Senior Citizen Run at the 18th Edition of Tata Mumbai Marathon 2023

Early Morning of January 15, 2023, Mumbai sprung to life even before the sun decided to show up. As I reached the CST railway station at 5am, the streets of South Mumbai were already abuzz with a flurry of activities almost like as if it’s New Year’s Eve and the city cannot sleep. But this was another momentous occasion for the people of Mumbai as they were to witness the most awaited event of the year come back to life – ‘The 18th Edition of the Tata Mumbai Marathon 2023’ was to begin and 55,000 participants from various walks of life in and around the country and several international marathon runners were gathered to participate.

With a bevy of activities which surrounds the event, there were enthusiasts vying for various categories at the marathon. The Marathon has something to offer everyone, from the famous Dream Run, Open 10km, Senior Citizen Run, Champions with Disability, Half Marathons (21.097kms) to the Elite Runners at the big-league doing the Full Marathon (42.195kms). Spectators, Volunteers cheered on each other, never a moment of lull as we passed the various kiosks, groups who stood by in support. It was a day forever etched in my memory.

I boarded the media bus, which took off as soon as the Elite Run for the Full Marathon of 42.195 kms was flagged off. There was an instant rush of adrenaline to witness these professional sprinters in action. The spectators went into an overdrive, shouting and rooting for the foreign participants as much as they cheered the Indian Sprinters. Across the various iconic locations of Mumbai from South of Mumbai onto the Bandra Worli Sea link to the Bandra Toll Naka and back, the follow up to the action was simply amazing. The rising Sun just added more charm to this momentous occasion which felt almost surreal. Holding on the memory I can easily say this was an inspiring and eventful day.

On return, I chanced upon a few Senior citizens huddled together with their faces flushed with the excitement of the run. I also met with Prakash Borgaonkar, Head Maharashtra & Goa with Helpage India which has been the institution partner for the Senior Citizen run at the Tata Mumbai Marathon “The enthusiasm and excitement among the Senior Citizens has been high as the race returns after 2 years. This year 1262 senior citizens are registered out of which 54% are male and 45% are female. The Senior most registered is 91-year-old female and 89-year-old male. Besides these 375 elderlies were registered for the online run”. He continued ” This Marathon is not just a running event for the Senior Citizens but to showcase active ageing”. However, some health precaution and guidelines were adviced by celebrity fitness coach Mickey Mehta who was also present at the Helpage India centre set up at the run.

The records tumbled at the Marathon race as the Ethiopian duo of Hayle Lemi and Anchalem Haymanot won with new course records to take home USD 45,000 winner’s prize and a course record bonus of USD 15,000 each.

The women started their race at a fast pace and there was a keen tussle between five Ethiopian runners at the midway stage.  Worknesh Alemu, the 2019 champion here, drew from her past experience on the course to take the lead at that point. However, Haymanot, a marathon debutant, broke away from Alemu.  Rahma Tusa, two times Rome Marathon winner, and 2022 Sydney marathon runner-up Letebrhan Haylay ran shoulder-to-shoulder with her.   “Running along with these two experienced runners with fast timings to their credit was really a challenge, but I gained much experience from them,” Haymanot revealed during a post-race press conference.

Olympian Gopi, the first Indian male to win the Asian Marathon Championship in 2017, clocked 2:16:41 to finish on top of the domestic Elites and 10th overall in the 18th edition of the USD 405,000 prize fund World Athletics Gold Label Road Race.

All eyes were on Gopi who was returning to competition after three years following knee surgery and the Army runner didn’t disappoint as he clocked 2:16:41, and was followed by Man Singh, who was 17 seconds behind, and Kalidas Hirave.

Gopi fell short of the upcoming Asian Games cut-off of 2:15 but said the win in India’s largest marathon gave him a tremendous boost. “It felt good to be back after three years. I maintained a good pace for the first 30-odd kilometres but slowed down towards the end,” the Army runner told a news conference. “I never give up,” added Gopi, who previously won in 2018. The 2020 winner Srinu Bugatha finished fifth in 2:23:05.

Bhopal’s Chavi said she was running the classic distance for the first time. “I didn’t run more than 25 km even in training,” she told a news conference. Arati Patil finished second, over 10 minutes behind, and Renu Singh was third.

The Elite Indian podium finishers were richer by INR 500,000, 400,000 & 300,000 respectively.

Meanwhile, Parul Chaudhary bettered her course mark in the women’s half marathon and Murli Gavit won the men’s crown. The podium finishers took home INR 100,000, 75,000 & 60,000 respectively.

These were the results at the Marathon.

