Jaipur Marathon

Jaipur Marathon
Au Jaipur Marathon.
Date Sunday of February
Location Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Distance Marathon
Primary sponsor Au Financiers
Established 2010 (2010)

The Au Financiers Jaipur Marathon, abbreviated as AUJM, is an annual international marathon[1] held in Jaipur, India, on the Sunday of February every year. It is one of largest marathon in Asia as well as the largest mass participation sporting event on the continent.

AUJM has seven different race categories: Marathon (42.195 km), Half Marathon (21.097 km), Dream Run (6 km), Youth Run (6 km), Senior Citizens' Run (3 km), Beti Bhoj Nahi Hai Run (2 km) and Wheel Chair Run (6 km).[2]

The marathon is an event where people from all walks of life participate including Bollywood celebrities, sports personalities, business tycoons and amateur athletes. The event helped bridge the gap between Indian elite athletes and the international elite. AUJM provides Indian runners with a platform to compete with the best in the world.

History

Inspired by the London Marathon, SANSKRITI YUVA SANSTHA along with World Trade Park believed that Jaipur would support such a road race. The first event was held in 2010, In 2016 titled as the Au Financiers Jaipur Marathon.

The Race

The five categories cater to different participants. They are the Marathon (42.195 km), Half Marathon (21.097 km), Dream Run (6 km), Senior Citizens Event (4.3 km), and Champions with Disability Event (2.4 km).

The marathon starts from South Gate of Ram Niwas Garden Jaipur. It passes many of the city’s iconic locations such as Albert Hall Museum,Kesargarh,Dolls Museum,Tri Murti Circle,Ravindra Manch, Birla Mandir, University of Rajasthan,kulish Smriti Van, MNIT, World Trade Park, Jaipur and one of the biggest circular park in Asia Jawahar Circle. The director of the INDIAN INSTITUTE OF EVENT MANAGEMENT RESEARCH and a fitness   running enthusiast, Mukesh Mishra, is the founder and CEO of AU Jaipur Marathon.

Past winners

Key:   Course record   Half marathon

Edition Year Men's winner Time (h:m:s) Women's winner Time (h:m:s)
1st 2010 Winner not available Time not available Winner not available Time not available
2nd 2011
3rd 2012  Charles Wachera (KEN) 1:06:56  Teresa Bayisa (ETH) 1:13:39
4th 2013  Charles Wachera (KEN) 1:03:40  Agnes Jepkosgei (KEN) 1:11:12
5th 2014  Charles Wachera (KEN) 1:02:54  Mesirak Bedilu (ETH)[3] 1:13:55
6th 2015  Simon Kiprugut (KEN) 1:02:28  Pauline Mutwa (KEN) 1:11:08
7th 2016  Worku Dires (ETH)[4] 1:03:57  Meseret Gezahegn (ETH) 1:15:20
8th 2017  Ashish Kumar (IND) 2:27:37  Shyamali Sing (IND) 3:05:59
9th 2018  Indrajeet Yadav (IND) 2:36:03  Shyamali Sing (IND) 3:02:32

Charity

AUJM is one of India’s largest charity platform for non-profit organisations to raise funds. NGOs represent causes such as civic and community development, disability, education, environment and health, human rights, social services and women, children and the aged. Some NGOs used this event as a platform to raise awareness for their work, and some to directly raise funds. Fundraising is facilitated by an easy-to-use model designed for all groups to raise funds.[5]

Corporate Challenge

The Corporate Challenge is a category for companies who wish to sponsor employee teams to participate in event and raise funds. As a runner it is strongly recommended for corporates to make their employees participate in Corporate challenge for Team Building.

Pledge Raising

Fundraising through AUJM is encouraged through donations/contributions received from friends, family, and colleagues in support of the charity/cause chosen by the participant.

Sponsors/partners

Pre-race activity

Two days before the race an Expo is organized where the runners can collect their running bibs and kit. The expo hosts a range of running related product stalls that cater to the runners.

Event Ambassadors

The event ambassadors for the Jaipur Marathon have been:

The Maharaja of Jaipur H H Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh is the Youth Ambassador of AU Jaipur Marathon.[15]

References

  1. ↑ Jaipur Marathon to see participation from over 15 countries
  2. ↑ "AU JAIPUR MARATHON RACE PROFILE". www.marathonjaipur.com.
  3. ↑ 50000 run for awareness in Ambuja Jaipur Marathon
  4. ↑ ARRS-Runner:Worku Dires Chekol
  5. ↑ "AU Jaipur Marathon:रन फोर रीजन के लिए कैंपेन करेंगे 50 से ज्यादा एनजीओ". www.bhaskar.com.
  6. ↑ "Rajasthan Royals tie up with Ambuja Jaipur Marathon 2012". www.indiainfoline.com.
  7. ↑ "Rajasthan Royals lends helping hand to Jaipur Marathon". Zeenews.india.com.
  8. ↑ "Salman fans create chaos in Jaipur Marathon". Hindustantimes.com.
  9. ↑ "Rahul Dravid cheers runners at the Jaipur Marathon". Hindustantimes.com.
  10. ↑ "Farhan Akhtar will flag off the Jaipur Marathon on 2 nd February". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  11. ↑ "Farhan Akhtar to flag Jaipur Marathon". www.bollywoodhungama.com.
  12. ↑ "Sonam Kapoor, Malaika Arora Khan to attend Jaipur Marathon". Timesofindia.indiatimes.com.
  13. ↑ "जयपुर मैराथन में सजेगी डॉली की डोली". Patrika.com.
  14. ↑ "कंगना रनोट AU जयपुर मैराथन को दिखाएंगी हरी झंडी, इस अंदाज में दिखेंगी वे". www.bhaskar.com.
  15. ↑ "H H Maharaja Sawai Padmanabh Singh is associated with AU Marathon". bhaskar.com.
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