Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Mumbai Marathon

 
The lead vehicle followed by the lead pack at the halfway mark of the Mumbai Marathon held on 18Jan09. They were flagged off at 0740hrs from Chhatrapati Shivaji Railway Terminus. This picture was clicked at 0854hrs. The runner alongside the lead vehicle is Milind Soman - the only runner from the glamour world of modelling and films who ran the Full Marathon of 42.19kms. There were a total of 35000+ participants in the various categories of the Marathon like the Dream Run and Half Marathon. The total prize money at stake was USD250,000/-
Over the next few days shall post some more details and pictures of this fabulous event.
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21 comments:

  1. अविनाशJanuary 20, 2009 at 6:30 AM

    run Mumbai Run!!
    Good click,
    Have a nice day

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  2. Sylvia KJanuary 20, 2009 at 6:59 AM

    What a great shot! and how interesting! Look forward to seeing more! Thanks, as always, for sharing another part of your world -- they've all been fascinating!

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  3. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    Good shot. Hope you're having a great week so far.

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  4. Guy DJanuary 20, 2009 at 7:52 AM

    Fantastic to see things are back to normal in Mumbai, have a great week.

    Cheers!
    Regina In Pictures

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  5. SwarnaJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:15 AM

    hope you also ran! :)
    awaiting other pics...

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  6. CloudiaJanuary 20, 2009 at 10:55 AM

    Handsome man running! Aloha-

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  7. Priyanka KhotJanuary 20, 2009 at 11:24 AM

    wow Milind Soman,

    I have had a crush on him since i was in school... and he continues to look fantastic.
    Thanks for the pic. made my day :-)

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  8. humanobserverJanuary 20, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    A great event indeed....

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  9. hitch writerJanuary 20, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    lovely event ! wish i could participate !

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  10. Priyanka KhotJanuary 20, 2009 at 12:12 PM

    Would really really appreciate it if you could email me more pics. :-)

    priyankakhot@gmail.com

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  11. OlivierJanuary 20, 2009 at 12:37 PM

    35.000 participants c'est énorme, cela doit être un grand événement.
    Beau début de ton reportage.

    35,000 participants is enormous, it should be a great event.
    Successful beginning of your story.

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  12. photowannabeJanuary 20, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    Looking forward to seeing the rest of the race.
    Thanks for your visits to my blog and your kind comments. They are most appreciated.
    Sue

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  13. Gerald (SK14)January 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    So different from the days when my father ran in marathons 40-50 years ago - so little press coverage then.

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  14. AnonymousJanuary 20, 2009 at 5:34 PM

    More thn just a pretty face then.

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  15. Reader WilJanuary 20, 2009 at 5:49 PM

    So many participants! That's an awful lot! Great event.

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  16. MojoJanuary 20, 2009 at 7:27 PM

    Heh. I actually saw this last night, but got so totally blown away by your Monochrome Monday shot I forgot to comment on this one!

    Marathons in general seem a little insane to me, but I suppose somebody's gotta do it. Hard to imagine 35,000 people all running ta once. Although when I was in the army we had a "division run" once that had about half that many. The formation was longer than the actual run, so by the time the last ones got started, the first ones were already finishing! Of course, we weren't running 26 miles either... that makes a big difference.

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  17. JudyJanuary 20, 2009 at 9:14 PM

    How great to be able to participate in such a huge event! This is a great shot.

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  18. UnknownJanuary 21, 2009 at 12:34 AM

    It looks like Milind Soman is a 'multifaced' man! :-)

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  19. Amit WadkarJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:39 AM

    nice...one question..was the marathon include the Bandra-Worli sealink...coz i can see the towers in the distance...so is the BWSL done? Thnx

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  20. AnonymousJanuary 21, 2009 at 4:47 AM

    I have to say, my idea of time well spent would be a nice iced latte and a lawn chair, but this is very impressive!

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  21. The Good Life in VirginiaJanuary 22, 2009 at 6:48 AM

    great shot and interesting post. thanks for sharing with us. i would be inclined to be sipping something heavily iced...like tea.
    have a great weekend.
    erin

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