16th edition of Tata Mumbai Marathon 2019

16th edition of Tata mumbai marathon was started on jan 20, 2019. Earlier, it is known as Standard chartered mumbai marathon. Every year it will be held on third week of sunday in january month. It is one of the largest marathon in the world. The total prize for this marathon was USD 405,000.

Tata mumbai marathon 2019 has launched the initiative "Mumkin Hai - Run for the Full" with mumbai striders. Aiming to push their limits of half marathoners to full marathoner.

The event ambassador of tata mumbai marathon 2019 was the world champion boxer, Mary kom. She said that i was excited to be a part of this prestigious marathon. Mary kom flagged off this event from outside the landmark of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus. More than 46,000 runners were participated in six categories of Tata mumbai marathon 2019 from all over the world.

Six different race categories are there in tata mumbai marathon. They areFull marathon(42.195kms)Half marathon(21.097kms)Dream run(6.6km)Senior citizens race(4.7km)Champions with disability category(2.1km)Newly added open 10k run

Full marathon for both men and women has a time limit of 7 hours. Half marathon has a time limit for men is 2 hours 45 minutes and for women is 3 hours.

The record for fastest time of completing the race in women's category was Kenya Valentine Kipketer holds a record of 2:24:33 in 2013 and in men's category was Gideon kipketer holds a record 2:08:35 in 2016.