- By Tapapriya Dutta
- Wed, 07 Aug 2024 09:59 AM (IST)
- Source:JND
Saiyami Kher will be the first Bollywood actress to participate in the toughest triathlon in the world Ironman Race in Berlin in September. The race covers swimming, cycling and running one after another, culminating in 40 days. The actress said that this race will not only test her physical capabilities but her mental health as well. She shared that she had tried to attempt it in 2016 but the race got cancelled. However, she mentally prepared herself to complete the race.
In an interview with Hindustan Times, Saiyami said “I'm super excited about it. This is something that I have been wanting to do for a really long time. I was attempting it in 2020, but COVID-19 happened. I had trained but the race got cancelled. After which I was not mentally prepared to do it. Now, I put my mind back at it.”
She continued, “I need to be well trained for all three disciplines. I actually had a cycling accident in June last year in Italy. For almost eight months, I did nothing at all because I was mentally not there. In February this year, I started training for the race. It has been six months of very diligent training. It's been very intense because I'm shooting for a film and I train for two hours every day. On my off days, I train for say five-six hours.”
“This race requires you to be mentally extremely strong because you're not allowed to listen to music during the race. You need to spend 8 hours with yourself. And you have all kinds of thoughts when you are spending that much time with yourself. For me, it is a test of not only my physical capability, but also just my mental strength. The reason why I'm doing this is to push my limits in and have these small victories when you feel you can't achieve,” she added.
“Anyone can sign up and do it. It's just about putting in the time and effort to do it. It requires a lot of time and effort which people don't want to give. I'm pretty proud that I'm doing it. I'm the first female actor to do it. Milind Soman was the first one to do it and I hope that many others follow,” she concluded.
Saiyami Kher is known for her work in Ghoomer, Choked, Mauli, Breathe: Into the Shadows, Unpaused, Sharmajee Ki Beti, 8 A.M. Metro and Faadu to name a few.