My Impossible List

An ever-evolving list of goals worth chasing — to cross off and replace with bigger ones. Inspired by Thomas Frank’s original and a 2018 version of mine, redrawn around the rider, runner, and lifter I’m becoming.

How to read it: strikethrough = done. Plain bullet = open. Italic = currently on deck. The list is alive — things get added, struck off, and reordered as the years go.

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Running

• Sub-20 5K
• Sub-45 10K — building toward this at the Hyderabad Slam 16K on Aug 16, 2026
• Sub-40 10K
• Sub-1:30 half marathon
• Sub-3:30 full marathon
• One World Marathon Major (Berlin, Chicago, London, NYC, Boston, or Tokyo)
• All six majors — Six Star finisher

Racing — Cycling

• 4 W/kg sustained
• 4.5 W/kg sustained
• 5 W/kg (stretch)
• 300 W for 20 minutes
• BBCH Elite podium
• BBCH Elite P1
• Race a crit in the US or UK
• A training block in Mallorca
• L’Étape du Tour
• Maratona dles Dolomites
• A Haute Route stage

Randonneuring & Ultra-distance

• PBP — second finish
• LEL (London–Edinburgh–London)
• North Cape 4000
• Alpi 4000
• Transcontinental Race (TCR)
• Everesting (8,848 m of climb in one ride)
• Double Everesting (stretch)
• A Super Randonneur series every year I ride
• A 1000 km BRM

Multisport

• Half Ironman
• Full Ironman

Strength & Fitness

• Visible six-pack
• Deadlift 2× bodyweight
• Squat 1.5× bodyweight
• Strict overhead press at bodyweight
• 10 strict pull-ups in a row
• A clean 10-second handstand hold

Treks

• Pin Bhabha Pass
• Rupin Pass
• Hampta Pass
• Kedarkantha
• Everest Base Camp
• Stok Kangri

Adventure & Touring

• Leh–Manali by bike
• Manali–Spiti loop by bike
• Kashmir to Kanyakumari (K2K)
• A 1000 km self-supported solo bikepack
• Watch a Tour de France stage live in France
• Watch Paris–Roubaix in person
• Watch a Giro stage live in Italy

Mind & Craft

• Chess: ELO 1500
• Chess: ELO 1800
• Chess: ELO 2000
• Read 24 books in a year
• Publish a long-form piece (10,000+ words) on this site

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Last updated: 2026-05-29.