Anywhere But Home: Adventures in Endurance Review "Any role-models or a person you draw inspiration from? At this very moment, it would have to be Popeye." -- Outlook Magazine, Books Review "... indisputably, the queen bee of triathlon in India" -- Harper's Bazaar "Despite the broad motivational-poster nature of the narrative (sample quote: “If it were easy, it wouldn’t be worth doing”), Anywhere but Home is also an intimate portrait of a single woman in India — “a quintessential Tamilian Brahmin — five times a year at least, during Pongal, Nombu, Ganapathi Chaturthi, Krishna Jayanti and Deepavali” — brushing off the “when are you going to settle down?” question, training on bad roads, without much money " -- Baradwaj Rangan, The Hindu Literary Review " (Anu Vaidyanathan's) memoir is inspiring, refreshing and full of surprises." -- Hindustan Times "Of course, success rarely comes without a struggle, doubly so if you are a woman." -- Times of India "Peppered with self-deprecatory humour, the book titled Anywhere But Home: Adventures in Endurance (Harper Collins) talks about how Vaidyanathan stumbled upon triathlon and the various challenges that she had to face as a woman to continue to stay in the sport." -- India Today "Her 192-page book is essentially a repository of both funny and heart-breaking encounters of a woman who refused to give up. It is also a tale of motherhood and pushing the boundaries of what a body can do. " -- Business Standard "She also didn’t want to sound like a gender crusader. “The women in my family, be it my mother, grandmother or mother-in-law, have had minds of their own. They’ve gone ahead and done what they wanted to do and the men have championed them, standing by them at work and home. So for me, gender tussle wasn’t an issue,” says Anu." -- The Hindu "(Anu Vaidyanathan's advice to athletes) - Thrive on the challenge, not on the noise, the glory and definitely not on pleasing the fashion police." -- Femina Anu Vaidyanathan is the first India-based athlete to compete in Ironman triathlons and the first Asian to compete in Ultraman triathlons." -- Wall Street Journal “...Anu has been widely heralded by women worldwide for her work-life balance, marrying her love of sport with her rising career.” --Triathlete Magazine Europe "Anu is a national icon, having broken down social and sporting barriers to become both the first Indian athlete to qualify for a 70.3 World Championship event and the first Asian to finish an Ultraman (10Km swim, 420Km bike, 84.4Km run), when she placed 6th at Ultraman Canada 2009." -- LAVA Magazine "What does relaxation look like for a woman who has competed in six Iron Man triathlons? Gardening, it seems." -- Huffington Post "Anu Vaidyanathan says it’s tough to train on the crowded streets of Bangalore with people staring at her, especially when she’s on her bicycle." --Business Standard "If you are a successful woman entrepreneur, with an outstanding academic record as well, would you take up an extreme sport and make it as a passion of your life? The slightly built, soft spoken Anu hardly fits the image of a sportswoman, who is into an extreme sport." -- The Hindu  About the Author ANU VAIDYANATHAN is the founder of PatNMarks, an intellectual property consulting firm. Anu received her PhD in electrical engineering at UC Canterbury, setting the department and university record in twenty-six months. She has been teaching courses in computer architecture, innovation and business policy at the Indian Institute of Technology, Ropar, and the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. Anu is a regular speaker at forums on entrepreneurship, innovation and leadership. She is also an endurance athlete representing India in long-course triathlon. She became the first Asian female to have competed in the Ultraman Canada triathlon, comprising a 10-km swim, a 420-km bike ride and an 84.4-km run. She backed this up with Ironman Canada comprising a 3.8-km swim, a 180-km bike ride and a 42.2-km run, four weeks later.