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Indian Marathon | |
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![]() Indian Marathon | |
Date | May |
Location | Jaipur, India |
Event type | Road |
Distance | Marathon, Half marathon, Ultra 50 km |
Established | 2017 |
Course records | 03:02:13 - ![]() 04:08:18 - ![]() |
Official site | Official website |
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 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]
Indian Marathon has four different race categories which are collectively known as HOT Ultra. [5]
Apart from that there is a Monthly Running Challenges which was started in April 2018 with runners from across the country. [6]
Race | Type | Year | Men's winner | Women's winner |
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September Challenge [7] | 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
August Challenge [8] | 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
July Challenge [9] | 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
June Challenge [10] | 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
May Challenge [11] | 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
300K Challenge [12] | 300 km total running in the month of May | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
April Challenge [13] | 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |
Hot Ultra [14] | Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K | 2018 | ![]() | ![]() |