Come May 4, and 1,50,000 runners across 40 locations worldwide, will race at exactly the same time for the cause of spinal cord injury. They will be running as part of the Wings for Life World Run. In India, the Wings for Life World Run will take place in Sonipat, Haryana. The race will kick off from Motilal Nehru School of Sports, Rai, Sonipat and is expected to end at Karnal.

Welsh athlete and sprinter Colin Jackson, and Badminton player Ashwini Ponnappa run after the Wings for Life World Run press conference in New Delhi, India on March 19, 2014