How did all of this start? Was it a passion as you were growing up or you picked up running post your college?

So to be honest, as a teenager in school or in college, I've never been into any sport, never been into any sport at all.

Forget running, even walking was a pain then.

And when I was preparing for my civil services, I just wanted something to take my mind off reading and all that.

So I used to go and jog for two, three kilometers in the neighborhood park.

So that's all the little running I did, you know, a decade back.

But when we were in our training academy in Mussoorie, so there was a 12k race in masuri not it's a private race so that i signed up and to my surprise i completed it non-stop i didn't take a break i ran 12 kilometers non-stop and i thought it was uh good and then uh I was a little obese back then in the academy and we have this part of our training called the Bharat Darshan where we have attachments in different parts of the country.

Now, in terms of nutrition, as you evolved as a more experienced runner, have you made changes to your nutrition on the training days as well as off training days?