Prashanth Vaidya

Founder @therunninggenie 🚀 | Building running tech | Ultramarathoner 🏃‍♂️ | KhardungLa Challenge (72k) Finisher 🏔️

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

From being at the finish line cheering for KC finishers to being a #KhardunglaChallenge finisher myself. 😇

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

At the finish line of the 72km #KhardungLaChallenge cheering for the finishers 😃🔥

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@saurav_surve Even in my apartment man which seems to have ample space, yet there were so many possibilities of fire hazards that I have witnessed in the last couple of days!

People are just randomly bursting crackers without giving a damn to vehicles moving in/out of the building.

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

We seem far more interested in sensationalising the rare deaths at marathons than talking about the much bigger public health crisis of air pollution.

Year after year, nothing seems to change! 😅

[The Indian Idiot @theindianidiot]

"I'm honestly surprised we're still alive. I do not think this kind of air is suitable for human survival."

-- Dr Vijay Hadda, AIIMS Delhi's Lung Specialist, on Delhi's Air Pollution

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@kevinbheda Only the Beedahalli route is open now!

I asked the forest officials and they told it’s highly unlikely the Kukke route will be open anytime soon. 🥲

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

Completed a day hike to Kumara Parvatha, and it was fun. 🏞️

Should definitely do more of these! 🙌🏻

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@MihirDarji2 Fantastic Mihir! 🙌🏻

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@GoDaddy you can market your services without being shameless too!

None of my websites are down FYI.

Should move my domains to @Namecheap soon.

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@vatsal_sanghvi The same happened with my parents too last year, it was a Buddha Statue that was delivered under my name.

The scammers ensure the COD order is priced under 1000 rupees. 😅

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@ChanakyaShah The country needs more Deepinder Goyals than bullies like LiverDoc! :)

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

He is still finding his positioning Anoop, he himself has clarified this in his recent tweets.

We need to give him and his team enough time, to get back with more data and studies.

He isn’t forcing anyone to preorder his device for 85k. He isn’t forcing hospitals to start adopting his device.

It’s not a “scam” by any means.

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

It’s easy to hate but incredibly difficult to build something!

I really hope Temple proves the haters wrong. :)

[Deepinder Goyal @deepigoyal]

Dear Concerned Indian Doctors,

I see your rage against Temple on X. I have a few points
to make:

1. First and foremost, a business lesson: if Temple were a scam, and any of what we said weren't true, people would know it in just a few days of using Temple. We have 14-day, no-questions-asked returns (which even Apple doesn't offer in India). If the product doesn't work, it fails out of the gate and the company dies before recovering a tenth of its R&D.

2. We have already spent $30m building Temple, $20m out of which is my own money. Selling a few thousand devices recovers a small fraction of this investment. A scam that pays nothing is not a scam anyone would run.

3. I left the Eternal CEO role to chase purpose with Temple. This is not about money. I have enough of it to last for generations. My incentives are fully aligned with getting the science right. I am not staking a reputation earned over 20 years on making a quick buck.

4. Our employees bought into our round a few months ago. The round we're raising now is mostly our customers. Scams don't build that cap table.

5. Most wearable companies start with internal studies. Whoop shipped its band in 2015, and the first published validation followed a few years later. We hold ourselves to a higher standard; pre-prints are a step prior to peer reviewed publications, and they are coming up.

6. At some point you have to stick your neck out and say: we believe in our science, and the product is now valuable enough for people to pay for and use. We believe we are there. More validation continues in public.

7. We are confident that we are building something that the world is going to be positively astonished with. We stand by our science and our methods. Each of our claims is easily verifiable by individuals and institutions alike, and you will see a lot of independent studies come up on their own when the device becomes available to use.

Last but not the least, the most ground breaking features in Temple are not even public yet. And some of them, thankfully, have nothing to do with doctors 🤭

Hope this addresses some or all of your concerns. If not, keep raging 😘🤗

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@anoopxh TheLiverDoc is biased in his hate for others! Have muted him a long while ago.

You can criticise a product or simply choose to not buy it but calling it a “scam” when it is just in its pre-order phase is crossing the line.

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@subwaysquawkers It’s never a bad thing, completing a marathon is an amazing accomplishment any day! 😊💯

Have completed a marathon in all kinds of timings from 4:17 to 5:44 and every finish has been memorable.

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

I find it strange when critics (and even some doctors) argue that running offers little benefit, as though that’s a reason not to do it.

I have a fundamental problem with this line of thinking. Why must everything we do in life be transactional?

Why can’t recreational athletes simply run for the joy of running?

Not everything needs to be about optimising our health, longevity, or productivity. Sometimes, the joy of doing something is good enough! 😁

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@sandeepvarma15 Thankyou Sandeep sir 😊

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

Jawadhu Hills Ultra (30K, 750m D+) ⛰️

A lovely weekend of trail running in the Eastern Ghats! 😁❤️

Feels good to be building my fitness and confidence again for longer races. 😌

One of the best-organised trail races I’ve been part of! Huge kudos to Chennai Trail Club (CTC). Their passion and attention to detail were evident throughout the race! 🙌🏻

#JawadhuHillsUltra #TrailRunning

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@anoopxh Thankyou Anoop :)

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@satishs Thankyou Satish! :)

Looking back, I think I have often walked away with fascinating medals from trails. 😁❤️

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@sharan_kumark Thankyou Sharan, excited for trail running and some hiking in the next couple of months! 🤗

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@sheku3001 Thankyou Sheku bhai! 🤗

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@Runnomattervhat Thankyou Ashok bhai!

It was fantastic, do run it next year 😁🙌🏻

[Prashanth Vaidya @thecodemarathon]

@blurggy Thankyou :)