Vizag Navy Marathon: City vibed with extra miles and smiles

VISAKHAPATNAM: The seventh edition of the Limca Sportz Vizag Navy Marathon was conducted at the RK Beach Road on Sunday. As many as 18,172 registrations were recorded for the mega event.
The Marathon has witnessed overwhelming participation from children, youth, senior citizens, naval personnel and foreigners from all over India and abroad in various categories of the Marathon.In addition to the participants, many volunteers also lined up very early in the morning to cheer the runners all along the scenic beach route.
432 runners participated in Full Marathon which was flagged off by the Race Director Dr Muralidhar Nannapaneni. The 21km Half Marathon which was jointly flagged off by Cmde Naresh Warikoo, Commanding Officer INS Kalinga and Milind Soman, saw a participation of 1,344 runners. The 10 km run had 3,439 runners and was flagged off by Vice Adm Sreekumar Nair, DGNP, Vizag. The 5 -km Run recorded the participation of 12,959 runners and was flagged off jointly by Rear Adm Sandeep Pradhan CSO(P&A), Eastern Naval Command and Adivi Shesh, Cine Actor.
In the Women’s category of the Full and Half Marathon races, Miss Susan Chebet and Miss Vadde Navya were the winners respectively. In the Men’s category, Vishal Abhishek Duriya and Ramavath Ramesh Chandra emerged as winners in the Full and Half Marathons respectively. In the 10 KM race, Miss V Jyothi stood as the winner in the women’s category, while Hastiram Jharwal was the winner in Men’s category. The awards were presented by senior dignitaries, celebrities and eminent personnel who attended the ceremony. The Indian Navy warmly thanks the city and people of Vizag, the district administration, city and traffic police, all participants, volunteers, esteemed guests and sponsors for the successful conduct of the event.
This edition of the Vizag Navy Marathon provided a better experience for the runners with more facilities like hydration and refreshment points, convenience stations and entertainment programs. 17 medical aid posts and mobile medical aid were also arranged along the race route.