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Mount Everest Summiter to Lead Runners at Delhi Half Marathon
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News18•05-10-2026, 18:15
Mount Everest Summiter to Lead Runners at Delhi Half Marathon
- •Mount Everest summiteer Dr Chinmayee J Thrishulamurthy will debut as a pacer at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on October 18.
- •She is part of an all-women squad of eight 10K pacers guiding runners targeting finish times between 55 and 88 minutes.
- •The half marathon features a total of 25 pacers, including 17 leading buses for the half marathon distance with target times between 1:50 and 2:40.
- •Eleven of the 25 selected pacers hail from outside Delhi NCR, representing cities such as Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Darjeeling, Jammu, and Jharkhand.
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Dr Chinmayee J Thrishulamurthy is a Mount Everest summiteer, practicing ophthalmologist, and faculty member from Bengaluru who will debut as a pacer for the 10K race at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on October 18.
A total of 25 pacers will guide runners at the upcoming half marathon event. This group includes an all-women squad of eight 10K pacers and 17 half marathon pacers leading groups targeting specific finish times.
Ethiopia's Birhanu Legese and Kenya's Irine Cheptai will headline the elite fields as the star attractions for the World Athletics Gold Label road race on October 18.
