Mumbai Marathon back after two-year Covid-induced hiatus, registration announced

Updated On: 12 August, 2022 08:33 AM IST | Mumbai | Hemal Ashar

Mumbai Marathon returns in 2023; CM draws analogy between political events and the race at upbeat launch

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CM Eknath Shinde during the announcement for the registration of 18th Tata Mumbai Marathon, at Trident Hotel, Nariman Point, on Wednesday. Pic/Sameer Markande

The Mumbai Marathon is back on the roads after a two-year COVID-induced hiatus. The registration for the race was announced at a high-octane launch on Wednesday evening at a SoBo hotel. The Tata Mumbai Marathon will be held on January 15, 2023.

Chief Minister Eknath Shinde used the launch event to set up a cracking, political pace, using the full marathon (42 km) and half-marathon (21 km) reference as an analogy. “We also have returned after winning a marathon. Our marathon was Mumbai, Surat, Guwahati,” he said to laughs. He was referring to the recent political crisis in the state wherein Shiv Sena’s rebel MLAs had made a halt in Surat, Gujarat, before travelling to Guwahati in Assam. “That was a difficult marathon, but we won,” he added.