Mudasir Rashid
Ganderbal (KPS): The 110km ultra marathon run organised by Department of Tourism Kashmir and flagged off by Director Tourism Kashmir Mahmood Shah, at morning 7:15 from Hotel Shahansha Boulevard Srinagar which culminated at Baltal in Sonamarg at 6:30 pm.
Runners from state are participating in the event, where 12 Athletes are also accompanying one Champ Hamid who ran minimum of 30 km in intervals till Sonamarg and covered non stop 53 kms. Besides three cyclists from Kashmir have also joined and escorted in the event.
“The race started from Boulevard Srinagar passed on Srinagar Leh National highway to reach Sonamarg Sundayevening at 6:30pm,” said a representative of the ultra marathon.
Athlete Hamid managed cove 110kms distance in 10.45 hours which has happed first time that any person crossed over 100 km on single day.
Hamid 22-year-old hails from downtown had recently participated in 59th Senior National in July this year in Andra Pradesh and has already covered 60 kilometers run on a single day earlier with the Australian marathon runner Pat Farmer who concluded his Pan India great marathon in Srinagar on March 27, 2017. Besides, he has won the state championship on December 9, 2013.
Earlier in his college, he won all the inter-college road races and retained the title till he studied is under gradation in 2013, 2014, 2015.
Where Hamid in his latest achievement of ultra Marathon race from Srinagar up to Sonamarg. His acumen for long runs has promoted him to set out for his personal best of running over 100 kilometers which he has scheduled for October 22, 2017.
Runners will be provided with with essentials such as drinking water and energy drinks by a team of volunteers from the organising team.
Athlete Hamid also plans to run 450 km in spring 2018 from Sonamarg to Leh in seven.days and 1000 kms to Kanyakumari run in five years of time.
Sports council Athletic coach and manager of Bakshi stadium Sheikh Tulal, Owner of Ghani Glider sports club and MD of Damna adventure were also present at occasion, where MD Damna Adventure felicitated him at snowland hotel Sonamarg last evening(KPS).
