sunfeast marathon

Regardless of sunny weather, at least 10,000 people from cross
sections of society participated in the world's richest marathon known
as Sunfeast 10 Km Marathon in Bangalore today.

Braving the heat and the dust senior citizens ran the marathon and
reflected the true spirit with corporate executives, school children,
handicapped persons, the young and the old taking part in it.

"We are a group of people representing Healthy Hearts Club as well as
Non Resident Indian Parents Association. We heard about this a month
ago and we were so excited that we went on to find out how to increase
the awareness about this event," said Gopala Krishna, a senior citizen
who took part in the marathon.

Zersenay Tadese of Eritrea bagged the 1,50,000 US Dollar Sunfeast
World 10K title by completing the marathon in 27:51 seconds just three
seconds ahead of his rival Moses Kipsiro of Uganda.

While in the women's section, Grace Momanyi of Kenya and Elevan
Abeylegesse of Turkey were declared joint winners.

Events was held under six categories–World 10K Elite Men and Nations
Challenge (10Km) for 18 years and above, Wheelchair Event (4 Km) for
12 years and above, World 10K elite Women and Nations Challenge (10Km)
for 18 years and above, Senior Citizens' Run (4km) for 60 years and
above, Open 10 K run and IT Challenge (10Km) for 15 years and above
and Majja Run (5.7 Km) for 12 years and above.