Divya

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[Divya @DivyaOYR]

Bhaiyon-behno the moment of truth is here, all the work that I have put into OYR is here.

If you liked our singlets and wanted to get one for yourself pls head to our website to prebook.

Pls spread the word. It will mean a lot ♥️

#running #oyr #onyourright

Link - https://t.co/xGr7ZKNYAR

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All right runners, you can finally pre-book the OYR Singlets. Head over to https://t.co/n8Wm4Tl2Sb & pre-book.

Also, pls show us some love and support & spread the word. ♥️

[Divya @DivyaOYR]

@_yes2life 😂🫡

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My left knee is telling me winter is coming.

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@ya_vidl I can always count on you for reality check. You the worst best motivator 🫡

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I don’t think I took it well when it happened. 🥲

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@ya_vidl Because you can’t swim the entire day to reach the end. It’s a race & i was wandering 😭

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@komal_42 Go check https://t.co/1zA2ozm2i0 i guess you will like them.

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@ya_vidl A whole lot more than required 🥲

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@In_Sane_Saint 🙏

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Failed.

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@aditya12anand 🙏

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Earlier - Chacha paise chahiye

Now - Raising friends & family round

😎

[Divya @DivyaOYR]

@ya_vidl Dude! 😅

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I am not Divyam. 😐

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@shahrcastic @bestemploy I am breathing the air so i know it’s not even close to how it used to be.

[Divya @DivyaOYR]

Ok, how come after the most extensive cracker burning on Diwali in years, the AQI today is just 21 points up. Pre Diwali it was around 380, today it is 401 in where I am in Gurgaon.

Is Diwali not the cause of this 2 long months of choking in smog? If not, then what is it?

[Divya @DivyaOYR]

Bring it on!!

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@prembhaaii But what can be done? We can’t control wind direction.

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@bestemploy

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@aseemanand67 You have always been very kind :)

[Divya @DivyaOYR]

Ironman Goa 70.3

I went into training with a very different agenda. I wanted the triathlon world to see what an amazing trisuit we had built at OYR. I very proudly tell people we do not put out anything that’s not athlete-tested in real conditions.

In this case, I was the athlete. I wanted to do justice to what we had created, but I slipped.

But the trisuit was tested extensively during training, and on every benchmark it met or exceeded expectations. When we decide to launch it, it is going to be one of the lightest, fastest & coolest-looking trisuits you could put on.

Now to my race, or lack thereof.

I DNFed on the swim itself. I swam a lot more than 1900m and finished in 1:19:47, against a cutoff of 1:10. There was nothing unexpected that happened, except for the quantum of it.

The very first stroke I took resulted in a sting, and 3 more after that. People were swimming over me, I was getting kicked, slapped, and again, all of it expected. But when that happens in reality to someone who has just learnt how to swim & be in open waters, and they are 600m in, it feels 10X of what they expected.
I was disoriented after the first turn and nothing changed till I stepped out of the water. I did not make any of the checkpoints after the 1st one in a straight line. I was sighting continuously as I was drifting, but my brain was not processing the information.

All of that can be attributed to just two things:
1. sheer inexperience as a first-timer in an arguably very tough swim,
2. I was slow from the get-go. That was always a concern, so I had way less room for extra distance let alone over 400m.
Eventually, those two things led to the DNF.

I was asked by officials (not volunteers) to carry on, as my timing chip was not removed, but I decided not to, as it would be unethical in my opinion. I could crash on the bike into someone who had finished their swim in time and destroy their race. I had no business continuing, so I didn’t.

A lot of people who have never participated in or trained for a triathlon are out there taking a dig, many of them here, people I follow (unfortunately). To them I would say, it says more about you than about anyone who trained & showed up.

I also know quite a few of the influencers who participated, and some of them DNFed. I know many of them trained hard for it. Just because you are not seeing everything they are doing doesn’t mean they were just out there winging it. So blanket hatred for people who put in their own hard-earned money (and a lot of it), their time and their effort shows who you are as a person more than who they are.

I have a new training block coming up for NDM, so that will be the focus now. Swimming is something I would like to learn properly, but when the time is right.

[Divya @DivyaOYR]

Happy Diwali 🪔

Soak all of it in. The bickering over the Rangoli. The aarti sung in disjointed rhythms. The extra meethai. The losing in teen Patti. A drink or two. That's the good stuff.

[Divya @DivyaOYR]

@mishika251 I am assuming it’s Pankaj, if that is the case, he was the biggest reason why i could even stand on the starting line.

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@LRKFallon We dont have anything in gurgaon. There is Bharadwaj lake in faridabad where most people do their open water practise but from a tri pov not very helpful.