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Imagine riding a motorcycle for more than 9,000 km of treacherous terrain under brutal conditions and inhospitable weather through jungle tracks, salt flats and sand dunes. For 14 days straight. Without any electronic navigation. And you not only have to make it alive to the destination, but also make it there fast. Now imagine doing it for a living.Welcome to CS Santoshs wacky world. The first Indian to compete in the Dakar Rally, he is now bracing for his third appearance in the event in January 2017. Having traditionally been staged in Africa -- and being known as Paris-Dakar -- the rally underwent a continental shift in 2009 after the earlier edition had to be called off due to security concerns. But even now the Dakar has some of the worlds best riders traversing through South America in the most gruelling motorsport event on the planet.It takes big b***s, Santosh, 32, says with a deep voice and a smile that reaches his eyes. And, of course, an element of lunacy.An unlikely inspiration lies at the heart of Santoshs choosing an unchartered course in life for himself: Sabeer Bhatia, founder of Hotmail and, like Santosh, an alumni of St Josephs, Bangalore. When I was in school, I wanted to be the next Sabeer Bhatia, he says. I used to think, Wow, this guy is really cool. I knew I wanted to do something adventurous in life and when I got a motorcycle to go to college it was just pure freedom for me.Starting out with riding his motorcycle on empty grounds and dry lake beds, Santosh discovered his love for off-road racing. He rode with TVS Racing for about a decade, becoming the Supercross champion four times. In 2006, he won the Al-Ain Motocross in Dubai.In 2012, in his first attempt, he won the Raid de Himalaya in record time. Two years later he won the Desert Storm Rally, also in his maiden attempt, and went on to win its two subsequent editions as well.Santosh was breaking new ground but sponsors were unwilling to risk their money on a man they hadnt heard much about and one who was bidding to participate in an event -- the Dakar Rally -- they knew little of. About 100,000 euros (Rs 70 lakh) was what it cost a rider to enter the rally. With friends and family pooling in, Santosh became the first Indian to compete in the Dakar in January 2015. Battling a shoulder injury, bleeding nose and a toe fracture, he finished 36th.You dont really know what to expect, he says. And considering we dont know much about the Dakar in India and there are very few people whove done it from Asia [either], its a huge unknown. For me, there was a lot of pressure to finish the first Dakar since I was a privateer who had made it there with support from friends and family. I didnt really think about being the first Indian to finish and all that. Its just that by default I became the first Indian. I wanted to finish for myself but also I knew that it was the one shot I had. If I didnt finish, Id slip into oblivion. Nobody would care.The following year, riding a Suzuki 450 rally bike, Santosh had to retire in the fourth stage of the Dakar after the navigation tower on his vehicle broke.This time, on board the Hero MotoSports team, Santosh will be riding an upgraded version of the Speedbrain 450 rally bike. As an athlete, corporate support means everything, he says. In sport you dont want to have the undue pressure of not knowing whether you will have a next event at all.In 2013 a near-fatal accident at the World Cross Country Rally Championship left Santosh with third-degree burns after his bike caught fire. The scars on his neck are still prominent and deep. Ive now stopped putting my bike on fire, he says with a laugh. When I look at the top guys, theyre crazy because in cross-country rallying you dont really know the course. Its not like its a closed circuit where you know where youre going and you learn the corners. Today in the Dakar, everybody is trying to go as fast as they can on roads and terrain theyve never seen before.Spread across 12 stages, the January 2-14 race will begin in Paraguay, a fresh addition to the rally, before heading to Argentina, climbing into Bolivia and then returning to the Argentinean capital, Buenos Aires, for the finish. It will spend about 10 days at altitudes sometimes touching 4,000m, largely in Bolivia.Its like an action movie, Santosh says. For 14 days its like a circus moving from one place to another and its incredible because you dont have time for anything. Since altitude will form a large part of the race this time, Im planning to train in the Himalayas before heading to the Dakar.The two marathon stages in the Dakar often prove to be important, he says. Split