Champion Runners in RFL! - Part I

Dinesh Kumar is an awe-inspiring man. At 71, he is one of the senior most runners in Runners For Life and an inspiration to all of us. A runner with a strong will and good sense of humour is how most of us know him.

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Farah Mahmood is one of earliest members of RFL and is also one of the fastest runners around. Apart from being a member she has been of great help to us at RFL .

Farah is responsible for the fantastic logos we have for RFL, Ultra Marathon and Urban Stampede.

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Shilpa Narayan is a truly inspirational running success story. She is someone who ran her first marathon just so that she could tick it off from her “list of things to do in life”. Winning the midnight marathon just two years after starting to run is nothing short of a we-inspiring.
 

We interviewed this fun and cheerful runner after her win and this is what she had to say.

Ashok Nath, one of the fastest long distance runners in RFL is most definitely an inspiration for upcoming runners.

With a personal best of 3hours 21 minutes for a full marathon, he constantly competes with himself – mostly because very few runners can catch up with him!

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For this time’s runner of the fortnight we have Chandresh Patel, organiser of the Auroville marathon.
An avid runner himself, he feels that it was only natural to organise a marathon if he wanted to run it!

With the Auroville marathon just around the corner, we interviewed Chandresh about what running means to him, running habits and Auroville.

Here are his reponses!

Meet Dr. Ashis Roy the “MARATHON MAN OF INDIA”. He is someone who took to professional running rather late in life, but still managed, not only to shatter a lot marathon records in India, but also to create a lot more abroad.

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Now lets take a sneak peak into the euphoric world of running from the eyes of the witty, enthusiastic, energetic and inspiring Runner of the Fortnight, Deepak Mhasavade.

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Meher D’Mello, one of the most regular RFL runner, is our featured runner for the fortnight. Coming second in the midnight marathon, she is truly an inspiration for all those who want to start running.

A true lover of long distance running, she says, “Nothing beats running” when asked about why she runs.

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Runners for Life caught up with Sabine Tietge one of RFL’S intrepid runners to find out about what running means to her and learn more about how running has now become a constant in her life.

Sabine’s story is an inspiration to any one who is considering running.

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Suresh Pathi is one the veterans at RFL runs. Never one to miss an event and he never needs an excuse to burn some rubber! The only difference being Suresh burns rubber on the tarmac with his running shoes and not his car.

His biggest achievement though will be the number of people he has got to start running. He is the founder of the ever growing and supremely active Jayanagar Jaguars.

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For this week’s newsletter we caught up with Chandra Gopalan one of the intrepid lady runners at RFL. Chandra is one of the early breed of lady runners in India and has won many events in her category. She runs the only all-women's gym - Contours Fitness and is an inspiration for many women taking to running.

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