In conversation wit Hari Shankar, one of the co-founders of the Chennai Runners group . Hari has been getting faster with recently qualifying for the Boston Marathon . This podcast will give you insights on what he did to shave significant time from his previous best of 3:54 to eventually qualifying for Boston recently. While his physical hacks are insightful, what will blow your mind is what he did psychologically to qualify for a Boston finish time. Timeline 0:00 Intro and background 3:58 Getting started on getting faster 6:06 How did he get to 3.54 to 3.31 as the first step 9:08 The big hacks to get Physical fitter 13:36 Key tips on sleeping sleeping better 17:57 How to take enough protien 21:44 Why give up sugar 23:40 How to strength train for running 26:26 Visualization for BQ 29:11 Effort based training 33:20 The fun Q&A round 38:54 The last word