Madhu Nagaraja has swum the English Channel, conquered Lake Ontario and completed the Marathon des Sables, a six day Ultra Marathon Foot Race in the Sahara Desert
Madhu Nagaraja is a Technology Leader in RegTech, FinTech and Sustainability initiatives. He’s currently the Head of Client Services at PointChain Technology Inc. PointChain is a software platform that leverages smart contracting and analytics to support regulated, high-risk, and complex industries; enabling trusted, transparent, and efficient networks.
A long distance swimmer, ultra marathon runner, community organizer, sustainability advocate and winner of 2019 Arc’teryx Problem Solvers initiatives. Madhu is also a SWIM DRINK FISH Ambassador and Arcteryx Adventure Athlete Ambassador.
MADHU NAGARAJA learned to swim as a child in India, in his hometown of Mysore in India. It was there that he first learned about the Great Lakes when he was in Grade 5. Little did he know what a major role this lesson would later play in his life.
According to Canadian long distance swimming icon Marilyn Bell, “My friend Madhu Nagaraja has proven that he is an extraordinary athlete. He has swum the English Channel and conquered Lake Ontario and continues to train with diligence and a passion that comes from deep in his marathoner’s heart.”
Madhu devotes many hours working with both Great Lakes Open Water Adventures (GLOW) and Great Lakes Trust, a fund supporting scientific research, artistic expression, and civic
engagement for the Great Lakes.
Among Madhu’s swimming accomplishments:
- 2004 swam across the English Channel
- 2005 swam in Lake Ontario for the first time
- 2010 Marathon Des Sables
- 2012 swam across Lake Ontario
- 2016 was part of a group that swam 1 mile in each of the Great Lakes in less than 24 hours
- 2017 first Canadian to swim across the Strait of Magellan
Currently, Madhu is training for SINISTER7. 100mile in the Rockies mountain range in Alberta.
Timestamps:
- 1:28 – Madhu talks about his starting off and glad he lost his job
- 5:10 – Madhu talks about how he prepared to swim the channel
- 8:24 – Madhu talks about his motivation for getting out of bed in the morning
- 11:25 – Madhu talks about his love of socialisation as well as adventure
- 13:44 – Madhu and Kate talk about their “why”
- 17:38 – Madhu talks about his desert marathon and the people around him
- 21:25 – Madhu imparts his training teaching to Kate
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