Every Mumbaikar (local word for residents of Mumbai) is familiar with the Standard Chartered Mumbai

Marathon (SCMM) that takes place annually and is the largest Marathon in Asia. It is a huge event not only
for professional athletes, but for people from all walks of life, including amateur runners, Bollywood
personalities, NGOs, businessmen, students and anyone and everyone. Each year, this platform provides
an opportunity to the development sector to register and run for a cause in the various categories provided,
to help them raise funds for the specific cause.

This year, Mumbai Smiles Foundation is participating in this Marathon for the first time, with four in-house
runners (employees of the organisation) and one big-hearted student who has shown interest in running for
our cause, that is to raise funds for one of our preschool education centres, and we are all so very excited
about this!
So, a request to all our dear readers, please visit our cause-link here:
https://www.unitedwaymumbai.org/ngo-527 , donate and sponsor our runners for a cause!
Mumbai Marathon
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Mumbai Marathon

The logo for Mumbai Marathon

Date Third Sunday of January

Location Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Distance Marathon

Established 2004

Course records Men's: 2:08:35 (2016)

Gideon Kipketer

Women's: 2:24:33 (2013)

Valentine Kipketer

Official site http://tatamumbaimarathon.procamrunning.in/

The Mumbai Marathon (known as the Tata Mumbai Marathon for sponsorship reasons by Tata
Consultancy Services (TCS)), is an annual international marathon held in Mumbai, India, on the
third Sunday of January every year. It is the largest marathon in Asia as well as the largest mass
participation sporting event on the continent. It is the richest race in India with a prize pool of
USD 405,000.
The Mumbai Marathon has six different race categories: Marathon (42.195 km), Half Marathon
(21.097 km), Dream Run (6 km), Senior Citizens' Run (4.3 km), Champions with Disability
(2.4 km), and a Timed 10K.
The course records set in 2013 were the fastest times ever run for a marathon in India in the
women's marathon category – 2:24:33 by the women's winner Valentine Kipketer, Kenya. In
2016, Gideon Kipketer broke the men's marathon record, completing the race in 2:08:35.
The marathon is an event where people from all walks of life participate
including Bollywood celebrities, sports personalities, business tycoons and amateur athletes.
 Contents
[hide]

 1History
 2Organization
 3The Race
 4Past winners
 5Charity
o 5.1Dream Team
o 5.2Corporate Challenge
o 5.3Philanthropy Partner
 6Flame of Marathon
 7Trophy
 8Event Ambassadors
 9Sponsors/partners
 10References
 11External links

History[edit]
Inspired by the London Marathon, Procam International believed that Mumbai would support
such a road race. The first event was held in 2004, then titled as the Standard Chartered Mumbai
International Marathon.
The race became an IAAF Silver Label Road Race in 2009. The IAAF elevated the race to an
IAAF Gold Label Road Race in 2010. Currently it is categorized as Silver Label Road Race by
IAAF[1][better source needed].
In 2005 Mumbai Marathon was included as one of the legs of "The Greatest Race on Earth". The
other three legs of this four-marathon race were the Singapore Marathon, the Nairobi
Marathon and the Hong Kong Marathon.

Organization[edit]
Mumbai Marathon is the property of Procam International Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai based sports
management company. Procam International also owns other road races in India such as the
Airtel Delhi Half Marathon, Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bangalore, and Tata Steel
Kolkata 25K.

The Race[edit]

Runners at the 2008 Mumbai Marathon.

The six categories cater to different participants. They are the Marathon (42.195 km), Half
Marathon (21.097 km), Dream Run (6 km), Senior Citizens Event (4.3 km), and Champions with
Disability Event (2.4 km). The Timed 10K has been introduced from the 2018 edition of the
Mumbai Marathon.
The marathon starts opposite Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Mumbai. It passes many of the city’s
iconic locations such as Flora Fountain, Marine Drive, Chowpatty, Haji Ali, Mahim Church, and
the Bandra–Worli Sea Link. The London marathon winner and the secretary of the Association of
International Marathons and Distance Races, Hugh Jones, is the race director.

Past winners[edit]
Key: Course record

Time Time
Edition Year Men's winner Women's winner
(h:m:s) (h:m:s)

1st 2004 Hendrick 2:15:47 2:47:53

Wioletta Uryga (POL)
Ramaala (RSA)

2nd 2005 Julius Sugut (KEN) 2:13:20 Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:35:03

3rd 2006 Daniel Rono (KEN) 2:12:03 Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:33:15

4th 2007 John Kelai (KEN) 2:12:27 Yang Fengxia (CHN) 2:36:16

5th 2008 John Kelai (KEN) 2:12:23 Mulu Seboka (ETH) 2:30:04

6th 2009 Kenneth Mugara (KEN) 2:11:51 Kebebush Haile (ETH) 2:34:08

7th 2010 Denis Ndiso (KEN) 2:12:40 Bizunesh Urgesa (ETH) 2:31:09

8th 2011 Girma Assefa (ETH) 2:09:54 Koren Jelela (ETH) 2:26:56

9th 2012 Laban Moiben (KEN) 2:10:48 Netsanet Achamo (ETH) 2:26:12

10th 2013 2:09:32 Valentine 2:24:33

Jackson Kiprop (UGA)
Kipketer (KEN)[2]

