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In this episode, I talk to Joel Sundaram who just came back from winning Asian championships selection trials. Since the last time we spoke on the podcast he won a bronze at the Nationals in cycling and a bunch of other races. In this episode we talk about what transpired over the last year or so with his training and racing and how he has been dealing multiple crashes and various other setbacks to come back stronger. We spoke about the mistakes and the learnings from those mistakes and how they have been helping his journey. As always he brings a refreshing bit of honesty and fun to the conversation. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

0:00:00  Intro

0:07:10  The flurry of crashes including one 2 days before the Nationals

0:16:20  Talking of the joy of riding

0:20:00  Tour of Thekkady

0:30:00  Not being picky with equipment, Bangalore Classic

0:40:00  HCL Cyclothon, Missing the National games

0:46:00  BBCH Nandi Epic win,

0:57:10  Tour of Nilgiris 2023

1:00:30  Cycling Nationals 2023, Overcooking the pacing and ending up with Bronze

1:20:00  Dealing with injuries

1:22:30  Asian Championships Selection trials

1:30:00  Pacing for different conditions, wind, heat, altitude etc

1:40:10  A case of Merckx style TTs

1:45:10  Asian selections road race

1:51:10  Safety at Nationals

1:53:10  Running Banter

1:54:00  Closing

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