The Nainital district cricket association is all set to host Half Marathon-2015 on September 5. The half marathon is being held in three categories - 21 km for men, 10 km for women and 4 km for children under 15 years of age.
As it is a national level racing competition athletes from many States like Punjab, UP, Haryana, Delhi and Uttarakhand are likely to participate. The racing event will start at 6 am from near Ramlila Maidan, Haldwani and would end at Kathgodam, the district cricket association officials said.
It is an open category half marathon and it is aimed at promoting race and health awareness among the people of the region, said Sumit Hridayesh, president of the district cricket association Nainital.
Interested people may do registration for joining this race at sports stadiums in Haldwani, Rudrapur and Kashipur. The organisers informed that the winners of this half marathon will be awarded cash prizes. While `25,000 and `15,000 will be given to the winner and runner- up respectively of the men’s race, in women’s category, the amounts are `15,000 and `10,000. In the children’s category, the winner and the runner- up will be given trophies and other consolation prizes, they added.