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Bangalore – Leaving behind much fancied opponents in the form of defending champion Deriba Merga, Paris Marathon winner Tadese Tola, and 3rd place finisher from 2009 Wilson Kipsang, 19 year old Titus Mbieshei of Kenya won the 3rd edition of the Sunfeast World 10K run in Bangalore. Mbieshei finished in 27:54.
In the womens race, a new [...]
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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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Defending champions of last years Sunfeast Bangalore World 10K will be returning this year in an attempt to retain the title. 2009 Men’s 10K winner, Deriba Merga, is coming back from a strong showing at the 2010 Boston Marathon with a 3rd place finish, a race which he won last year. The Women’s 10K winner [...]
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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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Results of the 2009 Bangalore Ultra (held on Nov 15th) are finally out, and are as follows. The complete results and timings from the event including those for the other distances are available at the event website: Also, check out the event report from the organizers.
100k Men’s Open
Yashuhiro Honda 10:23:39
Torsten Meier 10:41:09
Athreya [...]
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The Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, for long touted as among the top ten marathons in the world, has been honoured by the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) with the prestigious Gold Label for the year 2010. In 2009, the event was a Silver Label race. With this honour, the event joins the elite group [...]
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Its not only running which is really taking off in India, Cycling is not far behind. There are now many established cycling events in India, including the Himachal MTB (Sep 26 – Oct 6, 2009), the Tour of Nilgiris (Dec 15 – Dec 23, 2009), and then the recently organized and very successful BSA Hercules Duathlon in [...]
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This is the first post in the series on following the development of Running in India, or rather ‘organized’ running. This post focuses on a passionate running group from Bangalore – Runners for Life, which has set a benchmark for developing a great running community, a running culture, and set up highest standards in organizing running related [...]
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Runners for Life, Bangalore, organized the 2nd edition of this hugely successful event of a different kind on Aug 22nd. Urban Stampede is a corporate relay run, where different company teams face off against each other for the title of the “Fastest running corporate team” in the country. Each teams is of 4 persons with [...]
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As the running season unfolds in India, two of the most anticipated events on the calendar have been announced by Runners for Life, the Bangalore based group. I can say without any doubts, and with the reference of so many delighted runners, that these are one of the most organized runs in the country, not [...]
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