MARATHON ELITE MALE

RANKNAMECOUNTRYTIME
1HAYLE LEMIEthiopia02:07:32
2PHILEMON RONOKenya02:08:44
3HAILU ZEWDUEthiopia02:10:23
4ABDELA GODANAEthiopia02:11:31
5OKUBAY TSEGAYEritrea02:11:49
6AYCHEW BANTIEEthiopia02:11:53
7ABIDA EZAMZAMIMorocco02:12:36
8MASRESHA BEREEthiopia02:14:56
9JOHN LANGATKenya02:16:08
10GOPI THONAKKALIndia02:16:41

MARATHON ELITE MALE INDIAN

RANKNAMETIME
1GOPI THONAKKAL02:16:41
2MAN SINGH02:16:58
3KALIDAS HIRAVE02:19:54
4ANISH THAPA02:22:00
5SRINU BUGATHA02:23:05
6PANKAJ DHAKA02:28:08

MARATHON ELITE WOMEN

RANKNAMECOUNTRYTIME
1ANCHALEM HAYMANOTEthiopia02:24:15
2RAHMA TUSAEthiopia02:24:22
3LETEBRHAN HAYLAYEthiopia02:24:52
4LEMENEH KASU BITEWEthiopia02:28:43
5SIFAN MELAKUEthiopia02:29:22
6WORKNESH ALEMUEthiopia02:30:45
7KUMESHI SICHALAEthiopia02:31:00
8AYANTU KUMELAEthiopia02:31:11
9SHARON CHEROPKenya02:31:30
10ADANECH ANBESAEthiopia02:33:01

MARATHON ELITE WOMEN INDIAN

RANKNAMETIME
12CHAVI YADAV02:50:35
13ARATI PATIL03:00:44
14RENU SINGH03:01:11
15JIGMET DOLMA03:03:31

HALF MARATHON MEN:

RANKNAMETIME
1MURLI GAVIT01:05:20
2ANKIT DESHWAL01:05:48
3DEEPAK KUMBHAR01:05:51

HALF MARATHON WOMEN:

RANKNAMETIME
1PARUL CHAUDHARY01:15:07
2NANDINI GUPTA01:24:12
3POONAM SOUNE01:24:59

 Imagica Run In Costume Winners:

Expressive Us (Group Category): 

Second runner up: Suryoday Trust

First runner up: Shah Group

Winner: Shrimad Rajchandra Love and Care

Expressive Me (Individual)

Second runner up: Capt. Suresh Rajani

First runner up: Peeyush Jain

Winner: Akshay D. Jadhav

OPEN 10K

RANKNAMECOUNTRYTIME
15 to 24 yrs Female
1AMRITA PATELIndia00:38:13
2SHITAL JADHAVIndia00:43:10
3AMRUTA GAIKWADIndia00:43:49
    
25 to 34 yrs Female
1RESHMA GOUDIndia00:46:09
2JYOTI THAKREIndia00:47:53
3MAYANKA SHARMAIndia00:54:24
    
35 to 44 yrs Female
1SAYURI DALVIIndia00:46:13
2AYESHA VIJAY MANSUKHANIIndia00:47:56
3LAXMI JHAIndia00:48:15
    
45 to 54 yrs Female
1DR INDU TANDONIndia00:46:36
2JAYA NATHANIIndia00:53:42
3GARIMA DHAMIJAIndia00:54:48
    
55 to 64 yrs Female
1KHURSHID MISTRYIndia00:54:18
2HEMA HIRO VASWANIIndia00:59:07
3ARATI GAIKWADIndia01:00:18
    
65 yrs & Above Female
1MANDODARI CHANDRAIndia01:07:38
2NANDINI JAISINGHIndia01:14:49
3SUJATA KAMATHIndia01:51:38
RANKNAMECOUNTRYTIME
15 to 24 yrs Male
1KAMAL KUMARIndia00:31:45
2KARAN SHARMAIndia00:31:50
3VISHNU LAVHALEIndia00:33:37
    
25 to 34 yrs Male
1AMIT MALIIndia00:32:33
2SUMIT MOREIndia00:34:06
3SHASHI DIWAKARIndia00:34:54
    
35 to 44 yrs Male
1RAKESH KUMARIndia00:42:11
2HIROAKI FUKUZAWAJapan00:45:02
3MAYURESH MANJREIndia00:45:45
    
45 to 54 yrs Male
1KAPIL ARORAIndia00:47:05
2NIKHIL BHANDAREIndia00:47:13
3DEVANG ZAVERIIndia00:48:49
    
