The Asian Age

SuperSikh Run on Dec. 8

- AGE CORRESPOND­ENT

The 4th edition of One Race SuperSikh Run will take place on December 8 to promote Humanitari­an Values & the concept of ‘Sewa’, it was announced on Wedneday. Founded on four pillars — Sewa, Environmen­t, Learning, Fitness (SELF), the SuperSikh Run is a celebratio­n of humanity and eco-friendly environmen­t.

The event was addressed by Arjuna Awardee boxer. Mandeep Jangra along with the face of the event and chief inspiratio­n officer, Major D.P. Singh, Kargil war survivors and India’s first amputee marathoner and Limca Record holder.

One Race SuperSikh Run is a Sewa inspired profession­ally managed Half Marathon event which has had three very successful editions in Delhi in 2018, 2017 and 2016. One Race takes place annually in New Delhi starting at the heritage site of Gurudwara Rakabganj Sahib in Lutyens Delhi. The 4th edition of the race is expected to witness participat­ion from over 7000 runners across extraordin­ary men and women.

To channelise the raw talent of young athletes in India, Hero Electric along with SuperSikh Foundation have initiated the Sub3010km project. Under this, participan­ts will get the opportunit­y to prove their mettle with Speed and Endurance by breaking the 30-minute barrier for 10Km run. The winners to break the Sub 30-minute barrier for Men and Sub 35-minute barrier for Women will be awarded with Hero Electric Optima worth over `65000/Earlier this month, Hero Electric flagged off the promo run ahead of ONE RACE SuperSikh run on November 9. The run was flagged off from Hero Electric’s head office in Gurugram and saw participat­ion from over 200 runners. Keeping in mind the rising pollution levels in Delhi-NCR and as part of Hero Electric’s #CodeGreen initiative, the company encouraged runners to wear face buffs and jerseys with the message ‘Beat Air Pollution’ and ‘Let’s breathe better, let’s go electric’ written on them as a symbol of protest against air pollution.

 ??  ?? Mr. Mandeep Jangra, Arjuna Awardee Boxer and Major DP Singh, Kargil war survivor along with Hero Electric leadership addressed the audience
Mr. Mandeep Jangra, Arjuna Awardee Boxer and Major DP Singh, Kargil war survivor along with Hero Electric leadership addressed the audience

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