Written by Karthikeyan Vijayakumar
We had over 150 BITSians hitting the roads on Nov 6th 2011, running/walking/crawling 5 km at the 3rd BITS 5K run. More than the run, it was the meeting and the laccha after, that were the highlight with BITSians across batches sharing their BITS stories, connecting with BITSians across generations. This group also raised over $500 for the BITS Connect 2.0 project.
This wouldn’t have been possible without the efforts from a big group of people.
- Thanks to the 150+ runners who ran on Nov 6th – the event happened because of your energy and passion for BITS , Laccha & Fitness (in that order!)
- BITSAA Tech Team – Tech team has always been a strong support to the BITS 5k run. A big thanks to Chetan / Suresh for helping with registration & certificates. Responsive and easy to work .
- Communications / Newsletters Team – Chandy / Sukanya and their team helped spread word to all the BITSians. We had people from over 30 cities across the world run here – thanks to them!
- Run Coordinators -Thanks for taking time to bring the BITSians in your city together to run – Diwakar Pingle ( Mumbai ) , Priyanka Anumula ( Bangalore ) , Alok Vij ( Pune ), Srideepti (Singapore ), Bongu Bharat ( Hyderabad ) , Goonjan ( Delhi ) , Pradeep Reddy ( Minneapolis ) , Lakshmi ( Silicon Valley ) , Lokesh ( New Jersey ), Raja Prasanna ( London )
- BITSAA Leaders – Rohit , Aalap , Vijay Sharma and other leaders for supporting the run
Ofcourse, thanks to Skype for allowing Mahesh ( US ) , Vignesh ( UK ) and me (Chennai ) to chat many times over the last few months on the running ‘excuse’ !
For the ones who missed, You can always run next year and pick up a certificate like the one below 🙂
BITS2Marathon Certificate
Thanks
Mahesh / Vignesh / KK & other BITS 5k run organising team
About BITS2Marathon
The BITS2Marathon group is a group for fellow BITSians and alumni to help budding runners achieve their dream of running a Marathon (42.195km). The initiative was started by BITSians, who are also recreational runners, with the main aim of promoting running within the BITSian community and to use it as a means to network and stay connected with friends. You can find out more about the group at www.bits2marathon.com . Join our Mailing Group!