11th 2014[3] Evans Rutto (KEN) 2:09:33 Dinknesh Mekash (ETH) 2:28:08

12th 2015[4] Tesfaye Abera (ETH) 2:09:46 Dinknesh Mekash (ETH) 2:30:00
 Time Time
Edition Year Men's winner Women's winner
(h:m:s) (h:m:s)

13th 2016 Gideon Kipketer (KEN) 2:08:35 Shuko Genemo (ETH) 2:27:50

14th 2017 Alphonce Simbu (TAN) 2:09:32 Bornes Kitur (KEN) 2:29:02

Solomon
15th 2018 2:09:34 Amane Gobena (ETH) 2:25:49
Deksisa (ETH)

The event helped bridge the gap between Indian elite athletes and the international elite. Mumbai
Marathon provides Indian runners with a platform to compete with the best in the world. The
dream of qualifying for the London Olympics became a reality for Ram Singh Yadav, who
clocked his best marathon time of 2:16:59 at the 2012 edition.

Charity[edit]
The Mumbai Marathon is India’s largest charity platform for non-profit organisations to raise
funds. NGOs represent causes such as arts, culture and sports, civic and community
development, disability, education, environment and wildlife, health, human rights, social
services, vocational training, and women, children and the aged. Organizations register with the
Event’s official Philanthropy Partner, United Way Mumbai. Some NGOs used this event as a
platform to raise awareness for their work, and some to directly raise funds. Fundraising is
facilitated by an easy-to-use model designed for all groups to raise funds.
Over ₹1.9 billion (USD 29 million) has been raised from year 2004 to year 2017.
The first race in 2004 had 22,000 participants and raised ₹14.4 million (USD $269,000). Both the
number of participants and amount of money raised rose drastically over the years with 30,000
people running in 2007 (₹79.4 million, USD $1,490,000). The 2017 edition hosted 42,000 runners
(₹ 329 million USD 5,087,761).
Dream Team[edit]
This special category is meant for highly motivated individuals who feel passionately about a
cause and commit to raise a substantial sum of funds. Over the years, the Dream Team has
seen a mix of business magnates, celebrities, socialites, NGO trustees and students. Levels
include:

 Dream Champion – minimum pledge of INR 1 million.

 Dream Wizard – minimum pledge of INR 500,000
 Dream Maker – minimum pledge of INR 100,000
Corporate Challenge[edit]
The Corporate Challenge is a category for companies who wish to sponsor employee teams to
participate in event and raise funds. 166 companies fielded 257 Corporate Challenge teams at
Mumbai Marathon 2013.
Philanthropy Partner[edit]
United Way Mumbai is Mumbai Marathon's Philanthropy Partner. UWM assumes the role of a
"Philanthropy Exchange" for charities and non-profit organizations that register with the Event.
The Philanthropy Partner's roles are to:
 Facilitate & supplement pledge raising efforts of individuals, companies and NGOs.
 Create, build and communicate the Charity Structure.
 Work on all aspects of Charity like registrations, race day logistics, communications and
receiving donations.
 Accounting & reconciling of Pledges.
 Disbursement of funds to beneficiary NGOs.
 80G receipts to all donors.
UWM maintains neutrality and ensures a level playing field among all participating NGOs. UWM
also serves as an assurance to the donor that the NGO and the cause for which money is being
donated are credible.

Flame of Marathon[edit]
Mumbai Marathon was the youngest marathon to be awarded the "Flame of the Marathon". It
was flown in from Greece by Maria Polyzou, Greek Marathon Champion and Director of the
Museum of Marathon Runs. They were received by then Mayor of Mumbai Smt. Shraddha
Jadhav at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport. The flame was carried by sports luminaries,
celebrities, sponsors/partners and dignitaries from the government in a flame relay to
the Hutatma Chowk in Fountain, Mumbai. The participants of the torch relay were celebrities
including Priya Dutt, Jaspal Bindra, Rahul Bose, John Abraham, Shobha De, Milind
Soman, Dhanraj Pillay and Kiran More.

Trophy[edit]
To commemorate Mumbai Marathon's 10th edition, a rolling trophy was instituted, to be handed
over to the men’s and women’s marathon champions.
The trophy was unveiled by Shri K. Sankaranarayanan, (then) Governor of Maharashtra.
The trophy was designed by artist and sculptor Shri Paresh Maity.

Event Ambassadors[edit]
The international ambassadors for the Mumbai Marathon have been:

 2004—Michael Duane Johnson

 2005—Paul Tergat, Stephen Ovett
 2006—Anju Bobby George, Linford Christie
 2007—Rahul Bose, Dames Kelly Holmes, Aravinda De Silva
 2008—Gabriela Szabo
 2009—Gail Devers
 2010—Daniel O'Brien
 2011—Catherine Freeman
 2012—Vijay Amritraj
 2013—Haile Gebrselassie
 2014—Damon Hill
 2015—Marion Bartoli
 2016—Edwin Moses
 2017—David Rudisha
Bollywood actor John Abraham is the Face of the Event.