Vadodara run for 9th Edition of the MG Vadodara International Marathon

Runners from 12 countries including India run to spread the message of fitness It’s a chilly Sunday morning of the month, but it fails to dampen the spirit of the runners who turned up in big numbers to run in the 9th edition of the MG Vadodara Marathon. Athletes from India and outside countries run on city roads to spread the message of fitness.

The marathon starts with the Full Marathon 42.195 kms, Half Marathon 21.098 kms, Quarter Marathon 10.5 kms, Inox Divyang Paralympic Run, Linde Swacchata Run, Rameshwar Transport Jawan Run, AU Bank NGO Pledge Run and Marathon Relay.

The registrations this year is 1,00,187 which includes 73 international runners, 23294 corporate runners, 1708 divyang participants, 37,390 School runners, 10,285 College goers, 4746 Individual Runners , 84 from 21 Relay teams, 1158 Jawaans and 21,606 participants from NGOs. This year also has the highest number of Timed Run registrations touching a peak with 9575 registrations.

Athletes from USA, Japan, Iceland, Mozambique, Ethiopia, UK, Germany, Indonesia, Iran, Italy and Sweden takes part in the marathon

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani remain present there and flagged of the Inox Divyang Paralympic Run. He also felicitated the Brand Ambassador Padmashree Dr. Deepa Malik, Khel Ratna Arjuna Awardee and paralympic athlete present there to motivate the runners