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Pune Marathon 2009 Results: Debut win for Augustine Ronoh

December 7, 2009

The 24th Pune International Marathon reportedly went without glitches which had seen last years race end in total chaos. The run was flagged off by Union Minister of State for External Affairs minister Shashi Tharoor and Bollywood actress Neha Dhupia was also present for the glam quotient.
Next year will see the 25th Silver Jubilee Anniversary [...]

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Coming Up: Pune Marathon 2009 on Dec 6th

November 25, 2009

News (source): The Pune International Marathon will be held on Sunday, 6th December 2009. It starts from Khandoji Baba Chowk, Deccan Gymkhana. The 42.195km route is designed in such a fashion that lakhs of spectators can line the route (funny, sic) and be an integral part of the event. Besides being the cultural and educational [...]

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Updates: Thane/Chandigarh/Pune marathons 2009-2010

July 9, 2009

Updates on upcoming marathon events at Thane, Chandigarh and Pune, which are not still at the level of the hotshots like the Mumbai marathon or the Delhi Half Marathon, but some of them have been around for ages, so just a heads up.
Jul 12 – Thane Varsha Marathon (check TOI article for details)
Dec 6 – [...]

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The 2008 Pune Marathon chaos

December 8, 2008

So, is the full marathon event 39 KMs long, 42KMs or 44KMs!?
Well, for the record, the elite runners in this edition of the event did all the three types of distances, and all due to the mismanagement from the organizers. One set of folks incorrect took a shorter way near the end, another set followed [...]

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Pune International marathon on Dec 7th

November 20, 2008

The 23rd edition of the Pune International marathon will take place on Dec 7th.
Event website: http://www.puneinternationalmarathon.com/

This is one of those events which can really make it big, but have chosen to stay in the past. No encouragement for regular runners with their strict completion rules, only promoting the professionals, still no online registration, still [...]

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Pune Marathon 2006

December 1, 2006

Well, this one is not for the faint-hearted for sure. You have to be almost a professional in running to even think about attempting it. I was amazed to hear that they have an official cutoff timing of 1 hr 30 mins for the 21K mark for participants to be allowed to continue further in [...]

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Pune Marathon results, Dec 4, 2005

December 9, 2005

Mens Marathon
1. Josephat Ndeti (Kenya) 2:19:35.2. Gemech Kebede (Ethiopia) 2:20:383. Ambrose Makau (Kenya) 2:22:26?. Jayabhay Dattatraya (India) 2:26:57 (best Indian)
Women Half Marathon
1. Nailya Yulamanov (Russia) 1:152. Joyce Kandia (Kenya) 1:17:053. Teringo Gelachew (Ethiopia) 1:20:19 ?. Gurnule Madhuri (India) 1:22 (best Indian)

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