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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Urban Stampede is one of those innovative ideas from Runners for Life group in Bangalore, an event management company specializing in organizing running events. Some of their events which are now part of the regular calendar are the Bangalore Ultramarathon, the Kaveri Trail Marathon, the Bangalore Duathlon, and the monthly Feet on the Street runs [...]
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India’s first ever Duathlon (cycling + running) event happened on Sunday, June 14th, and saw a total of 322 participants battle it out. There were two events on the day: 10k run + 20k cycling (5k run + 20k cycle + 5k run) 5k run + 10k cycling (2.5k run + 10k cycle + 2.5k [...]
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Elite Championchip resultsGeneral Championchip results Coming down to Bangalore after a great win at the Boston marathon, and a 27:24 10K at Ottawa a week earlier, Deriba Merga of Ethiopia won the 2nd edition of the Sunfeast World 10K run in Bangalore on May 31st. Merga won in 28:13. Kenyan Mark Kiptoo was second in [...]
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Runners for Life is organizing the first ever of its kind event in India on June 14th. The event will be held in Bangalore, and will include a running and a cycling leg. Following runs are part of the event: 10K running + 20K cycling 5K running + 10K cycling Event website: http://www.bangaloreduathlon.com/ Bangalore already [...]
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Update (Mar 26): Its confirmed. Event is on May 31st. Online registrations have started. Once again, I hear a new date coming out, this time it is May 25th (or is it May 31st?). Check out the story from The Hindu here and here. Hindu first published the date as May 25th, and then changed [...]
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When the news about a marathon breaks out with a story on a Bollywood actress, take it with a pinch of salt. If the story is coming from Bangalore, add more salt, and on top of that, if Crossover is associated with it, well, you can probably pour some of the salt on top of [...]
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Update (Mar 26): Its confirmed. Event is on May 31st. Online registrations have started. Looks like a lot of dates are being changed as a result of the elections schedule, including the Indian Premier League cricket matches, to avoid clash with the election dates. I wonder what has prompted the change in dates for the [...]
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Some early reviews of the event from the blogger community: Shumit runs a PR in the HalfNeuromancer does a 42K PRDave writes about his interesting experiences as a volunteer (and some videos too)Rohit does a PR in his 3rd Half marathonGargoyle follows the run from a distance (and the award for most beautiful smile!)Subramanyam runs [...]
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Tanvir Kazmi is a passionate runner and has been blogging about marathon running, sharing news and updates since 2005 ... read more »
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