#75 "Women have to Make Time For Ourselves. No One Else is Going to Do It For Us!" - Dr. Nandini Sharma, Emergency Doctor and National Level Cyclist!

<p>Nandini Sharma is a doctor by profession and rider who represented Tamilnadu at Indian Cycling Nationals. Her journey in endurance sports started with using running and cycling as stress busters while in medical college. She pursued triathlon for a few years and has completed half iron and full iron distance triathlons. Now while &nbsp;pursuing a demanding career as a doctor, she is focusing on just cycling with aspirations of winning a medal at the nationals.</p> <p>In this episode, we talked about her endurance journey and how she manages training towards Nationals while working as a full-time&nbsp;doctor.</p> <p>0:00:00 &nbsp;Intro</p> <p>0:02:15 &nbsp;How does her typical work day look</p> <p>0:04:20 &nbsp;Sports in school at Kendriya Vidyalaya</p> <p>0:05:45 &nbsp;Starting to run with her dad, getting into triathlon/Duathlon</p> <p>0:11:30 &nbsp;How becoming physically active helped her at medical college</p> <p>0:15:05 &nbsp;Signing up for Iron distance triathlon and completing it</p> <p>0:22:45 &nbsp;Transitioning into racing shorter distances</p> <p>0:33:30 &nbsp;Seesawing between career and cycling</p> <p>0:42:00 &nbsp;Giving up fitness and trying to work to make it back, weight loss, TFN discussion, off season weight etc</p> <p>0:55:25 &nbsp;Nationals experience</p> <p>1:03:50 &nbsp;What next, future goals and aspirations, saying yes to one thing and no to a lot</p> <p>1:11:30 &nbsp;Managing recovery while at work, eating clean and her nutritional routine on and off the bike</p> <p>1:20:15 &nbsp;Tips for working athletes</p> <p>1:25:05 &nbsp;Closing remarks!</p> <p>Some Links Below:</p> <p><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/334744737743027/">Working Athlete Community</a> on FB.</p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/bikeyvenky/message">Link to Anchor Voice messages</a></p> <p>About the Podcast</p> <p>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 lif