Founder @therunninggenie 🚀 | Building running tech | Ultramarathoner 🏃♂️ | KhardungLa Challenge (72k) Finisher 🏔️
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From being at the finish line cheering for KC finishers to being a #KhardunglaChallenge finisher myself. 😇
It’s easy to hate but incredibly difficult to build something!
I really hope Temple proves the haters wrong. :)
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 😘🤗
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 retweeted
My personal appeal to all youth clubs, running groups and fitness enthusiasts across Karnataka!
Why should world-class 10K runs be limited to Bengaluru and Mysuru? Let’s bring them to every district and taluk of Karnataka!
With “Fit Karnataka, Drug-Free Karnataka” as our mission, let’s inspire more young people to embrace fitness, discipline and healthy living.
Several leading running clubs in Bengaluru have come forward to support this initiative with T-shirts, medals, timing infrastructure, prize money and sponsorships.
Have you organised running or fitness events in your district or taluk, or are you eager to organise one? I want to hear from you!
Write to [email protected] with a brief introduction about your organisation.
I promise to come and run alongside you at these events!
This is a mission close to my heart. Let’s join hands and build a fitter, healthier and drug-free Karnataka!
Prashanth Vaidya retweeted
There is a legitimate conversation to be had about the risks of marathons and Hyrox. These are demanding sporting events, and preparation, appropriate training, medical awareness and race-day safety matter.
But the framing needs perspective. In one of the largest such studies, an analysis of 29 Mn marathon/HM finishers in the US (2010–23) found 59 cardiac deaths, i.e. roughly one fatality for every 500,000 participants (0.0002%). That's a risk, but an exceptionally low one.
Loose analogies: we don't judge the safety of air travel by isolated crashes. For context, India recorded 1.73 lakh road deaths in 2023 (474 every day). The same perspective is needed when discussing endurance sports. These aren't directly comparable risk measures, but the contrast is worth reflecting on.
The bigger public-health concern is physical inactivity. WHO estimates that insufficiently active people have a 20–30% higher risk of death than those who are sufficiently active. Its recommendations are hardly extreme: 150–300 mins of moderate physical activity a week (30 min on five days), or equivalent vigorous activity, along with strength training twice a week.
We should absolutely encourage people to train sensibly, build up gradually, understand their health and respect the demands of endurance events.
But presenting marathons/Hyrox "primarily" through the lens of rare tragedies risks getting the public-health message completely backwards. For the overwhelming majority who don't get even 30 minutes of regular physical activity, the priority should be to just get moving: walking, running, cycling, swimming or strength training.
We need more people embracing an active lifestyle, not more people being scared away from one.
I hate people pushing their narratives and stalking her Strava mileage to reason about her death.
Disgusting behaviour!
This story is fucking tragic, I can't imagine losing my daughter this way
Seeing all these responses here from people blaming it on the "vaxx" and "runners" saying she wasn't physically trained to make it because her Strava only showed 30 miles per week is simply pissing me the fuck off
Her dad says doctors told the family it was rhabdomyolysis, which is very real, especially in an event where you are pushing yourself to your true limit
Can you imagine how her parents feel right now?
Her dad was tracking her and texting her every mile. Around mile 18 she sent "Ugh" and then "Ow." He told her to go easy. At mile 23 he sent "Final stretch. Finished, not speed." And then no response.
Rhabdo can happen to anyone, trained or untrained. To sit there and say "she wasn't ready" or "oh she must have gotten the vax"... seriously?
No one is ready for their first marathon. We also don't know the full picture, we don't know if all her public Strava training data was all the training she did in preparation...
I am sure that there were plenty of other people in this same race that were less prepared to run the race than she was, so let's not pretend you need to be in "elite" shape to run a marathon.
As a parent, I would much rather have my daughter running marathons than all the other bullshit people in their early to mid 20s are doing. A day that should have been about someone achieving something that less than 1% of Americans achieve in their lifetime, and two proud parents, ended in a tragedy
No parent should ever have to bury their own child
Absolutely heartbreaking
Prashanth Vaidya retweeted
This story is fucking tragic, I can't imagine losing my daughter this way
Seeing all these responses here from people blaming it on the "vaxx" and "runners" saying she wasn't physically trained to make it because her Strava only showed 30 miles per week is simply pissing me the fuck off
Her dad says doctors told the family it was rhabdomyolysis, which is very real, especially in an event where you are pushing yourself to your true limit
Can you imagine how her parents feel right now?
Her dad was tracking her and texting her every mile. Around mile 18 she sent "Ugh" and then "Ow." He told her to go easy. At mile 23 he sent "Final stretch. Finished, not speed." And then no response.
Rhabdo can happen to anyone, trained or untrained. To sit there and say "she wasn't ready" or "oh she must have gotten the vax"... seriously?
No one is ready for their first marathon. We also don't know the full picture, we don't know if all her public Strava training data was all the training she did in preparation...
I am sure that there were plenty of other people in this same race that were less prepared to run the race than she was, so let's not pretend you need to be in "elite" shape to run a marathon.
As a parent, I would much rather have my daughter running marathons than all the other bullshit people in their early to mid 20s are doing. A day that should have been about someone achieving something that less than 1% of Americans achieve in their lifetime, and two proud parents, ended in a tragedy
No parent should ever have to bury their own child
Absolutely heartbreaking
NYC Marathon runner Rachel Apa dies after collapsing in Central Park two miles from finish line trib.al/vaGtb6A
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
Watched Dorothy and Baththa this weekend.
I love the direction Tamil movies like these are heading in. Truly wholesome to watch! 😁❤️
My heart was finally content because October had some trail running in it. 🥹❤️
Managed nearly 4000m of climbing! 🤗
Grateful and looking forward to November. 😁🌟
How my running bib is going to look this coming running season! 😛
Running a 30K trail race tomorrow to build back my confidence for longer distances 😁🤞🏻
#JawadhuHillsUltra
He thrash talks like crazy but backed up all that talking with 107 hours of running and winning it for USA, respect! 🫡
