Indian Marathon

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Indian Marathon
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Indian Marathon
DateMay
Location Jaipur, India
Event typeRoad
Distance Marathon, Half marathon, Ultra 50 km
Established2017
Course records03:02:13 - Flag of India.svg Kailash Chand Yadav (Men) (2018)
04:08:18 - Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Loretta Henderson (Women) (2018)
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]

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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 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]

Past results

RaceTypeYearMen's winnerWomen's winner
September Challenge [7] 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month2018 Flag of India.svg Balraj Kaushik Flag of India.svg Asvinee Sanjakumar Sarade
August Challenge [8] 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month2018 Flag of India.svg Balraj Kaushik Flag of India.svg Bobby Bhatia
July Challenge [9] 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month2018 Flag of India.svg Keshav Manik Tahla Flag of India.svg Sumita Rathi
June Challenge [10] 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month2018 Flag of India.svg Amit Bagra Flag of India.svg Anita Janu
May Challenge [11] 5 km daily for all 31 days of the month2018 Flag of India.svg Keshav Manik Tahla Flag of India.svg Roopal Jadav
300K Challenge [12] 300 km total running in the month of May2018 Flag of India.svg Gaurav Karjee Flag of India.svg Madhuri Prakash Nimje
April Challenge [13] 5 km daily for all 30 days of the month2018 Flag of India.svg Dhanpat Saini Flag of India.svg Ekta Awachar
Hot Ultra [14] Marathon, Half Marathon, 10K2018 Flag of India.svg Kailash Chand Yadav Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Loretta Henderson

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