#35 "Creating a Pro-Conti Cycling Team From India Has Been an Unrealized Dream!" - Vivek Radhakrishnan, A Cycling Pioneer From Bangalore and A Plant Based Master's Athlete!

<p>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.</p> <p>In this episode he shares his journey in endurance as he donned many hats as son, a husband, a doting dad, a designer, a business owner, a cycling team founder, a plant based evangelist, a kick-ass master's rider and a lecturer over the years. We get into how he has excelled in all of them!</p> <p>This episode covers:</p> <p>Intro</p> <p>Happy Healthy Me Superfoods!</p> <p>Initial days of cycling - The real falling in love</p> <p>Touring through India in 1994!</p> <p>Touring through Europe 1997</p> <p>As a Bicycle messenger in Holland</p> <p>Getting big in the US and coming to India</p> <p>Start of Bangalore bicycling championships</p> <p>Ambitions of putting India on the world cycling map!</p> <p>Specialized and the birth of Specialized KYNKYNY Cycling Team(SKCT)</p> <p>Hard work that laid the foundation for future!</p> <p>The impact Naveen John had on SKCT and the sport.</p> <p>2014 Indian Cycling Nationals</p> <p>International events - Tour of friendship in Thailand etc</p> <p>SKCT at Tour of Nilgiris</p> <p>What keeps him going - consistency with nutrition</p> <p>Plant based nutrition - How it helped him</p> <p>Tips for working athletes</p> <p><strong>Some Links Below:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/334744737743027/"><strong>Working Athlete Community</strong></a>&nbsp;on FB.</p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/bikeyvenky/message"><strong>Link to Anchor Voice messages</strong></a></p> <p>Nutrition and strength program Akshay mentioned in the episode <a href="https://www.kenzai.com/"><strong>Kenzai</strong></a><strong>.</strong></p> <p>Book recommendation: <a href="https://www.amazon.in/Endure-Curiously-Elastic-Limits-Performance/dp/0008277060/"><strong>End