Kashmir To Kanyakumari in 85 Days! This formidable challenge has been accepted by ultra runner Sufiya. She is soon to run a marathon which will entail running 50 km per day for three months as she has to cover 4,000 kilometres from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. The ultra runner from Rajasthan, Sufiya, 33, aims to run for […]

An engineer by profession, Shilpi Sahu, is a long-distance runner by passion. Sahu grew up in Bihar and then went to IIT Kharagpur, now working in the tech city she prefers to cycle every day to work and back. Shilpi Sahu, a self-proclaimed eco-nut, speaks to us about her various passions including running and biking. Shilpi believes […]

If you have been putting off running a marathon for a while and cannot find motivation for it, then Pallavi Kumar’s story might just be the one for you. An avid trekker, Kumar made it her goal to run a 21 km marathon in 2017. While she had done half marathons in the past, she […]

Five decades ago, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon. On Monday (Oct 9), the 70-year-old again took part in a run along with other women in New York, Fox5ny.com reported. Switzer is in New York to prepare for next month’s marathon. Kathrine Switzer, one of the most iconic figures in women’s sports, will […]

A 94-year-old, Harriette Thompson, has become the oldest woman in the world to run a half marathon.