CITY OF LUCKNOW RUNS FOR GOOD HEALTH IN THE HALF MARATHON
The pride of Lucknow and one of the most sought-after and renowned events of Lucknow city, ‘Lucknow Run’ was successfully organised on October 27, at GD Goenka Public School located in Sushant Golf City, Lucknow. The organiser of this run is ‘The Centrum’ Lucknow. The ‘Lucknow Run’ was organised in four categories; 21 km, 10 km, 05 km, and 03 km, where 21 km half marathon and 10 km run started at 05:45 am, 05 km and 03 km run events began at 07:00 am. 21 km & 10 km run was flagged off by Lt Gen Mukesh Chadha, COS Central Commandant & COL Commandant ASC. 03 and 05 km Run were flagged off by Awanish Singh, MLC, Naveen Arora, IPS, Anurag Kashyap, Film Director, and Anil Sagar, IAS.
Eminent personalities of the city, dignitaries, Principals, and Educationists of renowned schools of Lucknow with many other prominent figures were present on the occasion and flagged off the different runs. ‘Lucknow Run’ is the brainchild of Sarvesh Goel, who started this program in 2019, to promote the culture of the city and also to educate the people of Lucknow about fitness, healthy lifestyle, and good health. What started as a dream has now turned into a cult success, with runners from Lucknow and other cities and states participating in this half marathon. The buzz is growing each year and Goel was elated to see this humungous participation and said that ‘Lucknow Run’ is inching very fast towards becoming the biggest run of India and soon is going to make its mark at the international level too.
More than three thousand people including 1000+ students from Lucknow and many other schools of Uttar Pradesh participated in this run. ‘Lucknow Run’ also saw participation from the Indian Army, Corporates, the Reserve Bank of India, and many running groups and organisations. All the winners were presented the trophies by Sarvesh Goel, Managing Partner ‘The Centrum’ Lucknow, & Chairman GD Goenka Public School, Lucknow. All the participants were given medals and certificates. The winners of the ‘Lucknow Run’ Half Marathon 2024 were Awadh Narayan Yadav in the male category and Prem Lata Gupta in the female category was declared winners in the 21 km run category. Madhur and Za Kaq Eng were the winners of the 10 km run category in the male and female category respectively.
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