From 110kg to the start line of 100km.
At 25 I carried 40 kilograms I didn’t want. I told myself “one day.” One day became 15 years. So I stopped saying it and started running.
I came to Australia from India as an international student. Got into IT. Built a career. Got heavier. Burnt out. The body was the engine I never serviced.
Then I lost the weight — 40 kilograms over two years. People kept asking how. So in 2017 I wrote a book called “The New You”, founded Keystone Fitness Club in Melbourne, and co-founded the Australian Indian Fitness Association. SBS Hindi featured the story twice that year. I quit IT.
Then at 40, something shifted. Started running. Kept running. One race at a time. One ridiculous goal at a time. The body finally caught up to the work.
Comrades 89km. Everest Marathon. Now 100km at You Yangs in 12 days. I’m 47. The body is finally moving in the direction it should have been moving the whole time.
I’m not selling coaching. I’m not running a course. I just decided to document the receipts — in case anyone watching is still arguing with themselves about “one day.”
If I can, so can you. The body is the one engine you can’t replace.
