Pune Chapter — Loop 3

Loop 3 turned hard: four out on the timeout — Bib 813 (Amit Kumar), Bib 408 (Pruthvij), Bib 405 (Sanjay Rao) and Bib 402 (Biswadip Choudhury). Tightest return: Bib 401 (Tushar Budhlani), 1 min 2 sec to spare. 37 still on course. There’s real chatter about the heat and this start time — the race director calls it deliberate, part of the challenge, with talk of pushing future starts later, even into a night loop. Overhead, Shindewadi’s sky keeps trading sun for cloud, a thunderstorm somewhere in the afternoon’s plans.