when I felt like quitting, but then I realised that I was just experiencing discomfort and not pain. I had to manage my discomfort to ensure it does not become a pain. I needed to do the same thing differently to reduce the discomfort. I started to read about bike fit and tweak my bike to suit my physiology. And within the next few days the discomfort was gone. I did an 87 kilometres long ride on the last day of 2020. A 100 Kilometres ride followed soon.


I was lucky to have four friends all younger than me, willing to share my dream and pedal along. Thus started the Indian Coastal Cycling Expedition on the 13th


of February 2021. We


completed Stage 1 at Dabolim on 21st Feb 2021.


Come 21st April 2021, I suffered


a massive personal loss, and that further strengthened my resolve to live my dreams and to see it through.


I embarked on the Indian Coastal Cycling Expedition on 14th


Nov 2021


from Goa and completed that on 22nd Feb 2022 back in Goa along with a cycling friend of mine. It took 102 days and 5,300 kms of the coast was covered – a few hundred Kms could not be done due to COVID lockdowns in the respective states.


Every day of the 102 day long expedition has a story, but here I sum a few valuable life lessons I learnt on the way.


“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly”


“Change is a normal part of our lives, but it is uncomfortable for the vast majority of people because it makes them feel like they’ve lost control”


“In the journey of life, it is so easy to be engrossed with and focused on your own journey, that sometimes we fail to identify why someone is slowing down or may be someone is having a problem. Understand how important it is to look out for others and be with them”


“Let out the child in you and you will never grow old”


“Do not limit your challenges, but challenge your limits”


“Do not let obstacles define your experience”


88 | The Report • June 2022 • Issue 100 Wayside shelter at Dhanushkodi. The cycles and the setup Flaunting some attitude First hand evidence of climate change At Chennai


At the southernmost point at Kanyakumari


How we cooked


On the famous Pamban Bridge


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