Tendulkar to flag-off New Delhi Marathon on Feb. 23

Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar will flag off the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon on February 23, with around 13,000 runners having already registered for the event.

The runners will take part in four different categories — full marathon, half marathon, timed 10k and the 5k Swachh Bharat Run.

Tendulkar is the brand ambassador of IDBI Federal

Life Insurance.

Organised by NEB Sports, the New Delhi Marathon is certified by Association of International Marathons and

Distance Races (AIMS). The marathon is recognised as a

National Marathon Championship by Athletics Federation of India.

The marathon will start off at the iconic Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium with the route winding past historic landmarks like India Gate, Rashtrapati

Bhavan and Rajpath.

Interested runners can register through https://newdelhimarathon.com/ for the race. Registration fees for the Full Marathon is `1950, while for the Half Marathon, it is `1700 and for the Timed 10K and 5K Run, it is `1050 and `750, respectively. More details are available on the website. The last date to register is February 12th.

Karthik Raman, CMO, IDBI Federal Life Insurance, said, “We are delighted to come back for the 5th edition of the IDBI Federal Life Insurance New Delhi Marathon. Every year we receive an overwhelming response from runners in the capital and this year, the numbers of registrations that we have already received is impressive. With a week left for registrations, we hope to see more runners from New Delhi and across the country register to participate in one of the country’s most-loved marathons.”

“It is a great time to run here in Delhi. With the capital still experiencing cool, wintry weather, it will allow the racers to push themselves to the limit. The marathon offers a fast and flat course which will provide runners a really good opportunity to not only attain qualification marks but also shatter their own records,” Nagaraj Adiga, Race Director said.

The runners will take part in four different categories — full marathon, half marathon, timed 10k and the 5k Swachh Bharat Run