Milind Soman's 74-year-old mother walks 100 km in less than 48 hours at Mumbai Oxfam Trailwalker

Walking 100 kilometres in less than 48 hours? Seems like child’s play, doesn’t it? Well, what if you’re 74 years old? Exactly; we didn’t think so.

But defying the norms, actor-model Milind Soman’s mother Usha Soman, along with her three daughters, Netra, Medha and Anupama, not only completed the walk but also did it it without using any sort of physiotherapy in its duration.

Organized by NGO Oxfam, it was a charity fund-raising event wherein the winners were honoured at another awards event by Kiran Karnik, Chairperson of Oxfam India and CEO Nisha Agrawal, in Mumbai.

The participants of the first Mumbai Oxfam Trailwalker collectively raised funds exceeding INR 70 lakh.

This money will be used by Oxfam India to support six projects in Maharashtra, Bengaluru and Delhi in the areas of education, health, livelihood and urban poverty.

Kiran Karnik said, “The Trailwalker is not just a fund-raising event but it also creates awareness regarding education for poor girl child and others; hopefully the next walk which will be from the 5th to 7th of December will have more walkers and bigger awareness.”

In this trail walk competition, 70 teams and 274 walkers participated, out of which 191 completed. The winning team walked the 100 km distance in approximately 16 hours.