#98 From Almost Not Starting Due To Covid to Finishing His First Ironman With The Fastest Time By Any Indian So Far - Sujay Shalawadi's First Ironman Race Journey

<p>Sujay Shalawadi is currently the fastest Indian Ironman Triathlete. His timing of 9hrs 4min 55 secs for a full Ironman event is the fastest timing for any Indian. This is Sujay's second time on this podcast. You can check out episode #39 for our conversation last year.</p> <p>In this episode we talk about his first Ironman event which also happened to be the fastest by any Indian. We talked about what made him wait for 6 years before he attempted a full Ironman. We talked about how his training differed from training for 70.3 vs training for Full Ironman. He shared insights into his nutrition as well as his mindset before, during and after the race. It was fascinating hearing his thoughts on various aspects of the sport and balancing it with work life.</p> <p>0:00:00 &nbsp;Intro</p> <p>0:05:35 &nbsp;Picking up from where we left off, his first Ironman event</p> <p>0:10:20 &nbsp;Culture of sport in India, his mindset of trying to finish as close to the top as possible</p> <p>0:17:35 &nbsp;His current location and conditions in Denmark</p> <p>0:20:45 &nbsp;Laying the foundation before taking up Ironman distance, summarizing his time in sport so far, starting with a 5:45 half distance tri and finishing with 9:04:55 for Full distance tri</p> <p>0:30:45 &nbsp;Mindset of getting faster at lower distances before going for bigger distance races, thirteen 70.3 races before the first Ironman race.</p> <p>0:42:10 &nbsp;Preparing for Ironman vs 70.3 differences</p> <p>0:57:15 &nbsp;Ironman specific workouts and nutrition for Ironman event vs 70.3 event for him</p> <p>1:12:00 &nbsp;His pacing plan and execution on his first Ironman event, the flipside of being ambitious(not being fully happy), almost not making to the start line due to catching Covid</p> <p>1:30:00 &nbsp;His bike leg strategy and bike leg drafting rules in Ironman, his learnings from the event</p> <p>1:37:30 &nbsp;Closing remarks!</p> <p>Link to earlier episode of Sujay's interview(EP #39)</p> <p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9C99YgaMU8"><u>htt