Distance Marathon | Official site bengalurumarathon.in | |
Location Bangalore, Karnataka, India Established 15 May 2005 (2005-05-15) | ||
The Bangalore Marathon is a marathon running event in the Indian city of Bangalore. It was originally organised by Lipton, and first ran on May 15, 2005. The winners were K.C. Ramu of India (men's), and Marashet Jimma of Ethiopia (women's). The second marathon was scheduled for September 17, 2006. The winners were, in the full marathon men's division, H A Chinnappa, with a time of 2:35:19, in the full marathon women's division, Deepthi Ashok, with a time of 4:13:13, in the half marathon men's division, Irappa D Akki, with a time of 1:04:21, and in the half marathon women's division, K B with a time of 1:23:55.
Bangalore Marathon - Reborn
After a long wait, Bengaluru referred as a fitness capital has an annual city marathon organized by Shriram Properties & powered by Adidas. First edition ran on 19 October 2014 and latest run is planned on 18 October 2015. This marathon will take runners through important landmarks of the city.