This story is from September 14, 2020

Coimbatore Marathon goes virtual this year

Coimbatore Marathon goes virtual this year
Coimbatore: The eighth edition of ‘Coimbatore Marathon’ to be held in December this year would be a virtual event, organisers said.
The proceeds of the marathon, to be held from December 1 to December 31 this year, go towards the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation. The event’s theme this year is ‘Run Smart’, a release said.
As it is a virtual event not constrained to a specific date and time, participants can choose their date, start time, route, distance and run or walk from wherever they are, and complete their race any time during the month of December, the release said.

“Another advantage of the virtual run is that we are not constrained in terms of the route, timings and so on, so we have introduced four new event categories — a 3km run/walk, a 10 miler (16.1 km), a 20 miler (32.2 km) and a full marathon (42.2km) in addition to the usual 5km run/walk, 10km and half marathon (21.1km) events,” said Ramesh Ponnuswami, race director, Coimbatore Marathon, in the release.
Organisers said they would ask participants to register as usual, and during the marathon log in to a health app which would keep track of their activity, the data from which would be verified later.
Those interested can register at www.coimbatoremarathon.com.
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