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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.In the TCS New York City Marathon in November 2025, Vijayaraghavan Venugopal finished first among 332 Indians who participated in the run, a remarkable achievement for a 50-year-old. He was the only one among them to finish in under 3 hours, the timing of 2:47:57 being his best ever for the distance.At the Taj Santacruz in Mumbai a few months later when we meet, it’s not surprising that the athletic chief executive officer and co-founder of sports nutrition supplement brand Fast&Up looks much younger than his years.

Mumbai: Come January, thousands of people across India will be getting into their running shoes, perfecting their pace, getting together for practice runs in the morning, perhaps exchanging notes on their performance, sharing Strava screenshots of their completed runs, all to line up in the wee hours for one of the tens of major marathons India’s major cities will host this month and the next.Distance running—from the humble 3K and 5K for beginners to the humbling half- and full-marathons—has slowly become a national obsession as getting fit becomes aspirational. Nearly all of India’s major cities are host to at least one major marathon with an impressive title sponsor, while smaller cities and towns too begin hosting local races.More than 20 years after the Mumbai Marathon was started and became India’s biggest running event, distance running has become a serious business enterprise, generating hundreds of crores in direct revenue from participation fees and sponsorships along with additional money made from participants buying goods and travelling to these races.Marathons and other distance running events are driving annual revenue of ₹250-300 crore in the sale of clothes and shoes, travel, hotels and other components of the ‘running economy’, according to a September 2025 report by consulting firm KPMG.

U.S. Senate began an overnight "vote-a-rama" marathon on Friday aimed at eventually handing Republican President Donald Trump sweeping legislation to extend tax cuts and achieve budget reductions in the face of staunch Democratic opposition. Republicans and Democrats were due to vote on dozens of amendments aimed at altering a budget framework for Trump's tax, border, immigration and military agenda, with a vote to pass the resolution expected in the pre-dawn hours of Saturday. Congress needs to pass the budget resolution to unlock a fast-track procedure to circumvent Democratic roadblocks and enact Trump's legislation in the months ahead. If the Senate approves the measure, it will move to the House of Representatives for consideration next week. Trump is pushing hard for Republicans, who narrowly control both chambers, to hand him what he calls «one big beautiful bill» that also would pay for additional resources for securing the U.S. border with Mexico, deporting immigrants and bolstering the military. Some Republicans said the path forward for Trump's agenda could be complicated by recession worries if financial markets continue to reel over the president's tariff policy.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. There were about seven weeks left for the Mumbai Marathon in 2008 when the city faced a synchronised terror attack. One of the sites of the attack was the Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus, the start and finish of the race; another was the Trident Hotel in Nariman Point, the marathon’s official hospitality partner.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In 2004, Kenya’s Paul Tergat held the marathon world record with a timing of 2:04:55, which he had set in Berlin a year earlier. That was the year India witnessed its first serious mass participation road race — then called Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon.

Tata Mumbai Marathon on Sunday, taking part in six categories including the regular marathon and virtual runs.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shoes are a valuable commodity. Just ask any sneakerhead or a runner.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The first race I ever ran was the half marathon at the Standard Chartered Mumbai Marathon in 2009. I have been running ever since.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Bharatkumar Jain first decided to do the marathon equivalent of a Grand Slam—the top six of the world’s marathons—he wasn’t chasing a record. He had already registered for three, so he figured he could just attempt the rest and check them off his list.

MARATHON, Greece — In the blackened remains of his workshop, sculptor Vangelis Ilias stacks what little is left of years of his efforts.

men's marathon in Paris on Saturday as Eliud Kipchoge's bid for a third gold went up in smoke. Tola clocked an Olympic record of 2hr 06min 26sec for victory, finishing 21 seconds ahead of Belgium's Bashir Abdi, whose silver marked an upgrade from his bronze garnered at the Covid-hit Tokyo Games three years ago. Kenya's Benson Kipruto, winner of Tokyo, Boston and Chicago marathons in recent years, rounded out the podium, a further 13sec adrift.

A Texas jury has acquitted Marathon Digital’s site manager, David Fischer, of 12 noise violations linked to the company’s crypto mining operations near Granbury, Texas.

The federal government announced a $241.5 million settlement with Marathon Oil on Thursday for alleged air quality violations at the company’s oil and gas operations on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota

Marathon Digital Holdings, the world’s largest Bitcoin mining company, has started a new project that will warm an entire town in Finland.

storms moved eastward to pummel parts of Illinois and Wisconsin, knocking out power to tens of thousands of customers in the two states. Greenfield's hospital was among the buildings that were damaged in the town, which meant that at least a dozen people who were hurt had to be taken to facilities elsewhere, according to Iowa State Patrol Sgt. Alex Dinkla.

But do it within the rules, or you may find yourself disqualified. Esteban Prado, 24, crossed the finish line first, with a time of 2:24:54, at the Orange County Marathon in California on Sunday. But he was disqualified for a drinking-related infraction.

Milind Soman ran his first full marathon (42km) in 2008 when he was 43. Since then, the supermodel-actor and fitness enthusiast has finished a number of marathons on terrains as diverse as deserts, hills and snow, both in India and internationally. He is also by far the name most closely associated with running and marathons in the country today.

Public mining companies have reported decreases in Bitcoin production ranging from 6% to 12% for  the month of  April following the halving event. 

Kenyan President William Ruto announced a major policy shift in the country’s approach to cryptocurrency on May 3, revealing that his government has appointed U.S.-based Bitcoin mining company Marathon Digital as its consultant.