Milind Soman on running barefoot, eating insects and mid-life crisis

Updated on Mar 13, 2019 02:09 pm IST

The sixth edition of Bajaj Electricals Pinkathon Delhi 2018 in Delhi took place on September 23 in which 10,000 women took part, from youngsters to those in their late 70s, including a team of visually impaired girls, hearing impaired girls, cancer survivors and mothers with their babies. The man behind this whole movement, Milind Soman spoke to us about Pinkathon, why he prefers barefoot running, eating insects and more. On July 19, 2015, he completed the Ironman Triathlon in Zurich, that required a person to do a 3.8-km swim, a 180.2-km cycle ride and a 42.2-km run, which had to be finished without a break in 16 hours, to get the title of Ironman. 50-year old Milind completed it in 15 hours and 19 minutes.

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