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More than 1200 runners participate in Second Edition of Jammu Half Marathon
11/10/2019 11:42:18 PM
Early Times Report

JAMMU, Nov 10: More than 1200 runners from Jammu and all over the country made Second Edition of Jammu Half Marathon a Grand Success.
The Marathoners were grouped as per race category around 5:30 am followed by an entertaining Zumba session. The marathon was flagged off at sharp 6.30 am by Rohit Kansal,(Principal Secretary to J&K Government), Manoj Dhar (VC Jammu University) along with the core group of Jammu Athletes Club. The runners were tapped with the tracking chips on the bib and the result of the timings was sent to their respective registered mobiles after finishing the race in the registered category. The half-marathon started from University of Jammu, and back via Balidan Stambh, Batra Hospital and Sidhra Flyover. Facilitation Ceremony was held after the completion of Marathon and was attended by top dignitaries including Navin K Choudhary, IAS, Principal Secretary to J&K Government Industries & Commerce and Tourism Department; Mukesh Singh, (IG Jammu); Sushma Chauhan, IAS (DC Jammu); Shailendra Mishra, IPS; Sh Ravinder Kumar, IAS (MD JK SIDCO); Vinay Sharma (SP Jammu South); CA R.K. Gupta; Ankur Mahajan (AM Hyundai) Rakesh Gupta Jammu Pharmaceutical Distributors Association and Daud Iqbal Baba (Director Sports Department University of Jammu). The winners of marathon, pacers and ambassadors were encouraged and facilitated by the present dignitaries.
The said event was very well organised and much appreciated by one and all.
The hard work and dedication of Jammu Athletes Club towards the goal of engaging the people in sports and spreading the message of SAY NO TO DRUGS AND YES TO SPORTS and CLEAN INDIA showed great results. The core group of Jammu Athletes Club which included Gaurav Gupta, Vikram Gupta, Vasu Gupta, Prince Khajuria, Akshun Gupta, Rajinder Gupta, Jai Sharma ,Prabhat Singh, Rajesh Padha, Nushi Jamwal, Ajmer Singh, Sham Suri, Surinder Choudhary Kanav Padha and Jagdish Sharma and core support team including Utkarsh Suri and Kritika Raghav Khajuria were elated to see the excitement and encouragement among the runners and vowed to continue with such events in the future. The core group appreciated the role of administration particularly J&K Police in smoothly managing the mega event.
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