The Bangalore Marathon is a marathon running event in the Indian city of Bangalore.
It was originally organised by Lipton, and first ran on May 15, 2005. The winners were K.C. Ramu of India (men's), and Marashet Jimma of Ethiopia (women's).
The second marathon was scheduled for September 17, 2006.
The winners were, in the full marathon men's division, H A Chinnappa, with a time of 2:35:19, in the full marathon women's division, Deepthi Ashok, with a time of 4:13:13, in the half marathon men's division, Irappa D Akki, with a time of 1:04:21, and in the half marathon women's division, K B with a time of 1:23:55.
Famous quotes containing the word marathon:
“The mountains look on Marathon—
And Marathon looks on the sea;
And musing there an hour alone,
I dreamed that Greece might still be free;
For standing on the Persians’ grave,
I could not deem myself a slave.”
—George Gordon Noel Byron (1788–1824)