Tanjore Marathon 2014 powered by ProHEALTH Foundation

Thanking Our Partners & A Report

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Tanjore Marathon 2014

Dec 21, 2014 The objective of the event was to encourage a Healthy

lifestyle in the community. To encourage participation in

all age groups, prizes were categorized by age.

The event venue was the beautiful campus of Periyar

Maniammai University. The start and finish of the race

was at the ‘Multi purpose Indoor’ Stadium.

Hon Vice Chancellor Col. Dr. N Ramachandran flagged

off the race.

The Prize giving ceremony was presided by Deputy

Inspector General of Police, Mr Sanjay Kumar and the

Registrar of Periyar Maniammai University, Dr Ashok

Kumar.

Children Sponsored by ProHEALTH under the ‘Friends of

Runner’ Program (104 children)

- Periyar-PURA – 20 children

- School for Deaf/Dumb – 20 children

- Guild of Service – 40 children

- Local Athletes and Past Winners – 24

Message from Dr Amit:

Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to all of you. I would like to thank you for supporting and providing sponsorship for Tanjore Marathon 2014. Your support has been instrumental in our quest to promote running as a sport in Thanjavur region.

The Founders of ProHEALTH Foundation have conducted 4 events in Thanjavur geography during a period of last one year. We have learned a lot during the process and tried to understand what best we can do promote the sport and Thanjavur as running destination in coming year. Apart from that we want to promote active lifestyles for all age groups in the region. As you know Tamilnadu has high burden of chronic diseases like diabetes and hypertension, so its important we spread awareness among everyone to be active and especially spread awareness among children at an early age. We have just started our journey and there are many more thing to be done. We look forward to your support in future.

Dr Amit MBBS, MS-Johns Hopkins University, Ironman Triathlete and Marathoner

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“… Marathon is not only helpful for an individual’s

health but an event like Tanjore Marathon’s “Run for Health” spreads awareness

on leading a healthy

lifestyle” Hon Col Dr N Ramachandran

Vice Chancellor Periyar Maniammai University

Participants – 1,182 Youngest to Oldest – 6 to 76 yrs

# Schools/Colleges -155 #Volunteers – 93

Media Coverage

• Dina Malar

• Dina Thanti

• Dina Karan

• Malai Murasu

• Puthiya Thalai Murai

The Overall Best Times in All Age Categories was as follows

• 21.1 km - Mohammed Idris; Trichy; 54 yrs (1:25:10)

• 10 km – Arangamuthu; Puddhukottai; 19yrs (00:36:26)

• 5km – Muthukumar; Thanjavur; 14 yrs (00:21:03)

Special Mentions

An event of this magnitude needs the community leaders as partners on the ground, below are some partners without whom the logistics around the event would not have been possible.

- Periyar Maniammai University for extending their campus to support the event and more importantly the flexibility extended to change location to the ‘Multipurpose Indoor Stadium’.

- Thanjavur Range Police for making impeccable arrangements

- NCC & NSS support for traffic management during the event

- Youth Exnora for mobilizing volunteers for waste management activity.

“I think in this way you will help make a difference to lots of people in a country where sports facilities and exercise consciousness are still so limited, perhaps especially in smaller towns.” Siddhartha Menon, Principal, Rishi Valley School

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