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In this episode, I talk to Gautham Reddy Surakanti. Gautham is the current Telangana State ITT champion and silver medalist in the road race. I had the privilege of guiding him through his cycling journey in 2023 though my coaching gig at BVCoaching and it gives me immense joy when I see the consistency and hardwork of athletes result in them meeting their goals. In this episode Gautham shares his journey from struggling to finish the brevets to his journey to his first Nationals with a full time job. It was super lovely conversation with a hardworking and fun working athlete. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

0:00 Intro

0:05:30  Relationship with sports growing up

0:06:30  Chancing upon HBC Meetup and cycling

0:08:00  Brevet and long distance experience

0:14:00  Running a marathon to his college

0:18:00  Buying his own bike and doing 1000km with food poisoning

0:21:30  Doing a Paris Brest Paris(PBP 2019, late finish)

0:26:40  Racing at Hyderabad Racing Circuit(HRC), COVID, Dirty Bulking

0:29:55  Riding 500km in whole of 2022 and crashing in State Championships

0:33:00  Starting 2023 with a specific goal, state selections

0:36:26  Getting dropped in group rides and progression from there

0:40:20  Becoming part of Cycling Brain Racing and the effect it had, Mock TTs

0:48:40  State Championships prep, bikefit, strength training, yoga

0:51:30  Telangana State championships, falling sick, staying focused and winning

1:00:00  Telangana State championships road race

1:05:30  First National Championships experience

1:10:30  Tips for working athletes

1:13:00  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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