How a group of passionate Indian runners are clubbing their vacations or business trips with marathons
adventure trips are gaining traction. An increasing tribe of travellers are also clubbing sports activities while vacationing abroad.
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While most of them would want a long and leisurely trip, a group of passionate runners love to club their vacations or business trips with marathons. A few of these diehard long-distance runners will be running the Berlin marathon in September-end, some obviously staying on to quench their after-run thirst at the Oktoberfest in Munich.
Kalindi Mehta runs a multi-designer textile store in Surat. She’s run in 14 marathons so far, and Berlin will be her 15th and first international one. ‘The Berlin marathon is special as I’ll be celebrating my 50th birthday by running,’ says Mehta. Incidentally, it’ll also be 50 years of the Berlin marathon.
Anuj Sonpal, CEO of investor relations management company Valorem Advisors, has completed two full and six half-marathons. He plans to spend five days in Berlin and the next 15 days in Munich, the spa town Baden Baden, and at Tegernsee, the Bavarian lake, with his wife. ‘I started my running journey in 2019 at 39. The Berlin marathon will be my first major international marathon.’
58-year-old Rajiv Sheth, MD of Vishwa Fashions, who has completed 147 races so far, plans to compete in Berlin and then head off to Norway, Sweden and Iceland for 10 days. ‘Earlier, I used to club my marathon with
