Hyderabad triathlon
Going to Hyderabad for the triathlon has become an annual fixture now. Every year we try and take it up a notch. Set new targets, hit new highs, still doing many things "for the first time in our lives". With each event we are getting stronger, learning new things, making new mistakes & hopefully not repeating them too often. Last year it was the first time I and Gurmoksh Singh were attempting the Olympic distance and Manesh, ishpreet and raksha were attempting the half iron. This year there were 3 of us. My partner in crime - Manesh Nambiar and the prodigy Shubhankar Bivalkar. All of us has set our eyes on the half iron distance this year. Its 1.9km swim followed by 90km on the bike and a 21km run :) We decided to drive down with the 3 bikes from Pune on Friday evening. And just like that we were on our way! Roads were great till Solapur, but after that it was a nightmare. We had dinner near Solapur and for the first time got a taste of the Sol...