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BRM 200 .....The Agony and Ecstasy What is BRM? Brevets de Randonneurs Mondiaux (BRMs)  This was my status and state of knowledge on March,15th 2018. I googled and found  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randonneuring . Well I love cycling, and I have already written about that in my earlier blog  http://manojvanjari.blogspot.in/2018/05/century-ride-on-cycle-beginning-of.html Well I registered for Mar,31st BRM 200. I had to cycle 200KM and to be eligible for the Randonneur, title should do it with self-support and complete in max 13hrs 30min on the defined route at defined start and end time, with various interval checks. With lot of excitement, slightly confident and faith in self strength started at 8.45PM IST, 45 minutes late than schedule time. Route Pune - Kapurphol - Lonavala - Pune Delay in start, traffic and over estimated confidence in self....It soon became race against time and game of mind. By 2.30AM after almost 6 hours and covering approx 110+KM I

  Today's Pain and Preparation, is Success Tomorrow Once upon a time , long ago 35 years ago in a small place Dombivili a small boy loved cycling. He had simple Speedking no gear cycle. He used to cycle all day everywhere and used to take double seat and triple seat. His buddies shared the same passion. He also was one of the best slow cyclist. Soon routine academic pursuits took priority, followed by career pursuits and later family pursuits. One thing led to another and in "Pursuit of Happiness", poor boys joy and passion for cycling gathered rust and spider web. Well they say, when you wish from heart, the whole universe converges to make it happen. Blessing in disguise came in form of COB: Cycle on Buddies. I met this wonderful group of young high spirit cyclists , exactly 1 year ago for a Night ride from Pune University. I was very apprehensive and worried , since was getting into long distance cycling after very long time. Lot had changed o