#95 From Almost Giving Up Cycling To Climbing Nandi in 21 minutes, Aggressive Racing Strategies and Being A Team Player - Shaurya Kaushal

<p>Shaurya Kaushal is Phd candidate and is one of the strongest cyclists in Bangalore. He is part of LBB Racing, which is one of the strongest cycling teams in India. He is behind initiatives like The Monthly Cours, a club racing series in Bangalore and an Youtube channel named FTP(From The Peloton) where he along with a friend, Joel, analyses club races in India. I really love the work they are doing on that channel. I think content like that helps in educating and improving the awareness of the cycling and racing community. You should check it out and subscribe&nbsp;to the channel.</p> <p>In this episode, we talk about his journey in cycling. We talk about his training methods over the years that helped him become the cyclist he is now. We also talk about community races, his racing style, racing strategies that worked and did not work for him among others.</p> <p>0:00:00 &nbsp;Intro</p> <p>0:04:25 &nbsp;Sports as army kid</p> <p>0:07:25 &nbsp;How cycling started for him competitively</p> <p>0:11:00 &nbsp;Influence that BBCH had on us, talking of Venky's first BBCH race</p> <p>0:16:00 &nbsp;Veloscope, our first racing team</p> <p>0:19:00 &nbsp;Struggling with a medical condition that almost took him away from cycling and losing the voice</p> <p>0:23:25 &nbsp;Getting back to cycling and working with Kansaltant</p> <p>0:30:03 &nbsp;How his training leading up to Sub 23min Nandi looked like</p> <p>0:36:35 &nbsp;Training while pursuing a PHD, how journal&nbsp;helped</p> <p>0:41:35 &nbsp;Training with power in 2019-2020, comparing with others</p> <p>0:50:45 &nbsp;Training through the Pandemic, The Monthly Cours, Virtual races</p> <p>0:53:55 &nbsp;Joining LBB Racing and reshaping it</p> <p>1:01:45 &nbsp;Racing over the years, his racing style, BBCH Classic race</p> <p>1:14:05 &nbsp;His next plans ahead, FromThePeloton</p> <p>1:17:45 &nbsp;Tips for aspiring ultra athletes</p> <p>1:18:50 &nbsp;Closing remarks!</p> <p>Link to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/FromThePeloton"><u>FromThePeloton</u></a>:</p> <p>Some Links