Marathon Run in Madanapalle - Part 2

I am happy to share some of the pictures provided by the organisers of 'Marathon in Madanapalle' on 25th March 2012.

Heartening to see that this event has been successful conducted by the organisers in relatively smaller town.

Perhaps this gives all of us some encouragement to conduct such marathon runs (full or half) in all our towns and cities?

Few observations on the photos that I see (I could be wrong since I was not physically present there):

- for a starter the participation looks encouraging

- mostly school students

- most of the students are running bare foot

The above observations are not on the negative side but to make us think over how these events, when conducted in future, can be improved. For sure, these kids could have been provided with sports shoes? If not very expensive, at least canvas shoes?

Anyway, looks like a good start, please think over and see if such events can be organised in our colonies, areas and towns. 

Thanks Venkat (of maachittoor.com) for providing the pictures.

Btw, link for the first part of this post is here - 

http://chroniclesofraviakula.blogspot.com/2012/03/marathon-in-madanapalle.html

Marathon in Madanapalle

Happy to know that a marathon is being organised in Madanapalle on 25th March 2012. Here is the link to the website promoting this event.

http://chalomadanapalle.com/2012-race.html

As per the website, the objective of this charity event is "to eradicate the drought by planting as many trees as possible during one year and protecting them in our region"


In my view this is a good beginning. Please join the event and make it a success. 


Message/suggestion to the event organisers. Please provide a nice t-shirt to all the participants with the motto clearly printed such that more and more people can join this event now onwards. 

After the event, please publish picture from flag-off to finish. 

Good initiative, good gesture. All the best.