Follow through

Follow through:

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Follow through.

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Go to the end.

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If you say you’re going to do something, go do it.

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Go prove it.

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Not to other people.

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To yourself.

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Are you capable of doing it?

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Are you capable of more?

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Are you capable of completing challenges that seem impossible to people?

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Writing 2 books.

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Running a marathon.

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Completing an Ironman.

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Are these achievable?

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Go prove it.

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Go do it.

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Was having a conversation tonight with a friend of mine.

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He said ‘the thing I always respect about you is you do it.

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You follow through.’

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Most people are just talk.

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They say whatever.

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But they don’t do it.

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You actually do.

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I remember talking to you about the Ironman last year.

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And look where you are.’

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Shit man.

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It’s true.

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3 weeks away.

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Just completed the biggest training weekend of my life.

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6 hour bike ride Saturday for 145k.

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3.5 hr run Sunday for 30k.

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Those are INSANE numbers.

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Were insane to me just a while ago.

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A few months back, you couldn’t even clip into your bike.

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Now look at me.

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Doing more on a bike than my old boss, who’s been a cyclist his entire life.

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He’s never done a ride longer than 100k.

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And here I am doing it only after a few outdoor rides.

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This progress seemed unimaginable to me not long ago.

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Yet here I am.

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Following through.

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Showing up.

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Trying.

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Again.

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And again.

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And again.

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Even when it hurts.

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Even when it sucks.

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Even when I don’t want to.

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Here you are.

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Waking up at 5:30 am on a Saturday to bike 145k.

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Then waking up at 6 am on a Sunday to swim 2.5k then run half a marathon.

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Very few people are doing that.

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Very few.

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Kudos to the ones who do.

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Because man, it’s hard.

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An Ironman is not for everyone.

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According to Perplexity, less than 0.01% of the world’s population have ever completed one (source).

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Less than a million people.

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Ever.

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Even looked up, how many Indians have ever completed an Ironman?

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The estimate is the low hundreds (source).

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A few hundred Indians have ever completed a full Ironman.

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And I’m on the cusp of being one of them.

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Insane.

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All because I followed through.

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I showed up.

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I act on what I say.

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I don’t just talk.

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I prove it.

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I told people I was going to leave medicine.

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Done.

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I told people I was going to write a book.

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Done.

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I told people I was going to run a marathon.

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Done.

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I told people I was going to finish an Ironman.

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That’s TBD.

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But just know, I’ll be at that finish line on August 3rd.

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All because I followed through.

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