Mumbai Marathon On Star One

The Mumbai Marathon is an annual international road running competition over the marathon distance that is held in Mumbai, India, each January. The course records set in 2011 were also the fastest times ever run for the marathon on Indian soil – 2:09:54 by Girma Assefa and 2:26:56 by the women's winner Koren Jelila Yal.The day's events also include a half marathon race which is contested by the top-level Indian runners. Bipasha Basu the Bollywood actress, promotes the Mumbai Marathon  First held in 2004, the Mumbai Marathon was part of "The Greatest Race on Earth. an event sponsored by Standard Chartered

Bank. The other three legs of this four-marathon race were the Singapore Marathon, the Nairobi Marathon and the Hong Kong Marathon. The race became an IAAF Silver Label Road Race in 2009 and an IAAF Gold Label Road Race in 2011.  The prize money for the fastest runners in men's and women's category are $31,000 each, with an additional $2,250 being awarded to the fastest Indian citizen (men and women) in the full and half marathon categories. The race has five separate race categories: Marathon (42.195 km), Half Marathon (21.097 km), Dream Run (7 km), Senior Citizens' Run (4.3 km) and Wheelchair (2.5 km).