The Working Athlete Podcast

Today's guest is a good friend of mine. His name is Krishnendu Basu. Krish was one of my earliest ride partners when I started cycling back in 2008. In fact both of us did our first century rides together. Krishnendu Basu is a cyclist, a tour organizer and a partner in one of the best bike shops in Hyderabad, The Bike Affair. He was an IT guy before he got into starting and running a bike shop. In...

Gokul Krishna is a runner, a cyclist, a coach and a partner at one of the best bike shops in Hyderabad, The Bike Affair. He is also a podcasting host at The Indian Cycling Podcast. Please make sure you subscribe to that podcast as well. He also hosts a weekly talk show on Leher App by the name, "Its all about the bike" that currently runs at 8pm every Tuesday. You can check it out as well. In this...

Jayanthi Sampathkumar is a runner, a cyclist and a classical singer from Hyderabad. A mom of two teenagers, she works at a major IT firm in a managerial position and continues to pursue running and cycling to keep fit. She runs marathons in Saree spreading awareness about the traditional attire and supporting handloom weavers. In this episode, we talked about her endurance journey, her running in...

Dr. Maxwell Trevor is a living legend of Indian cycling. He was a national champion for 10 consecutive years between 1980 to 1990. A record that no one was able to replicate till date. He has written and rewritten the record books for multiple events on the cycling track during his racing career and won over 250 medals in the process. In this episode, we talked about the work that is going on...

Mohan Subramanyam is one of the most simplest and humblest of persons in the long distance cycling community. He has taken part in some of the most prestigious rides like (London Edenborough London)LEL, Paris Brest Paris(PBP) among other rides and is now bringing that experience and expertise to organizing brevets through Bangalore Randonneurs. Under his leadership the community has seen many fold...

Today's guest is one of the most positive persons I have the privilege of knowing and interacting. She moved to India in 2012 to pursue her Phd in neuroscience at National Center for Biological Sciences and has got into cycle racing at BBCH. Although she has been cycling all her life mostly for commute, she has quickly grown to love racing and has excelled at the sport. She won many races and insp...

Gagan is an under 23 Karnataka state champion and is a silver medalist in U23 road race at 2020 Nationals. He has multiple medals at the nationals in U23 and a gold medal in U18 as part of Karnataka team time trial cycling team in 2017. He manages his passion for sport along with his zest for learning. As he rode into multiple medals at the nationals, he also pursued an engineering degree in compu...

Sathya is a Computer Science graduate with a post graduation in Public Policy. He brings more than 25 years of experience in using technology and data to effect social change. Over the last 13 years, as an advocate for sustainable transportation he has been a part various policy changes in sustainability area in Bengaluru. He founded and is the chief convener at Council for Active Mobility, a coll...

Pavan Muthanna and Nikhil Ram Mohan started out as riders and got into bicycle industry out of enthusiasm for cycling and frustration from status quo. A bike shop which is now called, Crankmeister Bicycle Works, was born. Since 2013, it has been serving numerous working athletes and riders from all walks of life and has become of one of the best local bike shops in Bangalore specializing in provid...

Anusuya Alva was a swimmer in her school days who won many national level championships before made a switch into triathlon in 1991. She won the National triathlon championships in 1991 and 1992. She brought home a bronze medal in the Asian Triathlon championships in 1992 and took part in two triathlon world championships, one in Canada and one in Australia with creditable performances. She g...

Dharmendra Kumar guest is an Ultra runner, Fitness and Running coach as well as a life coach. He has run multiple ultras, 24 hour runs as well as running the length and breadth of India. With his latest venture, I-deal World - Life and Wellness course and talks, he aims to help people and companies  Dealing with Inner and Outer world in an effective way. In this episode he shares his enduranc...

Arjun Kandikuppa is a triathlete from India who is currently working and racing in Singapore. He is one of the fastest triathletes not just in India but also in Singapore. He consistently finishes at the top of the amateur age group field, has multiple podiums to his name and qualified for the Ironman 70.3 World Championships. He is affiliated with a few Singapore based triathlon clubs to conduct...

