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Arun Ram Nair l Ironman 70.3 l Fit after 40

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IRONMAN 70.3 Finisher🏅
CHASING FULL IRONMAN 2027
Indian Dad 40+
Started late. Still Going.
Proving its never too late
👇 Follow the journey

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"Race day is nothing but celebration of your training"

Difficult are those Grinds you do alone, difficult are those days when you want to hit the snooze button badly at 4am but you get up somehow and hit the pool, difficult are those night runs when your friends are partying. Difficult are those Sunday long rides When your family wants to visit the temple with you.
But you get the work in. You do it anyways!

Because its YOU vs YOU!

Because it is IRONMAN! @ironman70.3goa @ironmantri

#ironman #ironmantraining #endurance #fyp #india
Endurance after 40 dads lifechanging mindset workout fitness mornings swimming cycling running triathlon Goa by @40dadbod

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Grateful that I got to be there, standing at the Start line.
Grateful that I got to finish!

#ironman #trilife #swimbikerun #goa #gratitude
#sports #mindset #believe #youcan by @40dadbod

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Ran My first ever @ahmdmarathon last Sunday. It was also my first 42.195 km full marathon. The atmosphere was electric at 4am. Saw many anxious faces at the start ( still trying to understand it).

First ever Official Marathon (where we pay and get registered) I did was an epic 12 hr Ultra @amdavaddistancerunners NIGHT ULTRA 6.0 where I managed to finish the mandatory 60 km mark.
That was in March 2025.
Earlier had Signed up for @tataultramarathon Lonavala 50 kms, which is scheduled in Feb 2026.
Ran this for the eligibility as you have to submit a time certificate of completion of full marathon under 6hrs.

With God's grace finished well inside the bracket with
Privisional timing of 05hrs 17 mins and 33 secs.

#ahmedabadmarathon #adaniahmdmarathon #marathon #fullmarathon #running #runplaygocommunity #runningmotivation #fun #earlymorning #india #reels #runningreels #fitness #dads #dadsofinstagram #learning #fyp by @40dadbod

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#swimbikerun is therapy🧘. Ask any Triathlete.

#triathlon #swimming #cycling #running by @40dadbod

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If I can learn swimming at 40, you can too🙌
Follow and feel free to connect.

#swimming #swimbikerun #40plusfitness #ironman #fyp by @40dadbod

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#cyclinglife #cyclist #cycling #fyp #trending by @40dadbod

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The turtle theory....Move forward at your own pace.

As a dad, I do not want my child to be perfect. I know he will make his fair share of mistakes as I did, We all do. I hope he learns from them going forward.
It took me 30 years to realize that patience always pays. I hope and pray that my son learns this sooner than me.

#dadson #fyp #swimbikerun #triathlon #swimming by @40dadbod

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And then came the day when my little boy became taller than me. 🧿🥹 and now, apparently, I need to look up to my own son! 😂 Wasn’t it just yesterday that I was holding those tiny hands, tying those little shoelaces and watching those small feet run towards me? ❤️🌻🤗 by @40dadbod

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Doctor ne bola he....15 mins Sunlight Zaroori he.
Sundays and Cyclists.

@pacecraftriders.cc Ahmedabad

#cyclinglife #cycling #fitnessmotivation #trending
#fyp by @40dadbod

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The Run walk method. Start your Running Journey.

#running #runners #guide #fitness #trending by @40dadbod

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I started learning to swim at 41.

Not because I had a big goal.

Honestly, I was just bored waiting outside the pool while my son was swimming. 😄

So I thought, Why not learn?

What started casually became an obsession.

I started watching many videos. Learning technique. Understanding all four strokes. Practising again and again.

And then I realised something:
YOU DONT HAVE TO BECOME GREAT OVERNIGHT.
YOU JUST HAVE TO BECOME A LITTLE BETTER EVERYDAY!

That lesson changed much more than my swimming.

🏊‍♂️ I learned discipline — showing up even when I didn't feel like it.

🏊‍♂️ I learned patience — because technique doesn't improve in one session.

🏊‍♂️ I learned to break difficult things into smaller pieces — one lap, one drill, one session at a time.

🏊‍♂️ I learned that being a beginner in your 40s isn't embarrassing. It's actually liberating.

Then I entered my first local pool competition.

Bronze medal.
40+ category.

That little medal changed the size of my dreams.

I thought… What if I tried an Ironman 70.3?

So I took swimming to the ocean at Porbandar.

Then came the Ironman.

And later, I attempted a 15 km open-water swimathon.

I made it to 11 km.

I didn't finish 15.

But strangely, that wasn't a failure.

Because by then I had learned something much bigger:

You don't conquer hard things all at once.
You conquer them one day at a time.

11 km taught me as much as the Ironman did.

Because the mindset I developed in the pool started showing up everywhere else in my life.

When something feels overwhelming, I don't ask:

"Can I do all of this?"

I ask:

"Can I do the next 100 metres?"

And then another.

And another.

That's what swimming gave me.

Not just four strokes.

Not just fitness.

It gave me discipline.

Patience.

Consistency.

The courage to be a beginner.

And eventually…

The Ironman mindset.

In the pool.
In training.
In competition.
And in life.

I started swimming at 41.

And somewhere along the way, I realised…

I wasn't just learning how to swim.
I was learning how to keep going. 🏊‍♂️💪

#swimming #swimbikerun
#triathlon
#fyp #fitnessmotivation by @40dadbod

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12 days ago

Run buddies.....🫂🙌 With right people, distance to the track doesn't matter.

#fyp #running #ahmedabad #fitness #instarunners by @40dadbod

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