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Chennai "Give Life" marathon
Our doctors took part in the MARG Chennai "Give Life" Marathon. It was a wonderful event and an amazing experience for Chennaites. From the information on the official website it seems that organizers are doing a lot of good work. The event was attened by many Cine stars and a Rajya Sabha MP which drew a crowd of about 1.7 lakh people.
Santhosh of Uttar Pradesh and Preeja Sridharan, who participated in the Beijing Olympics won the first place and a cash prize of 10 lakhs each in mens and womens categories respectively. Surendra won second place and cash prize of 5 lakhs Sandeep Kumar came third and got 2 lakhs in cash in the mens event. In the womens event Preethi was second and Kavitha Raut was third. They also won similar cash awards.
Dr Masood in red T sweating it out
Dr Waseem catching his breath
On a lighter note, Our doctors saw a rag picker boy among the crowd. Being a maration for helping street children this intrigued them and they interviewed him. The Chennai heat had resulted in the runners drinking a lot water from plastic water sachets that were later discarded. The boy was collecting these packets to sell them. He told that he would make a mere Rs 3/- if he collected a sack full of plastic covers. The irony was that the marathon was helping him more ways :)
Dr Waseem and the kid
Here is another pic of the kid braving the hot chennai streets bare foot
Actor napolean at the Marathon
Lets hope that this really
Lets hope that this really does catch on and educate a few more people!
Thats the irony my friend...
Thats the irony my friend... running for a cause is still new in India and it will slowly evolve in the coming years.... good on you mate !
Balu.
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