55 to 64 yrs Male
1DINESH RAIIndia00:49:37
2SETHURAMALINGAM TYAGARAJANIndia00:49:45
3RAJEEV MEHROTRAIndia00:52:11
    
65 yrs & Above Male
1SUPADU PATILIndia01:05:24
2RAMACHANDRA RAOIndia01:08:03
3GAUTAM MUDBHATKALIndia01:13:25

HALF MARATHON AGE CATEGORIES

RANKNAMECOUNTRYAWARD TIME
18 to 24 yrs Female
1POONAM SONUNEIndia01:24:56
2TASHI LADOLIndia01:25:22
3STANZIN CHONDOLIndia01:26:14
    
25 to 29 yrs Female
1PARUL CHAUDHARYIndia01:15:03
2NANDINI GUPTAIndia01:24:09
3VADDE NAVYAIndia01:28:05
    
 30 to 34 yrs Female
1VRINDA BHANDARIIndia01:39:44
2NIVEDITA CHOPRAIndia01:49:41
3SHRUTHI JAINIndia01:52:42
    
35 to 39 yrs Female
1SWARA AHLUWALIAIndia01:38:21
2ANCHAL MARWAHIndia01:43:59
3SNEHA SHAHIndia01:44:51
    
40 to 44 yrs Female
1CICILY THOMASIndia01:38:38
2REKHA RAWATIndia01:39:19
3VAISHALI GARAGIndia01:44:26
    
45 to 49 yrs Female
1KAVITHA REDDYIndia01:31:49
2KETAKI SATHEIndia01:39:54
3PRASANNAPRIYA REDDYIndia01:47:14
    
50 to 54 yrs Female
1SHILPA PHADKEIndia01:48:04
2NEELA PANCHPORIndia01:51:58
3DR VANDANA S CHANDRANIndia01:52:10
    
55 to 59 yrs Female
1JYOTI PROVA DUTTA  KHANIKARIndia01:54:46
2BIMLA BANWALAIndia02:00:10
3GAYATRI ANNAPANTULAIndia02:09:04
    
60 to 64 yrs Female
1SMITA PATILIndia02:08:08
2CHRISTINE SALDANHAIndia02:30:00
3KAVITA GHATGEIndia02:37:45
    
65 to 69 yrs Female
1PERVIN BATLIWALAIndia02:08:21
2ELSIE NANJIIndia02:15:46
3KISHORI KUDECHAIndia02:44:04
    
70 yrs & Above Female
1MEERA PAREKHIndia03:06:39
    
18 to 24 yrs Male
1ANKIT DESHWALIndia01:05:45
2MOHAN SAINIIndia01:07:36
3RAJ TIWARIIndia01:09:00
    
25 to 29 yrs Male
1MURLI GAVITIndia01:05:16
2ANURAG KONKARIndia01:10:06
3RAMAVATH RAMESH CHANDRAIndia01:10:39
    
30 to 34 yrs Male
1ISHAN SHARMAIndia01:12:08
2NARESH RAWATIndia01:18:07
3SHAILESH MAURYAIndia01:24:10
    
35 to 39 yrs Male
1DIPAK KUMBHARIndia01:05:48
2MALIKARJUN PARDEIndia01:17:16
3KAMLYA BHAGATIndia01:18:37
    
40 to 44 yrs Male
1JAIOAL BHOYARIndia01:17:23
2SUNIL SHIVANEIndia01:19:33
3SAHADAT ALIIndia01:22:11
    
45 to 49 yrs Male
1SANJAY DASILAIndia01:22:24
2SURESH KUMARIndia01:23:44
3MAJOR SURENDRA PUNIAIndia01:26:54
    
50 to 54 yrs Male
1MD WAHAB KHANBangladesh01:25:46
2MOHAMED IDRISIndia01:31:37
3KAMAL THAPAIndia01:31:44
    
55 to 59 yrs Male
1DINESH KUMARIndia01:24:20
2MUKESH RANAIndia01:28:40
3SURESH CHANDER SHARMA SHARMAIndia01:32:27
    
60 to 64 yrs Male
1THOMAS PCIndia01:29:34
2PANDURANG CHOUGULEIndia01:30:01
3BHUPENDRA KUMAR HARDELIndia01:33:56
    
65 to 69 yrs Male
1YOGENDRA PRATAP YADAVIndia01:27:38
2GULJARI LAL CHANDRAIndia01:36:23
3RAVEENDRAN MADAYIIndia01:41:26
    
70 yrs & Above Male
1SELVARAJ CHICKIAHIndia01:48:21
2DAMODAR PRASAD SHARMAIndia01:55:14
3BHASKER DESAIIndia01:55:14