Chennai Full Iron Triathlon - Reflections

Now that I am out of the state of ecstasy that followed the completion of Full Iron Triathlon at Chennai organized by Chennai Trekking Club, just thought of sitting back and articulating the Journey that culminated in breaking the 226.3 Km (140.6 Miles) barrier. To set the pitch, let me start with a bit of my background. My involvement in any form of activity or sport has been very recreational in nature all the way till Jan 2018 and I was neither athletic nor tried to be one till then. Perhaps, it continues to be recreational with just a tinge of passion in Tri-Sport now. At the beginning of 2018, I had about 10 years of swimming acquaintance behind me with me being able to swim about 1500 m in 45 minutes without screwing my heart out. Had always liked cycling in childhood but my rendezvous with some serious cycling started when I was stripped off my driving license in 2012 in US because of my passing out in the middle of the night at home and having got admitted in eme...