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It's a continuous, non-stop test of physical and mental endurance. When asked about how he ended up participating in this mega event, he said, 'I've been involved in sports throughout my life. I was a national level roller skater and played tennis, state-level cricket, and martial arts but lost touch after a few years. I was always aqua phobic and couldn't bring myself to learn swimming, but one day I decided to get over it and signed up for scuba diving classes, travelled to Costa Rica and got certified in open water scuba diving. I was still very scared of the ocean, as I had never been in the ocean. But I still couldn't swim. That's when I decided to do triathlons. I came across an Ironman race on TV years ago and dreamed of doing it one day. After becoming a certified scuba diver; I decided to conquer my fear. Initially, I couldn't do even one lap without panicking. I went to a coach for a few days, but still something wasn't right. I did a small triathlon in Miami and I was the last one to finish. After that my competitive nature took over and I started spending most of my time swimming and eventually I got real comfortable in it. Now, I even coach a few people.' When asked about his motivation behind achieving this big feat, he said, 'I wanted to stick to a plan and be disciplined so I am mostly self-motivated. But I had a lot of support from my parents, wife, sister, coach and my teammates and friends. You can't do a race like this without support, so it's because of them.' He underwent hard-core training for the past two years for the event. So far, he has swum around 113km in the pool and ocean, biked around 4000km and run around 650km for training i.e. around 15-20hours per week, six days a week. Physical therapy, acupuncture, massages and Cryotherapy were incorporated for recovery and injury prevention. DailyhuntDisclaimer: This story is auto-aggregated by a computer program and has not been created or edited by Dailyhunt. Publisher: Deccan Chroniclehttp://yarp.com/f52ff4d57f01