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The third edition of Tamil Maiyam’s Chennai Marathon in aid of GiveLife Charity will be held on August 29.
As a cost-cutting measure, the international component has been trimmed out and this year’s event would be a national marathon, bringing runners from all over India. We expect the participation of more than a [...]
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PRESS RELEASE: July 21, 2010
It’s that time of the year again that thousands and thousands of serious athletes, running enthusiasts and fitness conscious Mumbaikars have been waiting for. The launch of registrations for the eighth edition of the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, Asia’s Largest and Richest Marathon is upon us.
As has been the practice for [...]
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Breaking News
Registration Dates for Mumbai Marathon 2011 (for the Full and Half Marathon Categories) are changed and Forms will be available from 22nd July to 21st August 2010. Registration for Dream Run will be start from 1st September. The event date is Jan 16th, 2011.
Register here: http://procamrunning.in/scmm
Registration
With the Mumbai Marathon 2011 registration form, 1 Passport [...]
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This is how the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) has threatened elite Indian athletes who want to take part in the 2010 Sunfeast World 10K run in Bangalore on May 23rd.
AFI Secretary-General Lalit Bhanot has written to the Karnataka Athletics Association (KAA) and the State Government stating: “the Sunfeast World 10K is not an AFI [...]
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There are only 3 IAAF Gold Label Road Races in the world which are 10K runs, and it is no small matter than the Bangalore 10K is one of them, which makes it one of the most popular 10K runs in the world. The other two runs are the World’s Best 10K Run (Portugal), and [...]
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This is a guest post by Alok Shukla, a passionate runner from Kolkata, on his Kolkata Marathon 2010 experience.
I participated on 21st Feb in the Kolkata Marathon 2010. All full marathoners were expected to finish the marathon in 3.15 hrs time limit (as mentioned in registration form). After this time the trafic controls [...]
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This is a guest post by K.T.Sundar Rao, an international veteran athlete from Visakhapatnam, on his disappointing Chennai Marathon 2010 experience.
Of all the athletic events, marathon run is the most fascinating to watch because of the enduring nature of the sport requiring the runners to complete a distance of 42kms approx. People [...]
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This is a guest post by Ravi Abhyankar, a passionate runner from Mumbai, on the Auroville Marathon 2010 experience.
If you wish to go abroad without leaving India, meet Germans or French who speak fluent Tamil, enter a temple not attached to any religion – simply in order to practice concentration, and run a marathon on [...]
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The 6th edition of the Airtel Kolkata Marathon will be run on Feb 21st, 2010. This news was announced today by the organizing secretary Prochy Mehta in Kolkata. About 20,000 runners are expected to participate in this event. The race is also being considered a qualifying run for the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
Events
Men’s Marathon (42K)
Ladies Run [...]
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Just got a confirmation that the Chennai Marathon, organized by Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT), will be run on Sunday, Feb 21st. Yesterday, the event logo was unveiled by Deputy CM M.K. Stalin. This will be the 8th edition of the run, and as per the organizers, 30,000 runners are expected to take [...]
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