This document summarizes the athletic accomplishments and preparations of Dr. Amit Samarth for the Race Across America (RAAM). Some key points: - Dr. Samarth is an endurance athlete who has finished RAAM solo, making him the first Indian to do so. He has also finished 8 Ironman 70.3 races and 1 full Ironman. - RAAM is a non-stop ultra-cycling race across the United States that covers around 3,000 miles over 12 days. It involves climbing over 130,000 feet, equivalent to climbing Mount Everest 4.5 times. - Dr. Samarth trained extensively for RAAM, including cycling over 2,

1. Dr. Amit Samarth
ONLY INDIAN
RAAM FINISHER AS
WELL AS IRONMAN

2. • Endurance Athlete
• RAAM Solo Finisher – First Indian
Rookie
• 9 Ironman Race finisher
– 1 full Ironman
– 8 Ironman 70.3
• Winner of Thonnur Lake Triathlon
and Chennai Triathlon 2015
• Winner of Power Duathlon 2016 at
Hyderabad Triathlon

4. • Cycle Race
• 3150 miles
• Equals to 5040 kms
• Non-stop race
• It is not a stage race
• 12 days x 24 hrs = 288 hours
• Once the clock starts it does not stop until
the finish line
RAAM
Solo

5. • Total climbing of 39850 meters
• That is 1,30,741 feet of climbing
• Amounts to climbing Everest 4.5
times
• From Borrego Springs to Cortez is
dry and arid part of RAAM – 1332
kms
• Total desert part is 990 kms from
Borrego Springs to Tuba City
• Maximum climbing is the last third
of the race
• From Time station 43 Chillicothe to
Time station 50 Hancock – 614 kms

6. Arizona Colorado West Virginia
Total climbing of 39850 meters
Equals to climbing Everest 4.5 times

7. Preparations for
Race Across America (RAAM)

9. Amit Samarth crewed for Seana
Hogan in RAAM 2016
Key crew member for Seana Hogan
in RAAAM 2016

10. 2700 kms cycling in 5 days 5
hours
Nagpur – Hyderabad –
Bangalore – Hubbali –
Kolhapur – Pune –
Aurangabad - Nagpur

11. Training in West Virginia

12. Training in Boulder

13. Photo Session and
vehicle inspection
before the race

14. Team Amit Samarth at Start Line
RAAM Solo is a Team Sport

15. With Mother, wife and Son

17. Crew was naive, innocent and novice and absolutely in Love with me

18. Team Amit Samarth working 24x7

19. RAAM Mastermind
Bhanu Rajgopalan

20. Tireless efforts of Nayak Family

21. RAAM Crew Chief
Vivitt Walve

22. Unwavering
Support
of
Chetan
Thate

23. Team Amit Samarth
• Jeetendra Nayak
• Renuka Nayak
• Ravindra Nayak
• Mridula Dunten
• Doug Dunten
• Rishabh Ingle
• Devesh
• Krish Srikanth
• Sachin Palewar
• Sachin Kuthe
• Mukul Tripathi
• Vijaya Samarth
• Suruchi Warwatkar
• Ayaan Samarth
• Anurag Kulkarni
• Anand Supner
• Dinesh Rathi
• Bhanu Rajgopalan
• Nikhil Chauhan
• Vivitt Walve
• Lalith

27. RAAM is Fun….!

29. At RAAM Presentation
Ceremony

30. From a School boy to RAAM Finisher

32. Grand Welcome back home….!

33. Grand Welcome back home….!

34. Press Coverage for Amit Samarth
Post RAAM

41. Newspaper article written
by Dr Swapna Khanzode,
my school friend

47. Motivational Talk shows in schools and colleges