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Biker of the Week - Kishan Kumar
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BOTS Biker of the week – Kishan Kumar
I bought my bicycle Trek 7100 on Apr 22, 2011 from BOTS. I was told to get the bike back for a quick routine service within the first 3 weeks. That’s when I set my first target to cycle from home to work and back before this first service! Rohan’s encouragement and wifey’s confidence were great morale boosters!
I live at Vijaya Bank Layout off Bannergatta Road and work at Dell India R&D Center at the Bagmane Techpark in CV Raman Nagar. It is about 36 kms round trip.
I have cycled quite a lot during my school days but that’s a long time ago. Now, I’m 34+ with a less than fair focus on fitness. I had my feet on the ground though. I knew that I would need to consistently increase the distance everyday and taking one day at a time while practicing!
I had been using Runkeeper app for iphone to track my morning walks. I used the same app to track my cycling sessions (distance, pace, calories, etc). With this app and loads of music on the phone, I was all set for the job!
Initially I did 5-10 km rides exploring paths around my neighborhood. During the second week, I rode to Bowring institute on St. Marks road covering 24 kms round trip with a 3 hour break in between. That same weekend, I carried the bike to Mysore hoping to continue the practice. On Sunday morning, I covered 18 kms at a stretch which is the distance to my work place too! These two events gave the much needed confidence for the office ride.
I looked up weather.com and May 12th looked like a good day (less chance of rain). I left the laptop and change of clothes at my work place the previous day.
On May 12th, I started my ride at 7:10am happily covering the 18.5kms to my office in 55 minutes. I felt awesome and confident to get back home easily. Since rain was expected in the evening, I left around 2:30pm riding in the hot sun. It took nearly the same time but was completely exhausted when I got home. The target was achieved
As I complete this write up which happens to be my very first blog post, I feel great that I did my second ride to work and back today (May 18th). This time with much ease and less exhaustion!
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Comments
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Have fun bro… and good luck
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Thank you BOTS and Rohan. I feel alive and kicking with my new found hobby. I hope to set new targets continuously and beat them. Aiming to do a 50K now :D
@Iggy: much needed encouragement. Thank you!
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in the site, Biker of the week archive a person by name Ravi Ranjan Kumar is mentioned who stays in our layout who is an ardent follower of cycling and conducts cycling tours and rents geared cycle for the tour. Just for your information, just in case you want to contact him for your further expiditions.
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Hi Chethan Hats off to you.Keep the good work going.Whenever you find time come home on your cycle.
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Hi Kishan, Congrat’s.. Hey its really a good start.. I too wanted to buy one when i was in India.. But before i bought one. I had to fly.. :( so may be will join the club when back.
This does many things. Save Environment by not burning fule.. Save money but not buying petrol in US$’s.. and finally save time by not spending in Gym to keep fit.
Cheer’s Prashanth
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Thats a very good experience Kishan. Cheers. Keep it up.
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Dear Kishan, This is just awesome..& a great job done and on top of everything,so beautifully penned down & it’s so inspiring for people like us who’ve been in the state of kabhi han-kabhi na about doing the same thing over the past couple of years.
Now I live in Mumbai but let me tell you brother that you have given me one more reason to stop thinking & “JUST DO IT…” and do it for a healthy me.. JUST AMAZING..
