Pune Women’s Half Marathon To Be Held On March 12, 2023
Pune, 15th Feb 2023: As part of the International Women’s Day celebration, Freerunners Charitable Trust will organise the 5th edition of the Pune Women’s Half Marathon on March 12th, 2023.
The Freerunners CharitableTrust (‘FCT’) was founded in Pune by Commander Jeetendran Nair IN (Retd) in 2015 with a dream to promote health and fitness within the community. The FCT conducts free fitness programmes such as aerobic running, strength training and yoga every day for people from various sections of the society. Besides, FCT also carries out regular social and charitable activities such as food, clothes, sanitary napkins and stationery distribution drives for the underprivileged, educational talks on relevant topics, raising funds during natural calamities, e-waste collections, etc.
Addressing the media, Manisha Sahoo, Race Director, PWHM said, “This year, in the 5th edition which will be held on March 12th, 2023, we are expecting around 5000 women participants and are happy to see more and more women taking their health seriously. Women play different important roles in everyone’s lives i.e. of a mother, wife, daughter, sister etc. and are always the key to keep the entire family together and going. In today’s world, most of the women play dual roles and lead the corporate world and also manage their homes beautifully, so it is even more important for them to take care of their health and regime.”
“Communities, countries and ultimately the world are only as strong as the health of their women. It is our mission to encourage women from every strata of the society to believe in herself and get out there to take fitness into her own hands thereby creating a healthy community globally.”
“The mission of the event has and will always be women’s health, as that leads to the growth of our nation. Women healthy in body, spirit and mind make sure their environment reflects that. PWHM is organized exclusively for women and is a celebration of the ability of each woman to transform generations by transforming herself. Whether you are a newbie or a seasoned runner, young or old, whether you are here to run or just have fun, we have a race category for all. The marathon, which is a platform to bring all women from different walks of life to experience the benefits of a healthy lifestyle will start from the Pune Rural Police Ground, Doctor Homi Bhabha Road, Chavan Nagar, Pune on 12th March 2023 at 5.30 am for the 21kms race, 6.00 am for the 10kms race and the fun run of 5kms will be flagged of at 7am on an AIMS certified route.” she further added.
The event is open to women and girls of all ages and will include a walk/jog fun run for 5 km and Timed Runs for 10km and 21km on an AIMS certified route. Each participant shall be given a Tee-shirt and a finisher’s medal. Additionally, participants of the 10km and 21km will receive e-certificates.
A fun Zumba session and hot breakfast are the other added attractions. Also, free training sessions for the participants who register for the event are being conducted at Wanowrie, Undri, Baner, Balewadi, Pune University, Karve Nagar and Sahakar Nagar.
