grown from strength to strength as an athlete. He quit his well paying IT consultancy job and started an organization that aligne...

In this episode, we talk about a few breakthrough thoughts we gathered over the last 4 episodes. We also have a race update with a few breakaways that happened at the Nandi Epic Road race at Bangalore Bicycling Championships. This episode covers: Nandi Epic Road Race 2020- A Race Update Planning and How Implementation Intentions help! Not judging yourself by other people and Progressing On Your Ow...

In this episode, we talk with Subramani Venkatesh. Subramani Venkatesh was born and bought up in Bangalore, India. He started running in 2004 to lose weight and has never stopped. He moved to the US in 2007 and continued his running and picked up cycling as time went by. He is now one of the fastest Ironman triathletes in his age group with a sub-10 hour full Ironman and age group podium places in...

In this episode, we talk with Shreyas Karnad. At 21, he was young. At 120kgs, he was obese. He was constantly battling depression and found solace in food. What got him out of that spiral and begin to start living again? This is the story about how a man far down the path of self destruction saved himself and rose like a phoenix to transform himself into a 60kg marathon runner and a running coach....

In this episode, we talk with Vicki Nicholson. Vicki helps organizations, teams and individuals make transformational change to meet their goals. She designs and implements interventions to build leadership capabilities, coaches leaders and teams and participates in organization change projects. Her unique ability is to create extraordinary learning experiences that stretch leaders to find their e...

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Arvind Bhateja. Dr. Arvind Bhateja is a neurosurgeon based out of Bangalore, India. He is a gold medalist with an MS in general surgery and MCH in neurosurgery! He is an accomplished spine and neurosurgeon with nearly 25 year of experience and has taken part in over 5000 surgeries. Through 'Giving Back' program he has helped nearly 250 breadwinners of underprivile...

The working athlete podcast is a platform to meet and talk to working athletes from all walks of life and all sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life hacks through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches.