SrinagarHamid Aziz, one of the top athletes from Kashmir, will run 110 kilometers on Sunday aiming to set a one day run record for the state.
Aziz has recently participated in 59th Senior National Championship in July this year in Andhra Pradesh.
Hamid has already covered 60 kilometers run on a single day with the Australian marathon runner Pat Farmer who concluded his Pan India great marathon in Srinagar on March 27, 2017.
Besides, he has won the state championship on December 9, 2013.
Earlier in his college, he won all the inter-college road races and retained the title till he studied is under gradation in 2013, 2014, 2015.
The latest achievement to him has been the participation in the India Expedition Adventure Race which was held in Srinagar, Sonamarg and Leh.
His acumen for long runs has promoted him to set out for his personal best of running over 100 kilometers which he has scheduled for October 22, 2017.
Hotel Shahenshah Palace in Srinagar and Hotel Snowland in Sonamarg has already come out in support for the athlete who has sponsored this mega event.
The event will be flagged off at Hotel Shahenshah Palace Srinagar. Hamid will run towards Sonamarg and then Baltal to complete 110 kilometer run.
I am hopeful of completing the run in 10 hours. It wont be a difficult task for me. I have already run 60 km in 2015 and also this year with foreign teams at Leh. I want to record my personal best, said Hamiz Aziz.
Aziz plans to run 400 km in Spring 2018 and 1000 kilometers in 2019 to ultimately aim for Kashmir to Kanyakumari run in five years of time.
Follow this link to join our WhatsApp group: Join Now
Be Part of Quality Journalism |
Quality journalism takes a lot of time, money and hard work to produce and despite all the hardships we still do it. Our reporters and editors are working overtime in Kashmir and beyond to cover what you care about, break big stories, and expose injustices that can change lives. Today more people are reading Kashmir Observer than ever, but only a handful are paying while advertising revenues are falling fast. |
| ACT NOW |
| MONTHLY | Rs 100 |  |
| YEARLY | Rs 1000 | |
| LIFETIME | Rs 10000 | |
