page_title: Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation
section_title: Vasai-Virar Mayor's Marathon
hierarchical_section_title: Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation / Sports / Vasai-Virar Mayor's Marathon
caption_attribution_description: Sachin at Vasai-Virar Mayor's Marathon in 2014
context_page_description: Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation, is the civic body that governs areas and villages in Vasai-Virar tehsil in Maharashtra state, western India comprising the most populated part of Palghar district. It is an extended suburb of Mumbai. According to the 2011 census, it is the fifth largest city in Maharashtra with a population of more than 1.3 million. The city is located 50 km north of Mumbai, on the north bank of Vasai Creek, part of the estuary of the Ulhas River. It was formed on 3 July 2009 by combining four municipal councils and 53 gram panchayats.
context_section_description: Vasai-Virar Mayor's Marathon is marathon race organised in Vasai-Virar area of Mumbai. Vasai-Virar City Municipal Corporation hosts the Vasai-Virar Mayor's Marathon every year. Every Year Participants from all over Vasai Taluka & from the country take part in the Marathon.
  The Vasai-Virar Mayor's Marathon event is conceptualized by Aryanz Sports PR and Events for the Vasai Virar City Municipal Corporation. Its inaugural edition was in 2011 as a state level event. It got National level status in 2012.
  The event is a National Level running event, recognized by AFI, which has a Full Marathon for men and women in different age groups. There is also a Half Marathon for Men & Women in different age groups and 11 km open run for amateurs as well as boys under 18 and Category races for Boys & Girls under-18, between 14-16, 12 to 14 and 10-12.
  The event also offers separate prize money to participants from the Vasai Virar Taluka region in the Full Marathon and Half Marathon and 11 km Run timed races .
  The event sees participation in excess of 15,000 across various categories and offers prize money in excess of Rs 30 lakhs.
  The event has seen participation from all the top long distance athletes of the country, among them names like G Lakshmanan, Lyngkhoi Bining, Elam, Singh, Deep Chand, Sanvroo Yadav, Shoji Mathew, Kavita Raut, Sudha Singh, Monika Athare and a host of others big names.
  Actor, Model and Running enthusiast Milind Soman has been the 'Face of the Event' since its inception, helping popularise the event, while athletic and sporting greats like Sachin Tendulkar, Anju Bobby George P T Usha, Shiny Wilson, wrestlers Sushil Kumar & Yogeshwar Dutt have graced the occasion as Event Ambassadors.
  There has also been the presence of Bollywood personalities like Mahima Choudhary, Riteish Deshmukh and a host of Marathi film and TV personalities.
caption: Sachin at Vasai-Virar Mayor's Marathon in 2014
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