Dr. Amit Samarth (Nagpur) and Lt Col. Dr. Srinivas Gokulnath (Nasik)—two doctors in their mid-thirties, are right now fighting their worst nightmares and chasing their wildest dreams. For years, they had worked hard to translate these dreams into reality. On June 14, Amit and Srinivas joined the most competitive cyclists in the world as they …
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400 km Brevet
On Sunday, I ran myself out halfway through as I set myself on an ambitious 27-hours long 400-km bicycle ride from and to Nagpur. Abhishek V. Raut and I started from Zero Mile, Nagpur at 5:30 am, and we began to ride on Nagpur-Amravati road. We were riding much better than we ever did or …
300 km Brevet
300 km. This time I had set the bar a bit too high. The task was to complete an18-hour-long bicycle ride on Sunday that was to start before dawn and would end almost at the stroke of midnight. The route—Asian Highway 46, Nagpur-Deori (Gondia district)-Nagpur was challenging enough to test both the muscle and the …
Cycling around Sevagram
A 50-km solo ride that began from Sevagram. As I cycled past 13 villages during the ride and as the sun began to set, I discovered fascinating people interacting with each other during their Wednesday bazaars. This is Dindoda village, 12 km south of Sevagram.
200 km Brevet
On Sunday, I hit a double century again— completing a 200 km cycle ride from Nagpur to a little beyond Pandhurna (MP) in 10 hours. This success, coming as it did after my first 200 km ride (Nagpur to Talegaon) in September is all the more pleasing because I was able to endure fiery crosswinds—strong …
Ashwini becomes a Super Randonneur
A day before, Ashwini achieved what we all thought was almost an impossible goal. He rode his bicycle from Nagpur to Washim and back—a distance of 600 km, almost non-stop and finished the event within 40 hours, the stipulated time for the completion of the event. By doing so, Ashwini became a Super Randonneur—a title …
What a thrilling experience
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness? So said John Steinbeck. True! Only a month ago, I took part in a 200 km cycling event and failed incredibly—I was forced to quit before I could finish the ride. This time I succeeded incredibly—I was able to …
First Successful 200 km Brevet
This was a moment I was day-dreaming for over a month. On the Monday morning, 12 September, as the clock struck five, I achieved what many had thought was an impossible goal to accomplish. I am so happy that I was able to translate my dream into a reality. To do so, I rode all-night …
Tryst with Brevet
The Anatomy of a Long Distance Riding Brevet—I had not even heard this word until November 2015. Nor did I know how to pronounce it right. Last winter, the word found its way into my vocabulary when Ashwini—my son— successfully completed 200 and 300-km brevet in Nagpur and prided himself in being called a Randonneur. …
Warora wears me out
Drenched and drained—and palpably tired—I parked my bicycle and slumped down into the bed. I had every reason to indulge in this idiosyncrasy. I had achieved what I thought was unachievable. A few months ago, when I began cycling—a maturity onset disorder—little did I know that I would be able to complete a 150 km …