give us a little background about yourselfi am a mother of a 24yearold girl and 19yearold boy i was a hobby class teacher once but now i am a homemaker i was a cycling champion in college but didnt use a cycle over the past 25 years after i got married i joined the bicycle club in june last year and thats when i bought myself a bicyclehow did you prepare for the racei started by doing small distances with my friend sushma hiremath who also participated in the race every week i started by doing 20 km and soon moved on to 50 km once i was confident i went for 100 km rides i had participated in brevets earlier also in this particular race i had aimed for 100 km but ended up doing 200 km in 135 hours it helped that i am a yoga student which helped me build my stamina a month prior to the race i went to a doctor who prescribed me some calcium supplements among other things however i found my stamina decreasing and went back to my homemade recipes to increase my strengthwhat was the feeling once you completed the racei was on top of the world especially because i never thought i could do it my family was also shocked my brother who had once done 17 km was so tired that he was on bed for a week he was in complete disbelief i wanted to bring a medal for the club because i want to prove that this can be done at my age also