Chandigarh-September 22, 2019-The day concluded with the city beautiful’s green run. It was an amazing experience for the people of Chandigarh tricity as senior officials from major government departments, men & women from the corporate, businessmen, doctors, teacherschose to participate in Tuffman Chandigarh Half Marathon in association with Chandigarh Tourism at Capitol Complex, Near Open Hand Monument.

The event, in it’s first edition saw a total participation of 2000+ participants who showed up at the race from different states and distant parts of the country like Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Haryana & Punjab, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, etc.The race had a vision of having chandigarh’s first ever green run which is against the usage of single use plastic.The run had minimal use of single use of plastic and used alternatives to single use plastic like paper cups Usage of eco – friendly paper cups will be added to water savings which will be added to green run, as giving out packaged water bottles results in wastage of water enormously and again leads to usage of plastic, whereas eco – friendly paper cups cuts the water wastage and is bio – degradable in nature.

The event had four categories namely – 21 Km (Half Marathon), 10 Km, 5 Km & 3 Km for the kids.

The half marathon was flagged off by Mr. Kamal Kishor Yadav, IAS, Commissioner, Municipal Corporation, Chandigarh at 0530 hrs, the 10 Km race was flagged off by Ms. Rachana Singh, IRS, Joint Commissioner, Goods & Services Tax Directorate, Panchkula, Haryana at 0600 hrsand the 5 Km & 3 Km race was flagged off by Retd. Maj GenHarvijay Singh, Sena Medal at 0630 hrs.

Lauding the efforts of participants of all categories, Mr. Kamal Kishor Yadav said “Running is not just about physical stamina but also needs mental strength and testing yourself. I am happy to see the enthusiasm and participation from various parts of the country is just beautiful in itself to run a half marathon and keeping fit for the daily lifestyle”. The run had a vision of fitness enthusiasts that year on year aims to promote healthy living and empowering the underprivileged.

In the light, the run had participants from Chandigarh Spinal Rehab, Sector – 19, Chandigarh where 10 of the wheel chair runners took part in the half marathon event and were on cloud 9 as they cross the finish line with others.

The run was in association with Chandigarh Tourism and Proathlix was the official nutrition partner, Verka was the sweet refreshment partner, Max Healthcare, Mohali was the Medical Partner, Retrofit was the hydration partner.

The participants also showed their passion towards running in their very own city and were able to pace along with the campaign – #FitIndia which was recently launched by our Hon’ble Prime Minister.

Tuffman Chandigarh Half Marathon was an amazing experience in itself. I appreciate incredible efforts of organisers for impeccable arrangements right from registration, event arrangements, goodies, bib distribution, hydration & nutrition support, the entire run experience, medal and award ceremony,” said Brig Paramjeet from the Indian Army, who took part in the said run.