Edelweiss Financial Services Chairman Rashesh Shah is back to base in Mumbai, after finishing the Half Ironman Triathlon in Berlin, Germany on September 15. The top corporate leader clocked seven hours and 17 minutes completing the course comprising a 1.9 km sea swim, followed by a 90-km bike ride and a 21.1 km run. The time was a Personal Best (PB).

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Shah said, “This is my third Ironman, I have done one in Antalya (Turkey) and Italy earlier.  This time, it was Berlin calling.” Shah continued, “This is the Half Ironman, also known as the Ironman 70.3. Of the three—swimming, biking, and running—the cycling leg was challenging. The road had significant curves and bends. It was also very windy.” Shah said as he prepared for the bike leg, “by a lot of indoor cycling. We are hampered in Mumbai with not too many places to practise biking, so indoors it was for me most of the time.” He added though that he did cycling loops on the Palm Beach Road (Navi Mumbai) which sees many cyclists furiously pedalling away on that stretch.