சென்னை மாரத்தான் 2019

Skechers Performance Chennai Marathon 2019

Local lad Dhurai A. Navaneetham excels

Link to Dhurai's official stat: https://track.rtrt.me/e/MR-SPCM-2019#/tracker/R3CYZUWT

https://youtu.be/9QkD02h8Fig

What is this Event?

The 7th Edition of Chennai Marathon is now called Skechers Performance Chennai Marathon 2019, previously Known as The Wipro Chennai Marathon, is the largest sporting event in Chennai. Organized by Chennai Runners, it is one of the few running events in the country that is entirely organized by the running community. The event was held on January 6, 2019 and the starting point for the Runners was Nandanam YMCA. The destinations varied according to the Runner's running distance.

Running Categories

The Chennai Marathon is now the country’s second largest marathon after Mumbai and the largest sporting event in Chennai. There are four race categories, the 10 Km, the Half Marathon (21.097 Km), Perfect 20 Miler (32.186 Km) and Full Marathon (42.195 Km). The Event is held on the first Sunday in January every year. The marathon route covers some of Chennai’s historic landmarks.

Dhurai runs longer

There were over 20,000 Runners participated in this edition of the Chennai Marathon. One of the participants was Periyar Nagar's Dhurai Anandhi Navaneetham. He had been a Chennai Kidathon regular, now graduating to test his long distance running.

There was an event for differently abled persons too. These are the few who have completed their 10 km race