MARG Chennai marathon held on 29 August 2010 was successful and witnessed a huge turn out of about 70000 participants. Chennai runners were also one among them
Courtesy: Chennai Runners
Courtesy: Chennai Runners
Courtesy: Chennai Runners
Chennai runners are an informal assembly of people who share a passion for running. The group comprises of young, young at heart, and people whose youthfulness belies their age. They train together, travel to races, exchange stories and experiences among themselves.
MARG thanks Chennai runners for their active participation and wish them success in their endeavors
We’re pleased to present the first poem on this blog, written by Ashoka Varshini, a climate champion and
It’s time to run ..
Time to be there..
I can do it,
I gotta be fast,
Coz time doesn’t wait,
It keeps moving past.
I need to be there,
for all the people,
whose lives can be changed,
With a run.
I must win,
but run with my friends,
And keep up the spirit,
Till the whole run ends.
For it’s not just a run,
That covers many miles,
It is but a run,
That lights a thousand smiles.
It’s time to run,
Time to be there..
a run for our dreams,
a run for life!
Poet Profile: Ashokha Varshini is a media student from Chennai, who best describes herself as happy, crazy and sometimes ruthless. She talks, writes, clicks & dreams her life away and can be interrupted at ashokha.varshini at gmail dot com
We’re pleased to note that over 70k did turn up for this Morning’s Marg Chennai Marathon. This number is an estimate released by the organizers and is highest in any Indian metros till date…
News just in from the organizers: Chennai’s noted drummer Sivamani will be performing live at the Anna Square, where Marg Chennai Marathon will be flagged off tomorrow…
Just one more reason why you should be there tomorrow…
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It was 490 BC. Greece was at war with the Persians. A fierce battle was going on in the town of Marathon and the valiant Greeks finally emerged victorious.
Pheidippides, a professional runner who was also a soldier of the victorious side, ran in joy all way from Marathon to Athens, to deliver the good news. On arriving, he is said to have shouted, ”Rejoice, we conquer!” and then dropped dead of exhaustion.
Inspired by the legend of Pheidippides, a long-distance run of 24.8 miles (the distance from Marathon to Athens) was constituted into the first Olympics in 1896. It was named ‘Marathon’ after the battle.
The legend of the soldier has spread far and wide and the practice of marathons still continues. Can Chennai be an exception?
Remember Pheidippides when you run on 29th August – as the man who died to give us marathons!
It was 490 BC. Greece was at war with the Persians. A fierce battle was going on in the town of Marathon and the valiant Greeks finally emerged victorious.
Pheidippides, a professional runner who was also a soldier of the victorious side, ran in joy all way from Marathon to Athens, to deliver the good news. On arriving, he is said to have shouted, ”Rejoice, we conquer!” and then dropped dead of exhaustion.
Inspired by Pheidippides, a long-distance run of 24.8 miles (the distance from Marathon to Athens) was constituted into the first Olympics in 1896. It was named ‘Marathon’ after the battle.
The legend of the soldier has spread far and wide and the practice of marathons still continues. Can Chennai be an exception?
Remember Pheidippides when you run on 29th August – as the man who gave his life to give us marathons!
