The world's top ten men and women long distance runners have confirmed for the February 15 event.
K C Ramu and Sarabjit Kaur emerged best respectively among Indian men and women runners.
Kenyan pacesetter Gideon Kipketer won the men's race in an all-East African clean sweep of the podium by setting a new course record in the 13th Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Leading runners from Kenya and Tanzania have confirmed for the January 21 run, which has a prize pool of US $2,30,000.
Actress Katrina Kaif wanted to participate in her first-ever Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon, on Sunday, but things don't go as planned.
A record 39,510 runners have registered for the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on January 19, 2014.
Mumbai Marathon Race and Finish director talks about all that goes into conducting the 42.195 kms race.
The organisers have, however, managed to rope in three athletes who are ranked among the top twenty marathoners in the world.
Tanzania's Alphonce Simbu won the men's elite full marathon event while Kenya's Bornes Kitur bagged the women's title at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in Mumbai, on Sunday.
Mumbai Marathon winners, Binning Lyngkhoi and Lalita Babbar, will represent India in the men's and women's section of the 14th Asian Marathon Championship to be held in Hong Kong (China) on February 24.
The city on Sunday became the first-ever destination, outside Europe and the United States, to host the "Marathon Flame" in the lead up to the seventh Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon to be held on January 17.
Ethiopian Tesfaye Abera won the Mumbai Marathon crossing the finish line in 2 hours, 9 minutes and 46 seconds on Sunday.
Ahead of the Mumbai Marathon, visually-impaired marathoner Henry Wanyoike shares running tips and the secrets of becoming a champion.
The top ten men's and women's runners are expected for the Jan 18, 2004 event.
The amount was handed over to Maharashtra Governor S M Krishna at a function by event partner Give India.
Kenya's long-distance runner John Ekiru Kelai said the weather would play an important role in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Olympic gold medallist Kelly Holmes would visit India for the January 21 Mumbai Marathon.
The 26-year-old Abshero, a former world junior cross country champion, would be looking to make a big impact on his first trip to India with a personal best time of two hours, four minutes and 23 seconds, the best among those who have entered the race.
Loss of sight after suffering a paralytic stroke more than a decade ago has not dimmed the enthusiasm of Kenyan long distance runner Henry Wanyoike. In fact, he has overcome enormous odds to live an athletics dream. 'I lost my sight, but not my vision. I have achieved without sight what I dreamt when I could see,' said the visually impaired Wanyoike, ahead of his participation in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon this Sunday.
Partially paralysed but with unbreakable will power and determination, Nihad Panju has beaten the odds to become a fitness freak and is all set to run his 4th Mumbai Marathon on Sunday.
Mumbai Marathon race director Hugh Jones said the only thing the runners might have to worry about would be the weather of the city.
Cooler temperature and less humidity could see marathoners clock sub 2:15, says organiser of the Mumbai Marathon 2005.
'Make Trade Fair', an international movement to prevent exploitation of artisans and farmers in underdeveloped countries, announced their participation in the Mumbai Marathon.
After missing the bus for the Beijing Olympics by three seconds, long distance runner Ram Singh Yadav achieved the qualifying mark set for this year's London Games by dipping more than a minute under the B standard in the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
The Kenyan elite runners said they faced a lot of problems in their preparation for the run due to the ongoing crisis in their country.
Bikash Mohapatra chats up with Australian athletics legend Cathy Freeman, event ambassador for the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.
The British Olympic track and field legend shared his expertise on what it takes to be a long distance runner.
'I might die a little earlier than others, but I have time to finish off unfinished businesses.'
Mumbai Marathon Race Director Hugh Jones said the Mumbai event will not have timings as good as those of the London or Chicago marathons.\n\n
The Services runners should give the fancied foreign runners a good fight inthe Sunday's Mumbai Marathon.
Henry Wanyoike is a strong favourite for the 21 kms half marathon.
The Indian market is very competitive because you have existing foreign banks, private banks, new foreign banks and public sector banks, says Mike DeNoma, executive director, StanChart.
'Sometimes, we forget that the most important thing is to smile.'
Film stars and models will represent different NGOs during the Standard Chartered Mumbai International Marathon on February 15.
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