‘Runathon of Hope 2016–17’- The race won by Sachin patil and Vinaya Malusare
Runathon of Hope 2016-17, a half marathon; the signature event of Rotary Club of Nigdi Pune, was a grand success with a record participation of about 10,000 people in various categories. The event started at 6.30 am. The Race statred from Mayurs Bagalow at complted at sane venue. The highlight of the event was participation of 45 corporate houses with 3500 participants. The Runathon was flagged of by Vairous Dignitaries
The winners in Professional Male category: 21 km
- Sachin Patil
- Shankar Singh
- Dadaso Vaybhat
The Winners in the Professional Female category: 21 Km
1. Vinaya Malusare
2. Upma Choudhary
3. Snehal Kumbhar and Shilpa Godake
The Winners in Men: 10 Km
1. Yogendrakumar
- Vicky Raut
- Sachin Patil
The Winners in Women: 10 Km
1. Priyanka Chavarkar
2. Aishwarya Kalyankar
3. Jyoti Shelwale
The Winners in Men: 5 Km
1. Mahesh Patel
- Saurabh Satpute
3. Abhijit Dalvi
The Winners in Women: 5 Km
1. Aankita Kalape
- Kusuma Mavaskar
- Kiran Bhusum
The Winners in Corporate Run
1. Enpro
2. Gulmohar Packaging
- Tata Motors
The Winners in Corporate Run Men
- Anuj Karkare
- Vaibhav Amte
- Sarat Bordale
The Winners in: Boys 16
1. Suhas Bakar
2. Aviash Janathe
3. Ganesh Tandel
The Winners in: Girls 16
1. Aakansha Gaikwad
- Amruta Khatpe
- Aditi Jagtap
The Winners in: Boys 14
1. Chaitnya Jadhav
2. Vijay Sutar
3. Pintu Vaide
The Winners in: Girls 14
1. Nikita Hajare
- Shital Dukare
- Sapana Chaudhary
Charity Run
- Vijay Tarak
- Bhagat
- Santosh Agarwal
Rotary Club Nigadi President Dr.Shubhangi Kothari, Rotary Club Nigadi Secretary Vijay Kalbhor, Maharashtra Athletic Association Mr.Prahald Savan, Runal Developers Mr.Rajendra Jain, Managing Director of Sandvik Asia Mr. Parag Satpute and Amit Paithankar, Mr.Pravin Shirke, Thermax M.N. Sandhyal, TJSB Dhanjay Kulkarni and Nikhil Aarekar, ASM Group of Institute Mr. Sadip Pachpade, Mr. Shubhash Jaysinghaniya, Plant Head of Tata Motors Mr.Sanganath Digge, Director Double Tree by Hilton Mr. Pratik Chordiya, Ravi Hiremath, Mukund Mule, Suhas Dhamale, Harish Vanwari, Ramesh Rao, Shrikrushna Karkare, Ravi Rajapurkar, Savita Rajapurkar, Rakesh Singaniya, Ranu Singaniya, Alka Karake, Pranita Alurkar ,Shital Khinvsara and Polic Nagrik Mitra were present at the event.
Celebrity guests on the dais were RJ Sunny and Actress Chitra Khare. On this occasion RJ Sunny was felicitated. The winners in the various categories won prizes worth Rs. 4.50lakh. The Prize distribution took place at the hand of Iron lady Saloni Pathaniya and Anup Mahajan. This grand event was witnessed by more than 1,26,000 people of PCMC area. Runathon Past President Mr.Shivesh Anand & RJ Sunny anchored the whole event.