Railway girls make it big
Three winners in the Indian women category of the marathon are from the railways, two of them being ticket checkers. "Lalita Babar, the winner in the Indian women's Full Marathon, is a senior ticket checker with the Central Railway. Sudha Singh, who has won the Half Marathon, is a chief ticket inspector with the CR," said CR spokesperson A K Singh. "Vijayamala Patil, who came second in the Full Marathon is a Western Railway athlete and works in the stores department at Churchgate ." A CR ticket checker, Sachin Patil, was the runner-up in Indian men's Half Marathon.
Bikini man
Stand-up comedian Atul Khatri certainly attracted a lot of attention not just for his swift finish in the Half Marathon but also his costume. Khatri wore a long T-shirt with a caricature of a bikini-clad woman's torso and legs and a sign on the back, saying 'Don't tell women what to wear; teach men not to stare'. "The T-shirt and the slogan was enough," said Khatri.
Starry race
Abevy of celebrities from the film and TV worlds lent stardust to the Mumbai Marathon on Sunday. Actors such as Gulshan Grover, Sakshi Tanwar, Sharman Joshi and Vivek Oberoi walked for Tina Ambani's Harmony initiative for senior citizens. "Because of my close friend Tina, I come to the Harmony marathon every year. This year was special not only because there were more senior citizens, but also because their enthusiasm was greater." Model-actor Lisa Haydon took part in the Full Marathon in the amateur category and completed the feat in 4 hours and 6 minutes. The R a s c als star took to long-distance running on Siddharth Mallya's advice. "This is my first marathon and I'm tremendously happy with today's achievement," said Haydon, who trained for three months. TV actors such as Karanveer Bohra, Mohammed Nazim, Deepika Singh too were spotted at the event.
Spirit of Mumbai
Angad Singh Dugal (26) has not allowed multiple disabilities to be a stumbling block in his path of marathon dreams. A regular at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, he participates in the Champions With Disability race every year. "People call him the spirit of Mumbai," said Angad's father. As Angad walked the 2.4-km race, his family accompanied him with a chair for him to rest in between.
Better than Delhi
Aparticipant in the marathon for three years, former Army vicechief Lt Gen Vijay Oberoi (72), who was wounded in the 1965 Indo-Pak war and lost his right leg, said, "I prefer this over the Delhi Marathon where babus can't liven up the occasion. Mumbaikars add a certain colour to the event that makes it special."
Bollywood-inspired
Some took inspiration from Bollywood to spread the message for different causes. One group carried a placard with T h e Dir t y Pic t u r e written on it, asking people to change the "picture of women in the country and make it safer for them" . Another group used the name of the Sridevi-starrer to highlight the importance of learning conversational skills in English. The placard read: 'Vinglish to English, Not Difficult.'
Barefoot runner
Fifty-year-old Vishwanathan Jayaraman travelled all the way from Hubli in Karnataka to take part in Full Marathon, which he finished barefoot in 3 hours 36 minutes. Vishwanathan was a chain-smoker till August 2000. "A friend told me that if I wanted to quit smoking, I must find an addiction stronger than it. That's when I started running," he said. A financial advisor and chief accountant officer with the South Western Railway, Vishwanathan was part of the last two Mumbai Marathons as well.
New home
Among the early finishers of the Amateur Full Marathon was Eknath Bhalerao who works as a cleaner for monorail. A resident of the city for three years, the 42-yearold from Rajegaon village of Buldana district had no one to cheer for him at the finishing line but that did not deter him from enjoying the moment. "I started working in Mumbai three years ago," said Bhalerao. "I pestered a colleague about it till he got me registered. I practised for the past two months and was able to finish in three hours," said Bhalerao.
IAS officers on track
For the first time, 26 senior bureaucrats from the state took part in the Dream Run under the umbrella of State IAS Association.
(Contributed by Somit Sen, Shreya Bhandary, Bharati Dubey, Rohit Bharadwaj, Sree Sen, Pratibha Masand and Sharad Vyas)
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