Indian Marathon

Indian Marathon is an annual international marathon event organized in Jaipur, India. It is a road running event that is held every year on second Sunday of May. Due to extremely high temperature in May, Indian Marathon is considered to be the hottest marathon and half marathon in India.[1][2] The event was established in 2017 by Indian Runners, an umbrella brand of running events across India.[3]

Indian Marathon
Indian Marathon
DateMay
LocationJaipur, India
Event typeRoad
DistanceMarathon, Half marathon, Ultra 50 km
Established2017
Course records03:02:13 - Kailash Chand Yadav (Men) (2018)
04:08:18 - Loretta Henderson (Women) (2018)
Official siteOfficial website

Course

Indian Marathon is held annually during the summer season in Jaipur. Since, average high temperature in Jaipur during the month of May is 40.3 degrees Celsius, the marathon is listed as the hottest active running event in India. The race starts on second Sunday of May from Suresh Gyan Vihar University campus and routed to Mahal Road. The course is stretched to 42.195 km, 21.098 km and 50 km depending upon the type of running event. During the course of event, Mahal Road stays fully closed for traffic, making the event only "No Traffic" running event in Rajasthan.[4]

Race

Indian Marathon has 4 different race categories which are collectively known as HOT Ultra.[5]

  • Ultra 50K - Ultra 50K is a 50 kilometers race event involving high endurance in heat.
  • Marathon - A long-distance road race with an official distance of 42.195 kilometers (26.219 miles; 26 miles 385 yards). The hottest marathon in India.
  • Half Marathon - A road running event of 21.0975 km (13 mi 192œ yd) half the distance of a marathon.
  • Supersonic 10K - A 10 km racing event which is fastest and hottest 10 km road race in India.

Apart from that there is a Monthly Running Challenges which was started in April 2018 with runners from across the country.[6]

Past results
Race Type Year Men's winner Women's winner
September Challenge[7] 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month 2018 Balraj Kaushik Asvinee Sanjakumar Sarade
August Challenge[8] 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month 2018 Balraj Kaushik Bobby Bhatia
July Challenge[9] 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month 2018 Keshav Manik Tahla Sumita Rathi
June Challenge[10] 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month 2018 Amit Bagra Anita Janu
May Challenge[11] 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month 2018 Keshav Manik Tahla Roopal Jadav
300K Challenge[12] 300 km total running in the month of May 2018 Gaurav Karjee Madhuri Prakash Nimje
April Challenge[13] 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month 2018 Dhanpat Saini Ekta Awachar
Hot Ultra[14] Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K 2018 Kailash Chand Yadav Loretta Henderson

References
  1. Dubbed as the “hottest” and “fastest” marathon in India, this event organized by Indian Runners will have races in several categories Date 3 October 2018
  2. Inspiring Story 2018 #60 – Mahesh Dwivedi (Jaipur) Date 3 October 2018
  3. Indian Runners an association of Runners & Cyclists, based out in Mumbai and facilitating Athletes with top events termed as INDIAN MARATHON & INDIAN CYCLOTHON Date 3 October 2018
  4. 400 Top Cyclists were Racing today on Mahal Road, The best road in jaipur with absolutely no elevation for a high speed Race. Date 3 October 2018
  5. 2nd Edition of HOTTEST & FASTEST ULTRA MARATHON OF INDIA Date 3 October 2018
  6. The HOT Run is one wonderful concept of running which is HOTTEST and Fastest Marathon of India. Date 3 October 2018
  7. Indian Marathon - September Challenge Date 26 October 2018
  8. Indian Marathon - August Challenge Date 3 October 2018
  9. Indian Marathon July Challenge 2018 Race Results Date 3 October 2018
  10. Indian Marathon June Challenge 2018 Race Results Date 3 October 2018
  11. Indian Marathon May Challenge 2018 Race Results Date 3 October 2018
  12. 300K CHALLENGE, 2018 Race Results Date 3 October 2018
  13. April Challenge result Date 3 October 2018
  14. Indian Marathon-Jaipur (The HOT Run) Race Results Date 3 October 2018
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