#60 From Being A Fat College Kid Addicted to Video Gaming to Riding Into Top 10 at Indian Cycling Nationals, The Journey of Young Cyclist, Joel Sundaram!

<p>Joel Sundaram is a young cyclist. He got into cycling in 2018 to lose some weight and ended up on podium at his first race at BBCH. He made it to Indian cycling nationals representing Tamilnadu with in a few months. Racing with the most basic equipment and doing reasonably well, he realized that racing is something he really enjoyed and might actually do much better if he devotes more time to it. He trained for the next Nationals for 7 months and finished 7th fastest in India in elite category in the most competitive field there is.</p> <p>In this episode, we talk about his weight loss and cycling journey. We go into detail about his experience at the recently concluded Road Cycling Nationals. We also talk about what his future goals look like! It was a fascinating conversation with a fascinating young guy. Let us get into it.</p> <p>0:00:00 &nbsp;Intro</p> <p>0:04:01 &nbsp;From being very active in sports in school to becoming heavy in college</p> <p>0:06:05 &nbsp;Starting cycling doing Swiggy deliveries on cycle</p> <p>0:10:10 &nbsp;Working with Decathlon</p> <p>0:14:10 &nbsp;The weight loss journey, nutrition and no dieting on the bike</p> <p>0:24:45 &nbsp;His weight loss and performance diet while training for Nats</p> <p>0:28:25 &nbsp;Quitting Decathlon and focusing on competitive cycling, BBCH Nandi Epic 2020</p> <p>0:32:00 &nbsp;The Tamilnadu selections saga for 2020 Nationals</p> <p>0:40:55 &nbsp;Experience of the first Cycling Nationals(2020) in Mumbai</p> <p>0:47:20 &nbsp;Under 23 age category confusion. Missing U23 by 15 days.</p> <p>0:49:45 &nbsp;Training for 2021 Cycling Nationals</p> <p>1:02:45 &nbsp;TT bike set up, Aero better than weight</p> <p>1:06:50 &nbsp;Nationals 2021 ITT performance finishing 7th in elite field</p> <p>1:13:25 &nbsp;Nationals road race experience, strategies, breaks and crashes</p> <p>1:30:52 &nbsp;His next goals and aspirations for cycling</p> <p>1:37:50 &nbsp;Tips to aspiring athletes</p> <p>1:40:50 &nbsp;Closing remarks!</p> <p>Some Links Below:</p> <p><a href="https://