Congratulations to Sivabalan Pandian (MM13150) who recently completed the Bengaluru Ultra 50 K (India ) on July 30, 2023. This was his 714th Marathon distance or longer.
From Sivabalan, “Dear all, Successfully Did Bengaluru Ultra 50 K (India ) organized by NEB on 30 July, 2023 .Excellent route of 12.5 K loop with all support but I was nearly last person to complete with slight ankle injury and took Finish time of 9:53:58 as per results link https://app.racetime.in/results/details…The course was inside Agriculture University – ( GKVK ) with greenery atmosphere and stress free atmosphere to run Ultra Marathon. Happend to meet many good running friends and took photos during the event. Happy to touch 714 yesterday’s Marathons ( Full and Ultra ) only and trying to complete 1000 before end of my marathon journey. The list of 713 Marathons in the following link https://docs.google.com/…/1e54TOfdEAMD3WrtOeEGp…/edit…Now I am too confident that in India also can find many international standard Marathons of Full and Ultra so that I need not depend upon overseas event which are comparactively very expensive. Happy Running of Ultra and back to back Full marathons.”
Photo and post credit Sivabalan Pandian