From Sprints to Summits: My Ultra Running Journey

 If someone had told me a year ago that I would complete Ironman 70.3 Goa , I would have laughed. Not because I didn’t believe in endurance sports —but because I couldn’t swim. I had zero experience in open waters, no exposure to the sea, and absolutely no comfort being in deep water. In fact, just a year back, while boating with my wife at Pavna Lake , I had casually said, “Swimming in open water is crazy… I can never do that.” Even imagining it scared me. Little did I know that God had different plans for me. ---   Struggle Before the Real Journey Began Almost 2 years back, I had already spent three months trying to learn swimming under a different coach. And after all that time, all I could manage was just… moving my legs. No technique. No confidence. No progress. That was the biggest set back and felt i could never swim Looking back, it felt like God was simply preparing me — not through success, but through struggle — so I’d value the right guidance when it came. And then...