In conversation with Harshal Patil, a co-runner at the Mystic Miler running group , who has grown as a runner from barely running a few miles to running mutiple marathons with elan. Additionally he has been running faster and most efficiently , while also shedding 16 Lbs of extra weight in the process. We get behind the scenes on his journey. Chapter timelines 0:00 Intro and background 3:28 Flashback 5:35 Impact of hectic work-life 8:26 Start of fitness journey 11:05 The scaling of running journey 13:38 The first 10k and Half Marathon 16:33 The upside of COVID shutdown 19:38 Weight loss with running 21:11 Getting faster organically 23:37 The pivot to a full marathon 28:17 Resetting confidence for a full marathon 33:08 What is appealing about the full marathon 38:54 An breakthrough 2023 44:21 Why the Boulder marathon 45:54 Trail running 50k 52:15 What’s next on the horizon 56.21 The fun Q&A round