JRG honours top runners of ‘100 days of running’ Challenge

JRG members posing for a group photograph along with their seniors after excelling in '100 days of running' Challenge.
JRG members posing for a group photograph along with their seniors after excelling in '100 days of running' Challenge.

Excelsior Sports Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 18: The members of Jammu Runners Group (JRG), Jammu felicitated the top runners from Jammu who participated in an online running Challenge namely “100 days of running 2019”.
100 days of running is an online running challenge in which runners across the globe participate and make an effort to run a minimum of 2 kms per day for 100 days without missing a day.
This year was its 5th Edition, in which more than 11,000 runners drawn from 23 countries took part from April 27 to August 4, 2019.
A total of 60 runners from Jammu also took part in this challenge.
At the end of the challenge, Samvit Sharma topped among runners of Jammu, running 2760 kms. He was followed by Amarjeet Singh Jeetu (2502 Kms) and Abhishake Gupta (2409 Kms).
Among eves, Dr Anju Jain topped from Jammu, running 722 Kms, who was followed by Shipra Aggarwal (562 Kms) and Anju Choudhary (486 Kms).
Master Bheesham Gupta ( 722 Kms) topped amongst teen runners. He emerged overall 3rd in his category of male teenage runners and has secured his place in overall leaders board in the Challenge.
All the top runners were presented with a memento by senior runners namely Prabhat Singh (Retd SSP), Rajesh Padha, Surinder Choudhary (DySP) Sham Suri, Dr Dilawar Khan, Pawan Sharma and Kanupriya Garg.