Inagural World 10K Marathon

With the second edition of the World 10K Marathon round the corner in the month of May, I thought to rewind and put together some of the last year's World 10K marathon in images showcasing the professional runners and then the cross section of society who ran for their city's pride.
The World 10K run was organized by Procam International, which also organizes the Mumbai International full marathon and New Delhi’s International half marathon.
The World 10K run also became the richest one by summing up a total of 41.35 lakh rupees towards charity. The second edition will be held on May 31st 2009.




Ashwini Nachappa and Dhanraj Pillai along with other runners at the Sunfeast World 10K Marathon in Bangalore on Sunday 18th May 2008.





Young and old run shoulder to shoulder during the Open and Maja run in the inaugural Sunfeast World 10K marathon in Bangalore on Sunday 18th May 2008.

Hari and his wife Ashiwini along with their 11 month old baby run during the Open and Maja run in the inaugural Sunfeast World 10K marathon in Bangalore on Sunday 18th May 2008 (Left) as A father carries his son on his shoulders during the Open and Maja run (right), all they had in mind was complete the 10 kilometers.





So What if we are tired to run as participants we will walk to complete the Open and Maja run in the inaugural Sunfeast World 10K marathon in Bangalore on Sunday 18th May 2008.




One for the album: a group of runners get them selves photographed near the Vidhan Soudha during the Open and Maja run in the inaugural Sunfeast World 10K marathon in Bangalore on Sunday 18th May 2008 (Left) as a woman poses and shows her thumps up sign while being photographed (right).

Some of the participants came dressed up for the occasion and ran to kill the onlookers but ensured that they did not slip on their way to completing the World 10K Maja run.

Some of the participants did not get deterred by their children or their pets but instead ensured that they complete the Maja run and get the certificate for completing the first World 10K Marathon.

The determination with which the garden city responded was just great as seen from the two pictures above where one got to see elderly people along with the blind and disabled not only participating but completing the run with sheer grit of any Bangalorean has.

Elite men runners speed through the streets of Bangalore in the inaugural Sunfeast World 10K marathon (left top), Zersenay Tadese from Eritrea and Moses Kipsiro from Uganda approach the Kantreeva stadium as they run in Cubbon Park with the majestic Bangalore Central Library building in the backdrop (top right) and then finish first and second respectively.

Elite women runners speed through the streets of Bangalore in the inaugural Sunfeast World 10K marathon in Bangalore on Sunday 18th May 2008 (top left), Elvan Abeylegesse (24) and Grace Momanyi of Kenya (27) lead the pack to the Kantreeva Stadium on Cubbon road, (top right) and then declared as the joint winners after the organizers could not get a photo finish picture to finalize the results.



Through out the event the traffic came a to a stand still and the daily commuters cheered the participants all along the 10 kilometers stretch heralding an new era of marathon running for the sport loving residents of the silicon city of Bangalore.