Mussoorie Half Marathon - School presentation

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Education !

What survives

When what has been learned

Has been forgo#en

- B. F. Skinner

Weal$ of a nation

%&ld be measured by

heal$ & fitness of its y&ng'ers,

not merely by pieces of gold & silver.

- in(ired from Mahatma Gandhi

Half Marathon Relay 4 runners per team cover total of 21 km

~5 km per runner

Especially focussed on School Students

Encourage students to pick up outdoor physical activities for life by introducing them to Outdoor & Environmental education

To instill team spirit & sense of camaraderie. Only a good team player can be a great leader

Give a fair platform to compete against students from international schools based in NCR, Dehradun & Mussoorie

In running, everyone is a winner. You can have your owns goals & objectives, from simply starting to move to winning the gold medal

As guides & mentors to the young, it's the schools that should be part of such initiatives & encourage students to take part

Not promoting sports activities for just marks, but education about fundamentals of life

Ethics, punctuality, inter-personal & communication skills, respect for nature & others

Events like Mussoorie Half Marathon will promote, support & groom the sporting talent from such schools. Back 2 Fitness, our Sports & Exercise Medicine partners, have been grooming talent for last 4 years

Fitness - a self initiative

Fee details (discount for school students to encourage them to take part)

Fun Run: Rs 250 (school students), Rs 450 (open)

Half Marathon Individual: Rs 500 (school students), Rs 950 (open)

Half Marathon Relay (4 people): Rs 1000 (students), Rs 1450 (open)

Student registration forms need to be sent through post only

The fee includes registration & processing fee, access to all facilities throughout the route

The fee excludes transportation costs, lodging & boarding costs, food costs pre & post the event

Registrations details

Our Partners in Crime

Mussoorie Half Marathon is being held on 4th Nov., the final day of the Winter Festival (literary festival organised by Mussoorie Writers)

Its in collaboration with Mussoorie Writers & Hanifl Centre, Woodstock School

Mussoorie Writers, an outreach affiliate of Woodstock School, was founded in 2005 with the objective of celebrating Mussoorie's literary heritage & encouraging an interest in books & authors

In collaboration with the Hanifl Centre for Outdoor & Environmental Study (dedicated in 2003) at Woodstock School, Mussoorie Writers is committed to focusing attention on the Himalaya, as a source of inspiration & inquiry, for authors from India & abroad

Our 'Track-Record'iRun Sports Management (P) Ltd are also organizers of unique endurance events in Himalayas, both India & Nepal

La Ultra is world's highest ultra marathon of 222 km crossing world's highest mountain pass at 17,700 ft. Held in LehConsidered as one of top 3 ultra races in the worldOne of the only four races held in India mentioned in Harper Collin's publication 'World's Ultimate Running Races'Participants from 12 different countries

Himalayan Rush is a triathlon held in Pokhara, NepalMentioned as one of the 'Exotic / Unique Triathlon events around the world' by a highly renowned international Triathlon website 'Trijuice'