over two days, in a marathon stage riders cannot seek the help of their assistance teams and are expected to independently handle the mechanics of their machine. But competitors are permitted to help each other.You have to go out there and compete bearing in mind that its not a one-day or a 10km stage where you go all out and sprint, says Santosh. You need to keep in mind that its a 14-day event and you need to first and foremost finish the rally. If you can pace yourself, minimize mistakes, manage marathon stages, make it back and put a good race together with good speed, you have a good result.Only second to a riders machine during a rally is the road book. Minus electronic navigation, its a scroll of paper, primitive yet indispensable, that riders pore over to make sense of the unknown terrain that lies before them. Its one support that brings a bit of method to the madness. Every night when the riders return to the camping area, also known as the bivouac, they are handed a rolled-up road book that uses a lexicon of its own -- for instance, the symbol !!! indicates a dangerous section of the trail -- to spell out waypoints and dangers that lie ahead.On an average, riders cover 700km daily. You race, come back, prepare your road book and are again out racing early next morning, Santosh says, It takes three hours on an average to go through the road book and prepare for the next day. Youre not left with time for much else.Preparations -- including extensive training both on and off the motorcycle -- kick in at least six months before the Dakar. Im already in Dakar mode, he says. Right through the day, even during meals and while on the gym bicycle, Im playing it out in my mind and trying to simulate conditions. You need to be in your best physical condition when you head there. Because those 14 days will break you down. You basically build yourself to go there and be destroyed.About 70 people have lost their lives in the Dakar Rally since 1979, a fair indication of the high degree of risks involved in the event. Here in India, 47-year-old biker Subhamoy Paul fell to his death in the third leg of the Raid de Himalaya on October 11, forcing the organizers to call off the race.Santosh hints that the organizers in India should work around constraints -- geographical location of the Himalayas, which hosts the Raid de Himalaya, and the close proximity to the Line of Control in case of the Desert Storm Rally in Rajasthan -- to make rallies safer. As a rider when youre racing in the desert or anywhere else, at the back of your mind you dont want to worry about whats going to happen in case you crash. When I went from an Indian event to an international one, I noticed the difference. In international rallies, I know if I crash, they have a GPS and a sentinel on the bike who relays a message through satellite and thered be a medical evacuation chopper within eight minutes.Off-road racing, unlike track racing, is more about the man and less about the machine, he says. In track racing, like Formula One and Moto GP, the team and machine is more important, Santosh says. In rallying though, I would say its 50-50. You may not have the fastest bike but you can still be fast. You may not have the best team but you can still be competitive.This year Santosh has another Indian -- TVSs KP Aravind -- joining him in what has so far been a lonely ride at the Dakar. We used to race together at TVS, Santosh says. Hes one of the most talented bikers in India. When I did my first Dakar, I was the only Indian guy. But when youre the only person in something, youre sort of an endangered species and its not good for the ecosystem. Now, theres Aravind. I hope therere more of us because theres lot of space for me, him and everybody else.Santoshs journey isnt free from moments of self-doubt, loathing or despair. But with each battle against despondent thoughts he finds the will to hold out a little longer. There are times when youre sitting on the motorcycle and wondering why are you even doing this, going through all this pain and torture, he says. And you just say to yourself that sometimes in life you may not enjoy what youre doing but you just get through with it. Because at the end of the day when you make it, theres a reward in store. Adidas Nmd Trainers Uk Sale . Cuban testified Thursday that he was upset when the companys CEO told him news that would reduce the value of his shares, for which hed paid $7.5 million. But he said he did nothing improper when he sold those shares over the next two days. 