SBI Pinkathon Pune completes its third edition run  with more than 6000 women participants

India’s biggest all women’s  run, organized by Maximus MICE & Media Solutions Pvt. Ltd. under the aegis of United Sisters Foundation, saw women across age groups and from all different strata of society participating in the multi-category run to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle for women & issues like bone health and breast cancer.

Pune, November 15, 2015: SBI Pinkathon, empowering Indian Women, an initiative to raise awareness about the importance of a healthy lifestyle for women and issues like breast cancer & bone health, successfully concluded third edition in Pune at IISER, Pashan on Sunday, November 15, 2015. More than 6000 women across age groups and from all different segments of the society participated enthusiastically in the 3 km, 5 km, VOLINI 10 km and 21 km categories.

Some of the noteworthy participants in the run were groups of visually impaired girls running for the first time. A group of baby wearing mothers carrying infants just a few months old also participated.  group of 200 PMC workers from Swach also participated. Additionally the run witnessed a squad consisting of cancer survivors who participated enthusiastically. The run had participants as young as 6 – 18 months and as old as 70 – 80 years. Winners of the timed run in the 21km, VOLINI 10km, 5km & 3 km runs were felicitated at the ceremony held post the run.

Following are the  list of winners from todays run:

21 km –

1^st Place: Monica Raut with a timing of 1 hour 18 minutes and 5 seconds

2^nd Place: Shilpa Phadke  with a timing of 1 hour 50 minutes and 01 ssecond

3^rd Place: Tanmaya Karmakar with a timing of 1 hour 50 minutes and 33 seconds

10 km –

1^st Place: Neha Neharkar with a timing of 45 minutes and 25 seconds.

2^nd Place: Sangeeta Patel with a timing of 48 minutes and 26 seconds

3^rd Place: Sonam Singh with timing  48 minutes and 38 seconds

5 km –

1^st Place: Ankita Kolpe with timing 20 minutes and 42 seconds

2^nd Place:  Prerna Singh with timing 25 minutes and 37 seconds

3^rd Place: Nikita Ingale with timing 25 minutes and 54 seconds

3km –

1^st Place: Akanksha Gaikwad with a timing of 12 minutes and 18 seconds

2^nd Place: Avani Apte with timing 12 minutes, 25 seconds

3^rd Place: Reshma Kumkar with a timing of 13 minutes 18 seconds

Flagging off the run was super-model, actor, fitness enthusiast, avid barefoot runner and Pinkathon founder Milind Soman.

Commenting on the success of the SBI Pinkathon Pune, Milind Soman, Founder Pinkathon said, “SBI Pinkathon, Empowering Indian Women is more than a Marathon. It is the seed of change. It is the beginning of a movement carried forward by a growing community of empowered women across India, who share a belief that a healthy family, a healthy nation and a healthy world begins with empowered women. The first step in empowerment is taking control of your own health, respecting yourself and understanding and celebrating the value you bring to your family and society. Empowerment is not a gift of society; it is a gift you give yourself. We are delighted to have such diverse crowd right from young school students, housewives, corporates, cancer survivors, underprivileged and visually impaired girls participating in Pinkathon Pune.”

Reema Sanghavi, Managing Director, Maximus MICE & Media Solutions Pvt. Ltd and Co-founder Pinkathon said, “Pinkathon is close to my heart. I am passionate about this noble cause of health & fitness for all women. Maximus is proud to organize SBI Pinkathon across cities in India and touching so many lives. It is our leading Intellectual Property. Pinkathon is organized in 8 cities in India 2015. I am simply overwhelmed with tremendous response in Pune and this will certainly motivate us to do much more going forward.”

Prashant Pandey, EVP Marketing, GSK Consumer Healthcare India said, “ It is less known that decline in bone density and bone health impacts a woman’s ability to carry on with her daily routine. Physical strength is rooted in bone health which helps in maintaining a healthy lifestyle. We are confident that our partnership with Pinkathon will help generate awareness about bone health in women and encourage them to #RunStrong as they continue to win in their lives with Women’s Horlicks as their partner in this journey.”

Some of the noteworthy participants in the run were groups of visually impaired and hearing impaired girls running for the second time. A group of 22 baby wearing mothers carrying infants just a few months old also participated. Additionally the run witnessed a squad consisting of 32 cancer survivors who participated enthusiastically. The run had participants as young as 6 – 18 months and as old as 70 – 80 years. Winners of the timed run in the 21km, VOLINI 10km, 5km & 3 km runs were felicitated at the ceremony held post the run.

SBI Pinkathon in Pune has received huge response from corporate sponsors like State Bank of India, Women’s Horlicks; RED FM & NGOs like Sense India also supported the event.

SBIPinkathon will be organised in Mumbai on December 13, 2015.

About SBI Pinkathon – Empowering Indian Women:

SBI Pinkathon powered by Women’s Horlicks – Empowering Indian Women is an international run only for women. The objective of the event is to encourage women’s health and fitness. Pinkathon also aims to raise awareness about breast cancer, its causes and prevention. Pegged at being the deadliest cancer in women in the country, it is estimated that 1 in 22 Indian women have the lifetime probability of developing breast cancer and the number of new breast cancer cases were expected to rise to 250,000 new cases per year by 2015. Pinkathon is a unique initiative that encourages women to incorporate a fitness programme into their daily lives by promoting simple activities like walking and running. Running addresses most of the top 10 ways to help prevent breast cancer, not only promoting well-being but also raising immunity levels and improving health to help fight diseases like cancer. The key to controlling this disease, therefore, is to create awareness about preventive measures for breast cancer. Pinkathon offers the running distances of 3 km, 5 km and Volini 10 km giving each runner an opportunity to run in their comfort zone.

The official website for Pinkathon is (www.pinkathon.in) through which participants can register online. Twitter Handle: @pinkathon10km