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In this episode, I talk to the CEO of one of the top sports nutrition brands in the country, Vijayaraghavan Venugopal. Vijay has not only built a great nutrition brand in Fast&Up over the last 8 years, but also became one of the strongest masters runners in the country. He ran sub 3 marathons every year since 2016 until 2022 when an injury cut short his streak. This year, he bounced back stronger than ever from the injury to do a personal best of 2:51:46 in Tokyo marathon recently. In this episode Vijay shares insights into his training and nutrition as well as what helped him excel at work along with his sport. It was an amazing conversation with an amazing human. I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did.

0:00:00 Intro

0:05:30 From not being able to run to running a personal best in one year at Tokyo

0:10:30 Learnings from Kenya, Mecca of running

0:16:10 What changed after Kenya

0:19:10 His Tokyo Marathon experience

0:31:40 His relationship with sport growing up, Cricket

0:35:10 What changed from his first marathon to now

0:40:20 Running community growth over the last 10 years

0:47:00 Growth of Fast&Up, Nutrition landscape over the last 10 years

0:51:30 Nutrition what improved and what can be better

0:54:10 Key qualities of a working athlete, how sport helps

0:57:20 Leading by example

1:00:30 Managing work, sport and family

1:02:30 Tips for working athletes, need for balance

1:04:20 Closing

About the Podcast

The working athlete podcast is a podcast with and for working athletes from all walks of life and various sports. The goal is to provide inspiration, training tips, mental hacks, time management and life-style advice through conversations with some of the best in sport, from athletes to coaches. If you think you can benefit from this, please consider subscribing so that you don't miss the weekly episodes in future.

Who is a working athlete? Someone working fulltime/part-time, entrepreneur or anyone who has to work to make ends meet and doesn't let being busy to stop him/her from pursuing an active lifestyle is a working athlete. I consider stay at home moms/dads who pursue a sport, as working athletes because homemaking is a full-time job.

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