Episode 24 ladies and gentlemen. 

You’re about to listen to a Spanish guy in his 50s living in India for over two decades. Isn’t that interesting already? I can’t wait!

He has not only embraced the Indian culture and food but also the potholes of Delhi roads, the ridiculous AQIs and sweltering heat of Delhi, - all for the love of running.

We’re talking about Alfredo Miranda, popularly knowns as Alfie, in the running circuit. 

Alfredo is an engineer by profession, he loves to solve problems, he loves to get technical about stuff, and believes in finding solutions rather than complaining about stuff.

Alfie is also a running coach and a mentor to many runners across India. He keeps sharing training plans, and writes articles that answer some of the questions new and experienced runners have about training, improving, raising your game.

If you’re familiar with the Indian ultra running circuit, you would have definilty heard if Meenal Kotak, Apoorva Chikara, and Kanan Jain. All of these torchbearers of Indian long distance running scene have raised their game from being average to extraordinary and represented India at the highest Level. 

We’ve heard the story of Kanan’s and Apoorvas journey on the show, we will now get the coach’s perspective on that, and that’ll sort 0f close the loop of how ordinary folks with unwavering faith and resolve can pursue and achieve greatness.

In this conversation we talked about his early years, his transition to India, the cultural adjustments, his early days of running, his race experiences, his running Mantras, and a peak into how he makes a strategy for executing a good 24 hour race. This can be a very specific takeaway of principals that you can use to plan a race of any ultra distance.

This wide-ranging conversation has everything from stories, to Strategies, to humor, to life lessons.

I loved it, and I have no doubt you will too, and if you do, please follow the podcast on Spotify or wherever you’re listening to this, and share it with whoever you can share it with, it helps much more, much much more, than you think it does. Will you do it now? Also, rate the podcast.

And so without further ado, I bring you another conversation rich in human connection, this time across continents. Here’s Alfredo Miranda and Me and the find your ultra podcast episode 24, Indulge away!

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