{"id":5313,"date":"2022-11-18T16:07:11","date_gmt":"2022-11-18T16:07:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/?p=5313"},"modified":"2022-12-20T07:16:00","modified_gmt":"2022-12-20T07:16:00","slug":"pit-stop-chandigarh-for-8-yr-old-raavi-kashmir-to-kanyakumari-is-a-cycles-distance-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/pit-stop-chandigarh-for-8-yr-old-raavi-kashmir-to-kanyakumari-is-a-cycles-distance-away\/","title":{"rendered":"Pit Stop Chandigarh: For 8-yr-old Raavi Kashmir to Kanyakumari is a Cycle\u2019s Distance Away"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"blog-video\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"width: 352px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('video');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5313-1\" width=\"352\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-11-18-at-7.56.01-PM.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-11-18-at-7.56.01-PM.mp4\">https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-11-18-at-7.56.01-PM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>A 8-yr-old girl cycles 100 km each day. She started her journey from Lal Chowk in Srinagar and her destination is Kanyakumari.\u00a0She will cover 4,500 km journey in about two months.<\/p>\n<p>May sound unbelievable, but it\u2019s true. A Patiala girl Raavi Kaur Badesha\u00a0is cycling alongside her cycling enthusiast father Simranjit Singh Badesha who is a constable in Punjab Police.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-video\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<div style=\"width: 525px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-5313-2\" width=\"525\" height=\"289\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-11-18-at-9.10.57-PM.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-11-18-at-9.10.57-PM.mp4\">https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Video-2022-11-18-at-9.10.57-PM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blog-video\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She began her journey from J&amp;K on Nov 10. Then she reached Jammu and later entered Punjab. On November 16, she reached Hoshiarpur via Mukerian, Dasuan, Garhshankar, and Balachaur.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On November 18, she reached Chandigarh, paid obeisance at the Sohana Gurdwara in Mohali and stayed the night at a friend\u2019s place in Sector 80, Mohali.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/\"><strong><em>CityWoofer<\/em><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0spoke to the father-daughter duo during their stopover at Mohali.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-18-at-6.34.57-PM-889x400.jpeg\" alt=\"8-yr-old Raavi with her cycle\" width=\"889\" height=\"400\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How are you arranging for your food and stay during the journey?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We are in contact with our friends, well-wishers and acquaintances, there is somebody or the other somewhere. We have our own YouTube channel \u2018Himalayan cycling\u2019, so people are themselves coming forward to help us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Is there any particular diet that Raavi eats to get energy?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">No, she eats the normal food whatever is available, little bit of eggs and chicken, but yes she does not eat any junk food.<\/p>\n<div class=\"blog-video\" style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>How is she catching up with her studies during this journey?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Before we begin our day, Raavi has to be on a video call without fail with her mother who helps her study. She has been granted a two-month leave by the school.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Does she have a special cycle or is it the ordinary one? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I got a special cycle imported from Canada for her from my relatives settled at Surrey in Canada.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width-img py-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-18-at-6.34.59-PM-886x400.jpeg\" alt=\"8-yr-old Raavi with her cycle in Mohali\" width=\"886\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Have you thought of cycling as a prospective sport for her where she can win medals for the country?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">These expeditions are just training her for bigger events, Once she is 12, then she\u2019 ll be able to participate in cycling competitions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>What is the child\u2019s response to such a humongous journey for her?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">She is positive till now, let\u2019s see!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><strong>Have you participated in any cycling marathons and competitions before?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I got into cycling in 2015. Later, I introduced my daughter to cycling at the age of four. Ever since she has been at it. This is not the first time she has undertaken such an arduous journey. Her first cycling trip was of 50 km when she was four and a half years old. Then, she did a round trip with me from Patiala to Kasauli which is about 400 km. In June, 2022 we undertook another trip from Shimla to Ladakh which was a total of 800 km.<\/p>\n<div class=\"full-width-img py-3\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/WhatsApp-Image-2022-11-18-at-6.35.02-PM-889x400.jpeg\" alt=\"8-yr-old Raavi with her cycle\" width=\"889\" height=\"400\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A 8-yr-old girl cycles 100 km each day. She started her journey from Lal Chowk in Srinagar and her destination is Kanyakumari.\u00a0She will cover 4,500 km journey in about two months. May sound unbelievable, but it\u2019s true. A Patiala girl Raavi Kaur Badesha\u00a0is cycling alongside her cycling enthusiast father Simranjit Singh Badesha who is a &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.citywoofer.com\/blog\/pit-stop-chandigarh-for-8-yr-old-raavi-kashmir-to-kanyakumari-is-a-cycles-distance-away\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pit Stop Chandigarh: For 8-yr-old Raavi Kashmir to Kanyakumari is a Cycle\u2019s Distance Away&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[468],"tags":[773,776,774,775],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>For 8-yr-old Raavi Kashmir to Kanyakumari is a Cycle\u2019s Distance Away<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A 8-yr-old Raavi cycles 100 km each day. 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