Re: Chennai Trail Marathon - 2014 edition - Registrations are now open!

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Peter Van Geit

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Jul 2, 2014, 2:47:19 AM7/2/14
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Till now 300 runners have signed up for the 3rd edition of our Chennai Trail Marathon.

Share the bliss

We request you to share the nature trail running bliss among your friends in various ways:
We recommend you to Follow our CTM Facebook Page for regular updates regarding the run.


Categories/Timings

A small change on CTM2014 entry criteria: we added 15 min extra for our entry-level HM category and excluded veterans/senior/super veterans/physically challenged from below cut-off timings:

*** Running Categories/Timings:
  • Half Marathon (21K) - start: 5:30am, cut-off timing: 3:15 hours
  • Full Marathon (42K) - start: 5:15am, cut off: 6 hours
  • Ultra Marathon (50K) - start: 5am, cut off: 7.5 hours
Cut off timings are not applicable to physically challenged and veteran/senior/super veteran runners:

*** Age Categories:
  • Open (16-42 years)
  • Veteran (43-53 years)
  • Senior veteran (54-63 years)
  • Super veteran (64-74 years)

Race Kit

The race kit (BIB, t-shirt, ...) distribution will happen on Saturday, Sep 6th at The Westin, Velachery. You can either pick up your race kit personally (bring along either PAN, Driver License, Passport, Voter ID, College ID) or through a friend (carry copy of your ID) anytime between 9am-5pm.




The Location

The running location is Cholavaram Lake nearby Red Hills on the Northern outskirts of the city. It's a 45 min ride from Koyambedu to GOJAN School of Business and Technology. Those who wish to avoid early morning travel on Sunday are welcome to stay over at GOJAN School - we are providing basic overnight accommodation (covered open-space hall) for around 500 runners. Just bring along a mat, blanket and torch. Outstation runners looking for a more private stay can book in any of these nearby hotels:



Running Groups

If you are member of a running group and at least 5 members of your group are participating in CTM, then please do share your group name and logo with us. We wish to recognize and provide visibility to all participating running groups in CTM. So far we have following running groups participating this year:

  

Running Partners

We wish to thank our partners below for their association with and support for CTM 2014:

     

Peter

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 12:25 PM, Peter Van Geit <peter....@gmail.com> wrote:
As the first bulk of registrations has come in, let us already take a closer look at the runner profile of the #ChennaiTrailMarathon targeted towards the active running community, off-the-road trail running and Ultra category - third edition organized by the Chennai Trekking Club. Nearly 1 out 5 runners has signed up for our Ultra (50K) !! Although lesser (10%) women overall, within the HM category the ladies are 13% strong! Nearly 20% of our runners are in the Veteran and above categories. And our heartfelt thanks to the 1 out of 5 runners who have shown their support towards the less privileged children of Anbu Illam. Stay tuned for more in-depth analysis and stats on #CTM2014 in the coming weeks. Follow regular updates on our Chennai Trail Marathon FB page. Details and registrations - www.chennaitrekkers.org

Hope to see you soon on one of our practice runs!
Peter




On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:06 PM, Peter Van Geit <peter....@gmail.com> wrote:


Register Here


The third edition of the Chennai Trail Marathon organized by the Chennai Trekking Club sets itself apart from the typical city marathon in several unique aspects:

  • Non-commercial event focused on passion for running (economical registration fee)
  • Focus on experienced running community (21K entry level, away from large non-professional running crowd)
  • Challenging trail run on dirt tracks amid beautiful natural surroundings
  • Unmatched running experience around a scenic lake, forest and canyons (major contrast with running on concrete city roads)
  • First Ultra distance marathon in Chennai
  • One of the best supported in terms of volunteers
  • Most complete (free) photographic coverage
  • Elaborate post-run timing stats and rankings


Running Categories include:

  • Half Marathon (21K) - cut-off timing: 3 hours
  • Full Marathon (42K) - cut off: 6 hours
  • Ultra Marathon (50K) - cut off: 7.5 hours
The location is Cholavaram Lake near Red Hills at the city outskirts, a 40min ride from Koyambedu along NH5. The venue is GOJAN Institute of Technology with proper facilities for parking, dining and toilets. There will be an option for overnight stay to eliminate early morning travel before the run

The base registration fee is 500Rs and includes BIB, breakfast, refreshments, medal, e-certificate (excluding t-shirt: 220Rs - select "Running t-shirt" add-on ticket). Students base registration fee is 350Rs (select "Student" discount code). Bulk registrations for groups/corporates are possible (email: in...@chennaitrekkers.org). There will be no kids run this year. Registrations close on Aug 27th. Race kit distribution will happen on Sep 6th inside the city.

Pre-event practice runs will be organized inside the city. 

For regular event updates please follow our CTM Facebook Page




Through CTM 2014 we are creating awareness and raising funds for Anbu Illam, a registered organization started in 2007 located in Manali, Chennai. The home looks after orphans and physically handicapped children. For the past several years the home has been struggling to find funds to move to a more spacious facility to accommodate the increasing number of kids in the home. We request kind souls among the runners who feel for this cause to extend their support through a small contribution. Together we can make a big difference in the lives of these less privileged children. Choose the "Anbu Illam Contribution" add-on ticket while registering to extend your help. Below a group photo  of the Anbu Illam kids during the 2012 Buckingham Trail Marathon



About the Chennai Trekking Club

The Chennai Trekking Club (CTC) is a volunteer based, non-profit outdoor group. With 21 thousand members and hundreds of outdoor and sports events organized throughout the year it’s one of the largest and most active groups in South India. Weekly events include trekking, cycling, biking, running and triathlons. The group is active in environmental conservation - on June 6th, 6000+ volunteers participated in the Chennai Coastal Cleanup across 10 cities in South India in association with The Hindu. 

October 2013 more then 1100 runners participated in the second edition of the trail marathon. CTC has organized 8 Triathlons including the Full Iron distance Triathlon in Nov 2013 - one of India's first. CTC was co-organizer of the Dawn 2 Dusk 2014 Kids Run in which more then 4000 kids and families participated. The group has actively volunteered in other large running events including the WIPRO Chennai Marathon in December 2013. The group has been featured in more then 180 media publications.


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