Naveen John, multiple time National Champion, shares insights into what it takes for an amateur athlete to get to the start line of Indian Cycling National Championships and what to expect at various stages as one navigates the Indian Cycling landscape. We cover, from selection criteria at various levels, the riding capabilities one must have to the number of slots available for each event etc. He...

Manoj Bhat has been a runner for the last 16 years running marathons and ultra marathons. He has participated in over 25 marathons and over 20 ultra marathons and shorter races. He has numerous top finishes at distances from marathons, 12 hour runs, and 24 hour events. With a personal best of 202kms for 24 hours, he was a member for the Indian team for Ultra running representing India in Asian and...

Kabir Rachure is a practicing advocate from Mumbai who is writing a new chapter in the book of Ultra Cycling in India. He is just getting started and by the looks of it, it is going to be a very big and very gripping chapter. He is one of the only 3 Indians who completed the prestigious and grueling Race Across America. But he is not someone who seems to be resting on his laurels and wants to keep...

Bharat Pannu is an officer in the armed forces and an ultra cyclist. He held Guinness records for being the fastest rider to cover the distance between Leh to Manali and for being the fastest rider on the 6000km Golden Quadrilateral ride in India. He is a finisher of 2200km Race Across Austria and is a multiple time winner of the 1200km Ultra Spice Race, one of the premier Ultra races in India. He...

Abhishek Mishra is an Ironman who finished Ironman triathlon multiple times. He is an Ultraman triathlon finisher which involves completing 10km swimming, 422km cycling followed by an 84km running over 3 days. He is not just an ultra endurance athlete but is also a motivational speaker, an author and an event organizer. In this episode he shares his endurance journey and learnings from it This epi...

Meera Velankar is a doctorate in life sciences and a mother of two. She calls herself an accidental cyclist. She loves long distance cycling and says that if she can not be fast she wants to be first in doing something. So, she chooses some unique events to participate in and has 4 Limca book of records on her name. She recently completed the Golden Quadrilateral challenge on a tandem bike coverin...

Nivedita Samanta is a Marathoner and a running coach with FitRabitts Custom coaching. She is a performance lead with adidas runners. She is a co-host of the Club house Conversations on Amateur Running, called Twenty Six Point Two. She is also a reluctant cyclist who steals all the Strava QOMs in the NCR region. In this episode she shares her journey in sport and her learnings so far! This episode...

Sujay Shalawadi is a Bengaluru boy currently working in Germany as a doctorate candidate in computing. He is one of the fastest triathletes of Indian origin with a timing of 4hrs:19mins for a 70.3 event. It is the fastest time for that event by an Indian. A humble and down to earth guy, he made his the way to many age group podiums in running and triathlon through his consistent hard work. He is a...

Divij Shah represented his school and college in swimming, basketball, tug-of-war and dancing. He represented West Bengal in under 16 Cricket. He did all this with only his left hand. He lives by the principle, "It does not matter what you don't have. What matters is what you have and what you do with what you have".  He represented India in Asian para cycling championships and got home 3 sil...

If there is ever going to be an Mountain biking hall of fame for India, Kiran Kumar Raju is sure to figure prominently in that. He is a multiple time National champion in cross country mountain biking. But, his journey to the top of the sport is anything but a straight line and is amazingly inspirational. With his hard work and success, he has inspired many youngsters to take up mountain biking as...

Today's guest, Chenthil Mohan had a great impact on the sport of cycling in India. Years ago, he left a plush corporate job to pursue his passion for photography. Wedding photography, product photography, sports photography, you name it and he has done it. It is through his sports photography that he had most impact on the cycling landscape in India. Over the years we have been fortunate to follow...

Today's guest, Vivek Radhakrishnan is one of the pioneers of Bangalore cycling and the Indian cycling. He was the founder of the first professional cycling teams in India. To this day, it has been impossible to replicate the model and the success of that team. He is one of the strongest masters riders we have in the country. In this episode he shares his journey in endurance as he donned many hats...

Today's guest, Rajendra Bhaskar is a cyclist who represented his state at the Nationals. He is a strong triathlete who has a sub 5hr half ironman to his name. He is an engineer from IIT Bombay and an MBA graduate in Banking and Finance from Bangor Unviersity in the UK. He is an investment banker living in London and the cofounder of the Indian e-Sports Racing Team(ISRT). In this episode he shares...