Marathon runner Rahul Jadhav completes DeAddiction Ultra Run
To spread awareness about addiction and ways to combat it, Rahul Jadhav a reformed addict from Mumbai, completed an ultra-run from Gateway of India to India Gate covering a distance of 1475 kms. The DeAddiction Ultra Run 2019 in its first edition was initiated on February 1 from Gateway of India, Mumbai. After concluding his run, Rahul reached at India Gate on February 20.
Rahul was felicitated with a medal and a memento by Arun Bharadwaj, an ultramarathon runner.
During his run of 20 days, Rahul covered a distance of 80 kms on an average per day, and many people on the way ran with him for a few kilometres to show support for the cause. On the day 18 of his run from Manoharpur to Neemrana he was able to achieve a feat of 100kms in 15 hours and 50 minutes. Until now Rahul has participated and completed 22 run events and three solo runs. He completed his last run at the Tata Marathon Mumbai in 4 hours and 5 minutes covering a distance of 42 kms. On completing this feat, Rahul said, “Post my recovery from addiction, I took to running and enjoyed it thoroughly. Running gives me a sense of satisfaction and achievement and I wish to reach out to more people and share my experience to help them take a step towards reformation. I am fortunate to have mentors and supporters like Ashish and Mukta Puntambekar, Harshal Morde and my coach Manoj Rane who have encouraged me in this journey. I would also like to thank my friends and family and my runners’ group from Mumbai and other cities who have cheered and encouraged me on social platform during my run and for the cause.”
During his run of 20 days, Rahul covered a distance of 80 kms on an average per day, and many people on the way ran with him for a few kilometres to show support for the cause. On the day 18 of his run from Manoharpur to Neemrana he was able to achieve a feat of 100kms in 15 hours and 50 minutes. Until now Rahul has participated and completed 22 run events and three solo runs. He completed his last run at the Tata Marathon Mumbai in 4 hours and 5 minutes covering a distance of 42 kms. On completing this feat, Rahul said, “Post my recovery from addiction, I took to running and enjoyed it thoroughly. Running gives me a sense of satisfaction and achievement and I wish to reach out to more people and share my experience to help them take a step towards reformation. I am fortunate to have mentors and supporters like Ashish and Mukta Puntambekar, Harshal Morde and my coach Manoj Rane who have encouraged me in this journey. I would also like to thank my friends and family and my runners’ group from Mumbai and other cities who have cheered and encouraged me on social platform during my run and for the cause.”
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