Aravind Sankar

Aravind’s Corner

Aravind Sankar

I'm Aravind. This is where I document what I'm building: ongoing notes from my MBA classes, project work, and the story behind it all.

Analytics Manager at Thermo Fisher Scientific. Working Professional MBA at Ohio State's Fisher College of Business. Columbus, OH.

The route so far

  1. India Born here
  2. Bay Area, CA Grew up
  3. Irvine, CA UC Irvine, class of 2016
  4. San Diego, CA First years of work
  5. The open road Drove across the U.S. while working remotely
  6. Chicago, IL Moved in 2022
  7. Columbus, OH Home since 2023

Latest post

Chasing the PR: Columbus Marathon 2026

I went back to the Columbus Marathon to chase my 2023 PR and missed it by 73 seconds. The data tells a more interesting story than the result does.

4 min read Personal

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From Stumble to Almost Flawless

A semester of public speaking at Fisher, from being stopped mid-presentation to a final Muppets pitch the professor called otherwise flawless.

MBA 5 min read

Mapping Eight Years of Running

I pulled every run I've logged on Strava since 2019 and turned it into an interactive dashboard: 711 runs, 3,922 miles and a map of the 29 places I've run.

Personal 3 min read

Welcome to the New Site

The relaunched site is live, with my About Me, resume and a few older posts brought over from my old Google Sites page.

General 1 min read

Projects

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Running Dashboard: 8 Years of Strava Data An interactive dashboard built from my own Strava export: 700+ runs, 3,900+ miles, broken down by year, shoe, workout type, and an actual map of everywhere I've run.

Race log

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YearRaceTimeNotes
2026Columbus Marathon3:48:2573 seconds off the PR
2025Columbus Marathon4:13Rolled ankle, heavy downpour
2023Columbus Marathon3:47:12First marathon, still the PR