The Curious Case of... Dharmendra

(All of us are born curious. Some of us actively practice it, irrespective of age. Our Curious Cases series gives you a glimpse into the minds of such curious folk. May they rub off you the right way!)

Name

Dharmendra

Location

Bangalore

What I do

Running Coach

On the Curiosity scale, I am...

Super Curious

What I prefer to consume (in descending order of preference):

Books > Movies

Number of books and movies I get through in a year:

25-35 books. Perhaps less than half that no. in movies.

One book I'd recommend to a friend / colleague:

Thinking Fast Thinking Slow

My best source for book / movie / website recommendations

Friends

One movie / show I've loved that hardly anyone else has watched:

The Man from Earth

One place on Earth that I am very curious about:

Kenya

Website(s) that I get a lot of useful info from

www.letsrun.com

One topic I am super-opinionated about:

The older I get, the less attached I am to any particular viewpoint.

People come to me to find out what I think about these topics:

Running, General Fitness

The strangest food item I have eaten

Wasabi Sauce

If I could spend a day in the mind, body, and shoes of a person, it would be

Sammy Wanjiru on the day he won the Chicago Marathon in 2010.

One interesting / fun fact I recently learnt

It isn't uncommon for elite rowers to pass out during competition!

I stay up-to-date by doing this

Visiting running-related websites almost daily and reading almost daily.

One interesting/fun fact about myself

I started running only at the age of 22 and it is now the basis for my living.

I express my curiosity by doing these things

Trying out new stuff often. I am a sucker for novelty.

The one thing I am very interested in

Personal Improvement

A habit or skill I'd love to acquire

Rowing

A movie or TV show that taught me something new

Chariots of Fire

If there was one mystery I'd like to solve, it would be

What exactly happened on Capt. Mallory's expedition to Everest in 1924?

I would love to do this at least once

Row along the Oxford Cambridge Boat Race route.

People I would like to ask all these same questions to:

Arun Simha

Curiosity is important to my work because...

There are so many different ways to get better as a runner. 
I started out training the old school way (and continue to do so, till date). 
But I have learnt with time, that not every one responds to the same stimulus 
in the same way. So it important to be aware of alternatives.

Someone I know who asks a lot of questions

My nephew