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Fantastic weather and a great scenic route (and not to forget, some great crowd support) inspired runners to some fantastic timings at the 1st Running and Living Chandigarh Marathon. Almost every runner I met at the finish line was doing a personal best – one of the main reasons being, the more popular marathons here in India are run in not really great weather (Mumbai in particular). Combined with an early 6:30am start, almost flat route, what more will a runner want!
Some highlights from the run
- Race flagged off by the Flying Sikh – Milkha Singh
- Total of 2250 runners, including 100 for marathon, 250 for half marathon and about 2000 for the 5K run.
- Dr Ashis Roy did his 101st marathon, wearing a BIB#101, of course.
- Organizers even announced the date for the next event, Feb 6th! Lets see if they would be able to stick to that.
- The route was beautiful, mostly flat with minor elevation changes at some points. Running besides Sukhna Lake, and on the well laid out Chandigarh city roads, was inspiring.
- Organization of the race was excellent, well manned water stops, Gatorade flowing freely at ALL water stops (I ran purely on Gatorade).
Results Summary
Marathon (Men):
- Mashresha (ETH) – 2:10:51
- Ronald -
- Ashish Chauhan (IND)
Half Marathon (Men):
- Boniface Wambua
- Teshfaye
- Parmod Kumar
As for me, I finished in a personal best of 4:10 (unofficial). More on that later in another post.
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pliz rahul post the top ten results,and the certificates,the course was beautiful,i’ll come next year.
I took part in the race,iwas six, bib no.002,iwas with mashresha till 36k,pliz post the top ten results. post the certificates for us to down load.iwant to come back next year.thankyou.
Fred: The final timing chip results are still awaited from the organizers. I will post the details as soon as they are available to me. For certificates however, please contact the organizers directly on the website runningandliving.com
Bravo. Congrats on the PB.Chandigarh sounds like the Berlin of India. It can be a nice ego boost especially if battered by SCMM!