Biking & Always!

My next blog post is going to be a healthy debate on when to remain stateless and when to be stateful. There are pros and cons in both, choosing between them determines how much enjoyment, learning one will go through in his life. End of the day, our goal is to remain healthy, peaceful and explore every bit of this god gifted life.  Well, the title might sound I am extending my previous blog of mind-body sync but this time it is not about physical or mental fitness rather discuss my experiences about state a.k.a mindset or attitude towards life and how it impacts our daily routine. Einstein in his famous quote says "Anyone who has never made a mistake has never tried anything new." -- Albert Einstein What it implies is you need to focus on task in hand not the outcome. Whatever may your profession be, we all feel the pressure of being successful and always been preached to win but very rarely our education or corporate systems or society accepts failure as an answer. Perhaps,

Have you folks felt your body get beaten up by end of your 9 to 5 working day? If the answer is yes, then I am sure you are like me, I used to think my fatigue is mainly due to the new work from home madness of jumping between meetings to meetings and switching the context constantly or dealing with unrealistic work expectations or dealing with people :). Well, don't be surprised, more than 95% of working professionals always tend to fall in to that trap. Do you really think your body tiredness is just because of work? Answer is no. It is your mind that makes you tired and if you pair it with poor life style, eating habits, it becomes a chronic issue of constant energy loss which make us blame it on others. Everything in Life is a choice we make.  Good news is, all these emotions are completely normal and one can devise a strategy to use art of living to overcome these challenges. First and foremost, I am not a certified healthy mind coach nor an expert in biology to define what go

  The El Tour De Tucson is an epic cycling race in Arizona. It goes around the perimeters of the city of Tucson. This race is a historic event of the year 2021, as the 2020 race was cancelled due to the pandemic. The race had 6500+ registered participants with race challenges of 28, 57 and 102 miles. I am Karthik Krishnamani, an amateur cyclist from Phoenix, AZ who had an ambition of competing in a 102-mile ride and finishing it in less than 6 hours 30 minutes. Well, setting a goal is half of the effort, planning and achieving is the other half. Let’s dive in and get a picture of what it looks like to signup, commit and compete in a bike race and achieve the goal. Signup First things first, we need to understand what the El Tour De Tucson is https://eltourdetucson.org/ and my specific goal of a 102-mile ride course. Once I learned the rules and course map, I was thrilled and also anxious to see if I would be able to complete the race. A little monkey in my head said, you have always do