Travel Plans for Chandigarh Marathon 13th March 2011

Hi All,

After the fun filled and the most happening mumbai marathon i am looking forward to chandigarh marathon which is on the 13th March 2011 which is of course the thane marathon in the month of Feb.

So request you all to put to let me know whether you are interested in travelling to chandigarh. The plan is given below:

* The journey will be done by train and bus

* Mumbai to delhi by Rajdhani which will take 16 hrs- 3AC (Rs. 1495)

* Delhi to Chandigarh by bus which will take 7 hrs - Volvo (Rs. 350)

* while coming back we will take a train

*Chandigarh to Delhi by Shatabdi- will take 3.15 hrs CC or 2C (Rs.345 or Rs. 107)

* Delhi to mumbai by Rajdhani- May be 2AC (Rs. 1975)

Mind you it will be a fun filled journey with a 1 or 2 days additional stay in chandigarh apart from the marathon days.

Request you to kindly let me know at the earliest so that the tickets can be booked well in advance. You can also give your names to Ajit Singh (RRMR group) and Bijay Nair (MMR Group)

Regards,

Kavin K

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Permalink Reply by Ram on January 21, 2011 at 14:43

@Aparna - no, i am not taking part in the strides of hope - in fact not put on the running shoes yet after the sunday marathon. i believe chandigarh marathon registrations have not yet opened. Amit Joshi from Bombay is also doing the 12m12m. It is possible some months he/we may go to Lonavla to do the planned 42K for that month - so you could also join in those months - will let you in those plans.

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Permalink Reply by Aparna Choudhary on January 21, 2011 at 14:49

@ Ram - That would be awesome...thanks a ton...

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Permalink Reply by Kavin Rajesh Kondabathini on January 21, 2011 at 23:35

Hi Ashish,

There are direct trains to chandigarh but it takes 36 hrs to travel and the flight costs aroung 4000 plus one way, which will be pretty expensive so the best option is to change from delhi faster and economical travel.

Regards,

kavin K

Ashish Goyal said:

@ kavin - you can also look at direct train / flight options to Chandigarh. Saves the hassle of changing at Delhi.

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Permalink Reply by Kavin Rajesh Kondabathini on January 21, 2011 at 23:38

Hi Ram,

What is strides of hope all about any light on this please?

Regards,

kavin K

Ram said:

@Aparna - no, i am not taking part in the strides of hope - in fact not put on the running shoes yet after the sunday marathon. i believe chandigarh marathon registrations have not yet opened. Amit Joshi from Bombay is also doing the 12m12m. It is possible some months he/we may go to Lonavla to do the planned 42K for that month - so you could also join in those months - will let you in those plans.

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Permalink Reply by Sundaresan on January 22, 2011 at 5:29

@ KAVIN
http://www.stridesofhope.in/

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Permalink Reply by Puja Sharma on January 23, 2011 at 18:49

i want to know about the registration have been searching a lot no idea where to register

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Permalink Reply by Tanvir Kazmi on January 24, 2011 at 11:52

Folks,

Some things to keep in mind before starting with train/flight tickets.

1. Last year's event was Jan end in fantastic weather conditions and really well organized by Running and Living Infotainment.

2. This year the event is expected to happen on Mar 13th. From what I know tenders have been placed for this, but I have no knowledge of who is finally organizing this for the Chandigarh Administration. What I know is that Running and Living is not doing it this time, and so, we don't really know what sort of organization to expect. Besides, mid-march would be a little bit warmer for sure.

3. There are no details publicly available for this event, no website, no registration, no nothing. And since this is a 'sarkari' initiative, I would doubt the event date being Mar 13th till the time I see the official confirmation. Booking flights/trains would be a bit premature unless you have a handle on the refund aspect.

Not to discourage, but just some points to keep things in perspective. I would be the first one to register when I get a confirmation on this.

Runners For Life

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