For most of the people residing in or around the national capital, running has been an activity of personal interest, of trying to keep oneself fit, and to destress the mind from the monotonous routine which we follow at our workplaces, an attempt to get some color and variety in life. Running (or for that [...]
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Total advertised participation count: 25,000 Participants in Great Delhi Run (7KM): 15,000 Timing results analysis (half marathon): Total timing results: 1638 Breakup of timing resultsElite: 75Open: 1319Veteran: 168Senior Veteran: 47Super Veteran: 11 My approximate half marathon participation figure: about 8000 (from BIB number analysis) % of runners wearing timing chip: 20% Finish time statistics for [...]
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Its getting tense and quite edgy as days go by. Just a few days to go for the CRY Cadence Corporate Citizenship Challenge (5Cs), where I will be participating in Badminton. The practice has not been exactly great, but I am looking forward to the carnival like atmosphere at Modern school, with 45 member teams [...]
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The 23rd edition of the Pune International marathon will take place on Dec 7th. Event website: http://www.puneinternationalmarathon.com/ This is one of those events which can really make it big, but have chosen to stay in the past. No encouragement for regular runners with their strict completion rules, only promoting the professionals, still no online registration, [...]
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Event website: http://www.hyderabad10k.com This is a well established event, though not yet at the level of Mumbai and Delhi as far as the number of participants go (or I guess the organization). I would say, this may be the next best event in India. In 2007 they introduced the timing chip for the first time. [...]
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The Running and Living group, Gurgaon, is organizing a run starting in Leisure valley, Sector 29, Gurgaon. Following will be part of the run: Half marathon 10K 5K Registration details are as follows:Registration – 6:00 am at the starting pointHalf Marathon – starts 6:30 am (Rs 200/- entry fee)10KM – starts 7:00 am (free)5KM – [...]
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Well, the results are not yet posted on the website, so while we wait, I have posted a few reviews of the event. For the record, Santhosh from “Team Asha” ran 156KM in 24 hours, Shumit did 100KM after deciding on Wednesday that he will do the 100K. Doctor Rajat did 87.5KM before going on [...]
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Cadence Design Systems (Noida) and CRY (Child Rights and You) will be organizing a multi-discipline sports event for the cause of India’s underprivileged children. Since its inception in year 2000, this event has raised over Rs 2.5 crore to support CRY in their effort to make a difference to this cause. This year, there has [...]
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Route: Sec 62, Noida (6.5KM loop)Distance: 19.5 KMTime: about 2 hr 20 min
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