Mumbai, 10 January 2016: over 200 enthusiastic runners participated in the Run with Pacers event today,to give their best on the big race day on Sunday, 17 January 2016. Run with Pacers was organised by Procam International along with Asian Heart Institute (AHI) as a lead up to the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon for the amateur runners and was flagged off from AHI in Mumbai.
Runners from all corners of the city came together to experience the run before SCMM 2016. Participants who were Cancer Survivors, Senior Citizen, Bypass runners all came forward and enjoyed their 5km run on roads of Mumbai.
The warm-up session was led by Nawaz Modi Singhania, founder of Body Art and a renowned, internationally accredited fitness expert. She showed various techniques of stretching and limbering exercises which helped the runners to run more effectively. She also shared tips on running and how to maintain and keep yourself fit on a daily basis.
Along with fitness experts, doctors from the Asian Heart Institute were also present to take care of the runners that required medical assistance.
This year will see 28 Pacers running in the Standard Charterd Mumbai Marathon 2016. Thousands of runners will follow the pacers to complete their race and achieve their targeted time. There will be 15 Pacers part of the Half Marathon and 13 Pacers for the Full Marathon.