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It appears that former WWE champion Daniel Bryan, who was forced to retire in February because of concussion-related symptoms, hasnt officially closed the door on making a return to the ring.Bryan, 35, whose real name is Bryan Danielson, has been the center of rumors in recent weeks regarding his status after a fiery confrontation with?The Miz?on Talking Smack, the after-show for SmackDown Live. He appeared on SportsCenters weekly WWE segment, Off the Top Rope, with Jonathan Coachman on Wednesday and spoke candidly about whether he believes hell ever wrestle again.If you were to ask me nine days out of 10, I would say, Absolutely! Bryan said about his desire to return. I keep trying to convince people that Im OK to wrestle, and I think thats probably the hard part. A lot of times Im trying to convince myself, too, that I can wrestle. Its really hard, because the concussion issue is very subjective, and thats the part that a lot of people dont understand.In February, Bryan told Coachman he had suffered 10 documented concussions throughout his career and that it would be difficult to estimate how many more went unreported. He also admitted to hiding post-concussion seizures for years.But Bryan has undergone further testing since his retirement, which he alluded to Wednesday.I was cleared by a lot of concussion specialists, Bryan said. There was one test that kind of flagged me, but then the more I learned about that test, the more I learned, Hey, maybe that shouldnt have stopped me.Theres a lot more than meets the eye to this situation. I feel great, and I feel like every day that I can wrestle. Im doing jiu-jitsu and kickboxing and stuff like that, and I feel 100 percent.Bryan made his return to WWE television in recent months as a color commentator on the WWE Cruiserweight Classic and, most prominently, as the on-screen general manager of SmackDown Live. But it was a heated argument he had with The Miz during an appearance last week on the WWE Networks Talking Smack show that had social media buzzing.@WWEDanielBryan says @MikeTheMiz wrestles like a coward. And the IC Champ explodes on #TalkingSmack! #SDLive https://t.co/hgarcKmuj4- WWE Network (@WWENetwork) August 24, 2016Considering The Mizs use of real-life events surrounding Bryans retirement in his rant, fans were questioning whether portions of the segment were a shoot -- a direct attack on elements of Bryans life. They were also wondering whether it could be the opposite, servving as the beginning of WWE planting seeds, storyline-wise, for Bryans eventual return.ddddddddddddWith Talking Smack, essentially a postgame show for Tuesdays SmackDown Live, featuring a very unscripted and loose feel, Bryan said he knew very little about what The Miz was going to say when he joined the desk backstage.I just knew that Miz was going to come up and we were going to banter back and forth, Bryan said. But Miz and I have known each other for a long time, and we really know how to get at each others nerves. I brought up the idea that he wrestled like a coward. He knows I dont like the way he wrestles. I just dont like it. Its not my thing. And I called him out on that.But when The Miz countered by calling out Bryan for constantly telling fans he would return in the lead-up to his retirement, only to then walk away from the ring for good, Bryan admits his anger was real.He knows thats really pushing on a nerve, Bryan said. And calling me a coward for not doing it -- which I kind of sometimes think of myself as a coward for not doing it -- you know, its tough. Part of me wanted to punch him in the face, but I figured that probably wasnt such a smart idea on live TV.Its fair to question how much of what Bryan himself has said is a work. This is pro wrestling, after all.But, as far as he has said, it seems that WWE has plans to keep him and The Miz away from each other on screen moving forward. He also admitted just how difficult it has been for him to be close to the current product on SmackDown and not be able to competeWhen I go out there, the whole arena is like, Yes! Yes! Yes! and then I just sit in a chair, and I just watch the match, Bryan said. And then I go home to Brie [Bella, his wife] and say, Im going to quit. Im going to go wrestle somewhere. And then she talks me down off the ledge, and Im just like, OK. Ive got to think about her, and we are trying to have a family and that sort of thing. But that part of it is tough.Much of Bryans post-retirement journey has been documented for the new E! series Total Bellas, a spin-off of the reality show Total Divas. Bryan admitted to going through serious heartache and depression during the filming of the show. He was also quite candid about not looking forward to reliving it through his upcoming media obligations ahead of the Oct. 5 premiere. ' ' '