{"id":1977,"date":"2015-10-26T10:12:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-26T04:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2020-03-12T11:37:26","modified_gmt":"2020-03-12T06:07:26","slug":"udaipur-run-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goheritagerun.com\/udaipur-run-report\/","title":{"rendered":"GHR Udaipur 2015 Run Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Watching the sunset while taking a boat ride on Lake Pichola is probably one of the\u00a0most\u00a0memorable moments that you can have in the charming city of Udaipur. The city simultaneously transports you back in time while making you wish you had more of it to take in every inch of its mesmerizing beauty. Whether it was\u00a0walking through the city’s various\u00a0heritage\u00a0palace complexes, zig-zagging past its bustling by lanes, or looking at\u00a0its\u00a0colourfully dressed locals and\u00a0the tastefully decorated camels,\u00a0Udaipur was the perfect place to plan a\u00a0heritage run at.<\/p>\n

As is now characteristic of our runs, we designed a set of routes traversing sites of historic and cultural significance including\u00a0the city palace complex, the famous Jagdish Mandir, the quaint Badi pole old quarter area, the mesmerizing Lake Pichola and, the grand Fateh Sagar Lake.<\/p>\n

The offices of Shri Arvind Singh Mewar\u00a0and Shri Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar took quite an active role in planning the run. \u00a0The Prince of Royal House of Mewar, Shri Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar was very involved in the run planning phase \u2013 including vetting run routes and reviewing arrangements at the Start\/Finish point in the days leading up to the run in Udaipur. The District Magistrate Mr. Rohit Gupta, I.A.S extended support from the administration and facilitated the execution of the run through the offices of the City Planning Officer Mr. Sudhir Dave’s. In our initial route recces, we also met with local artisans<\/a> to seek inputs on designs for our finisher medals and runner T-shirts.<\/p>\n

PROMOTION<\/h2>\n

Once the run date and run routes were finalized, we set about promoting the run \u2013 both locally in Udaipur and elsewhere in\u00a0India. We spread the word across\u00a0running communities across India although we focused our promotion mainly in New Delhi, Ahmedabad, Jodhpur and Jaipur. Indiarunning.com, who maintains a detailed running calendar, and who we\u2019ve recently partnered with, helped get the word out to their website visitors (runners, primarily) from across India. Locally, our radio partners, My FM ran a contest and winners were awarded free registrations for the heritage run. The team at Rajputana Adventures put us in touch with all the hotels in the area such that\u00a0tourists, both domestic and international, could participate in the\u00a0run.<\/p>\n

RUN DAY<\/h2>\n

As dawn broke on Sunday, the 18th of October, over 300 runners across the 5Km, 10K and 21Km distances got ready to actively explore Udaipur\u2019s heritage. The start area saw NCC cadets in attention and making for a grand start. Mr. Rohit Gupta I.A.S, Shri Lakshyraj Singh of Mewar and Shri. Chandra Singh Kothari (Mayor, Udaipur Municipal Corporation) flagged off the different categories of runs. Run participants included runners from the USA, Japan, Delhi, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Bangalore as well as students from IIM Udaipur\u00a0among others.\u00a0Our oldest run participant was a 75-year old man who ran the 21K route while our youngest participant was a 5-year old girl who ran the 5K route. We have to give special mention to a participant who ran the entire route backwards!<\/p>\n