
Koppal
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Sep 17, 2026
EP 264 : From 3:54 to Sub-3: Akshy Sridhar on Marathon Training, Consistency & Life as an IAS Officer
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12:33Akshay SridharGUEST
Yeah, but when I have been in districts, so what happens is, in the first two districts where I was, I was first in a district called Kopal, which is near Hampi.
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12:45Akshay SridharGUEST
for starters and then I was in a district called Bida which is about 3 hours away from Hyderabad northeast corner of Karnataka so both these places 99% of the times I have been the only runner on the roads there have been people walking I haven't even seen people jogging so once I was running in Koppal early in the morning so Koppal is a very small place so once you run 3-4 kilometers away you enter the next village so you basically get away So, back then, I never liked running in circuits because I thought if it's a 30-kilometer run, I should go 15 kilometers one way and then come 15 kilometers back so that I don't stop or I don't find reasons to stop.
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13:26Akshay SridharGUEST
So, as I was running past the villages, one young boy was running past his home and then he stopped and asked, what is your problem in life? Why are you running? So...
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13:37Akshay SridharGUEST
So that's how it was because people didn't see because we have never seen anyone running.