Chennai Marathon
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Marathon
The marathon is a long-distance running event with an official distance of 42.195 kilometres , that is usually run as a road race...
in Chennai
Chennai
Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...
, India
India
India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...
. The event is jointly organized by the Sports Development Authority of Tamil Nadu (SDAT) and Rotary International.
Starting from the Anna Square in the Marina Beach
Marina Beach
Marina Beach is a beach in the city of Chennai , India, along the Bay of Bengal, part of the Indian Ocean. The beach runs from near Fort St. George in the north to Besant Nagar in the south, a distance of , making it the longest urban beach in the country and the world's second longest...
and terminating at the Annai Velankanni Church on the Elliot's Beach
Elliot's beach
Elliot's Beach or "Besant Nagar Beach" ' is located in Besant Nagar, Chennai, India. It forms the end-point of the Marina Beach shore and is named after Edward Elliot, Governor of Madras. It has the Velankanni Church and the Ashtalakshmi Kovil nearby and is sometimes nicknamed 'Bessie'...
, it is considered the country's biggest city marathon and is also said to be South India's richest marathon, in which over 1,000 athletes and more than 6,000 people participate. The event includes various categories such as a 21.09-km run for professional athletes, a 7-km city run for everybody, a junior run for children, a 10-km mini marathon for the uniformed personnel, a master's run for senior citizens and a 500-m wheelchair run for the disabled.
The last marathon, the 9th edition, was held on 13 February 2011, and the previous events were held on 21 February 2010.