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Chennai Marathon 2010: Race Report from Veteran Runner

March 3, 2010

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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Chennai Marathon 2010 Results: Rono wins

February 22, 2010

Augustine Rono of Kenya won the 8th edition of the Chennai Marathon in 2:14:45, organized by SDAT, a remarkable time considering the hot and humid Chennai conditions. The margin of victory was a remarkable 13 minutes, but not too surprising since the second placed runner was from India, Santosh Kumar, who finished in 2:27:25. What [...]

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Chennai Marathon 2010 on Feb 21st

February 3, 2010

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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Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009 Results: Kenyans win

September 27, 2009

It was a familiar story at the Idea Chennai Half Marathon 2009, with Kenyans dominating both the mens and womens divisions. John Wembusa, ranked 42nd in the world, won the mens event while Nelly Jepkurui (ranked 15th) won the womens event.As per the organizers, about 60,000-70,000 runners took part in the various races on the day, [...]

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Give Life Chennai Marathon 2009 on Sep 27

July 12, 2009

Update: Event date changed to Sept 27 from Aug 22. Why? Read the reasons from the organizers below.
” … Givelife Chennai Marathon, scheduled for August 22, has been postponed to September 27. This is to ensure the participation of national-level participants and to avoid date clash with the [...]

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Chennai and Auroville marathon 2009 results

February 15, 2009

Event date: Feb 15th, 2009
It was a tale of two marathons, which by the twist of fate, or by the idiocy of the organizers, fell on the same date, even though when are located so near to each other. To clarify, Auroville marathon was planned months in advance, and as always, Chennai marathon comes out [...]

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