Strides of Hope

Welcome to Strides of Hope – this is a first of its kind ever organized in India – a 48 Hour Endurance Run!

This event is an effort organized by the running community of Bangalore to encourage more and more of its citizens to take up a healthy and environment friendly lifestyle. The event in itself will be a 48 hour continuous run by various runners around parks and popular roads in Bangalore. This is also an effort to raise awareness about education for the underprivileged children in India.

Through this 48 hour run, we intend to create awareness about:
- Asha and its efforts for socio-economic change in India
- The need for a healthy lifestyle and running as a sport to improve fitness of the country
- Ultra marathoners and endurance athletes who are taking up challenges in pursuit of their passion

How did this come about?

The initial idea came from Santhosh Padmanabhan a Team Asha runner who wanted to raise funds for Asha through an Ultra marathon spanning over a couple of days. With support flowing in from various quarters, including the government and local establishments, the whole running community adopted the event. This is a unique effort organized and supported by the running community with every entity contributing in its own way. Except for short breaks for food and toilet use, there will be runners running for the entire 48 hours! We will have someone running, walking or cycling for the entire duration.

The goal is to get the city exercising as a team for 48 hours on a relay basis !

We sincerely hope to reach out to as many runners and citizens of Bangalore. Come, walk, run or cycle with us anytime for any distance between Feb 19th, 4:00 P.M and Feb 21st, 4:00 P.M (please see the Routeap for details and timings).

It is a FREE event! In fact, the only monetary transaction will be donations and funds raised for Asha. This is the first event where the whole running community will come together to host the event without any sponsorship (donations from organizations would be accepted) or profits from organizing it. Every partner is contributing to the event pro-bono with no monetary returns gained from the event.

Let all our strides make the millions of hope a reality!