Information from the organizers below. Event Website: www.globeracers.com Rajasthan Thar Desert Run is a 5-day, 210 kilometer (130.48 miles) endurance race. The Thar is the greatest Desert of India, in the state of Rajasthan. Sand dunes, sandy plains and low barren hills form the terrain of this Desert, with sand dunes shifting shapes and sizes. [...]
Event website: http://www.greatindiandesertrun.com/ Update (July, 2009): The event has been rescheduled to December 7-14, 2009. Below info from event website, visit website for more details and registration, etc. This event is an initiative of Dr Rajat Chouhan, a passionate runner, many of the readers here must be knowing him already:—————————-The Great Indian Desert Run TM [...]
The RFL guys in Bangalore brought the Ultramarathon to India a couple of years ago with the Bangalore Ultramarathon. One very passionate runner, Rajat Chouhan, already very well known in the running community, and a recognized expert in Sports and Exercise Medicine, is the driving force behind this first of a kind multi-stage desert ultramarathon. [...]