Urban Stampede 2017 – India’s biggest corporates come together to celebrate running

Urban Stampede 2017 – India’s biggest corporates come together to celebrate running

DLF Cybercity, Gurugram plays host to India’s only national multi-city marathon for corporates
Gurugram, 6th March 2017: The North India edition of Urban Stampede, 2017 was a grand success as participants from across section of corporates ran the distance with lot of enthusiasm, energy, and gusto. The hugely popular multi-city corporate running race, organized by – Runners for Life since 2005, set the Millennium city abuzz as row after row of runners hit the road. DLF Cybercity, Gurugram played host to the event that has been conceptualized not only to promote fitness through running but also build an inclusive eco-system where work and leisure go hand in hand. The run aims to popularize and encourage amateurs as well as seasoned runners, which is enjoyable as well as beneficial for both body and soul.

Mr Karun Varma, Executive Director, North I DLF Offices said “Running and Walking are ideal to re-energize and promote fitness among corporate employees, who are mostly desk bound due to their work requirement. Further he added, these events provide the perfect opportunity for business leaders and employees to foster a deeper bond of understanding and inculcate team spirit. We are happy and privileged to host this event, and we are actively seeking to partner more such activities in the future for the benefit of our own employees as well as employees of our tenants working out of various DLF Offices Pan India.”

Mr. Arvind Krishnan, Founder, Runners For Life said, “The Urban Stampede is part of our mission to get people to run their first timed 5K and 10K. We think a timed 5K or 10K is the Rubicon to be crossed before one can refer to oneself as a runner. We are happy to help corporate India to cross this and build a culture of fitness and health”.
Rishi Narain, VP sports – Jabong said, “Jabong is happy to be associated with a national race that aims to get corporate India healthier in style. We think that running is the easiest sport to get people fitter and we are happy that people are doing so while using our products”.

The marathon was flagged off by Mr Ravinder Dang, General Manager, India at Baxter International Inc and Mr Navin Kedia, CFO, DLF Rental Business at 7.00 AM on Sunday morning. The run commenced from DLF Gateway Surface Parking at Cybercity Gurugram and went around DLF Cybercity past the RBS building and ended back at the surface parking. The Event, which was divided into four categories – 5K Walk, Open 5K, Open 10K, and Corporate relay, drew over 700 participants from corporate employees of Fortune 500 and Global MNCs such as Accenture, Baxter, Genpact, Microsoft and McKinsey to name a few. Medanta, one of India’s largest multi-super specialty institutes located in Gurgaon supported with paramedic ambulance throughout the route.

The event has been steadily gaining popularity and has developed a huge fan following over the years.

The event also packed in a healthy dose of entertainment with pre-race engagement activities like warm up exercises, which were conducted at the DLF Gateway Surface Parking. The Zumba session by Elemention and Yoga workshop by Yoga experts from Karma Spark were a huge hit with the participants. The event finally concluded with a prize distribution ceremony to honour the winners of the race.

Today, lifestyle diseases are on the rise due to fast paced and changing lifestyles of the millennials. An increasingly demanding work environment means that today’s youth miss out on a healthy work-life balance and work generally means sitting long hours at the office. Corporates across the world have woken up to the danger posed by such a life style and are actively investing in platforms to ensure healthy and happy employees. Urban Stampede has evolved to address this gap in the last few years and has been at the forefront of leading this critical transformation.

Participation in running events and half marathons has become an integral part of the corporate life globally. From CEOs to freshers have taken up running as a stress buster, a fitness activity and also as an effective networking tool. Team races such as the Corporate Relay in Urban Stampede has been instrumental in building team spirit and bonding among the team members.

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