Over 8000 runners join '5K curtain raiser' of NMDC Hyderabad Marathon

The “5K Curtain Raiser” of the 14th Edition of NMDC Hyderabad Marathon, powered by IDFC FIRST Bank, was held at the Sports Expo, Hitex, on Saturday morning with over 8,000 enthusiastic runners participating.

The run, organised by the Hyderabad Runners Society, India’s first institutionalised running group,



was flagged off by Vinay Kumar, Director (Technical), NMDC, and Shreepad Shinde, CMO, IDFC FIRST Bank, in the presence of Rajesh Vetcha, Race Director of the marathon, and senior leadership from IDFC FIRST Bank.

Amitava Mukherjee, CMD, NMDC, said the NMDC Hyderabad Marathon had returned bigger and better than ever.