Bios of all the nominees are given below:
Each person will vote only once and will give three preferences i.e. Best Male Runner – Preference 1, 2 & 3 and similarly Best Female Runner – Preference 1, 2 & 3.
Marks will be given as follows:
3 points for Preference 1,
2 points for Preference 2
1 point for Preference 3.
Runners who have gained the maximum points in the above system will be declared the Winners and 1st Runner-up and 2ndRunner-up respectively.
Please write the name of the person chosen and not the initials only. Also note please the nominees cannot vote for themselves but can vote for others. Nominees voting for themselves will be considered as invalid vote. Only one vote per person is allowed and the second and subsequent votes will be considered as invalid.
Voting will close on 30st January 2014 and the results will be announced during the Runners’ Bash on 1st February 2014.
BIO’S OF THE NOMINEES
BEST RUNNER 2013 – MALE NOMINEES
ABBAS ALI SHEIKH
| 1) | Bangalore Ultra | 75K | 7.23.03 hours | 1st place in Open Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 3.33.28 hours | 44th place in Open Category |
| 3) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full marathon | 3.27.35 hours | 15th place in Open category |
| 4) | Goa River | Half marathon | 1.29.56 hours | 23rd place in Open category |
ABHIJIT SHOME
| 1) | Bangalore Ultra | 100K | 12.56.42 hours | 1st place in Senior Category |
| 2) | Kaveri Trail | Full Marathon | 3.52.10 hours | 2nd place in Senior Category |
DNYANESHWAR TIDKE
| 1) | Pune Running | Half marathon | 1.25.35 hours | 3rd place in Open Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 2.56.27 hours | 44th place in the Elite Category |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Full marathon | 3.19.20 hours | 14th place in Open Category |
| 4) | Thane Hiranandani | Half marathon | 1.24.00 hours | 8th place in Open category |
| 5) | Goa River Half | Half Marathon | 1.23.15 hours | 19th place in Open Category |
GANESH KRISHNAN
| 1) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 2.25.00 hours | 3rd place in Senior Veteran Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Half Marathon | 2.42.00 hours | |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 2.37.00 hours | |
| 4) | Thane Hiranandani | Half marathon | 2.09.00 hours |
JACK COWSON
| 1) | Sandakpu Ultra | 70 miles | 18.19 hours | 2nd place in Open Category |
| 2) | Bhati Lake Trail Ultra | 50 miles | 11.07 hours | 2nd place in Open Category |
| 3) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 4.13 hours | |
| 4) | Gurgaon Running & Living | Half marathon | 2.12 hours | 4th place in Open category |
KAVIN KONDABITHINI
| 1) | National Masters Athletics | 10K | 44.48 mins | 2nd place in Age Category |
| 2) | World Masters Athletics | Half marathon | 1.46.40 hours | 3rd place in Age Category |
| 3) | World Masters Athletics | Duathlon – Running- Cycling-Running5kms-20kms-2.5kms | 1.18.52 hours | 3rd place in Age Category |
| 4) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 4.09.15 hours | |
| 5) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half Marathon | 1.59.51 hours | |
| 6) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full Marathon | 4.34.55 hours | |
| 7) | Satara Hill | Half Marathon | 1.55.35 hours | |
| 8) | Pune Running | Half Marathon | 1.44.33 hours | |
| 9) | Thane Hiranandani | Half Marathon | 1.40.56 hours |
MAHESH NAGWEKAR
| 1) | Bangalore Ultra | 75K | 10.18.04 hours | 2nd place in Senior Category |
MANOJ RANE
| 1) | Hiranandani Estate | Half marathon | 1.25.20 hours | 2nd place in Open Category |
| 2) | Run India Run | 10K | 38.00 mins | 1st place in Open category |
| 3) | SCMM 2013 | Half marathon | 1.24.00 hours | |
| 4) | Thane Hiranandani | Half marathon | 1.22.00 hours | 7th place in Open category |
| 5) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 1.33.00 hours | |
| 6) | Pune Running | Half marathon | 1.26.34 hours | 4th place in Open Category |
MILTON FRANK
| 1) | Mumbai Daud | 10K | 43.21 minutes | 1st place in Veteran Category |
| 2) | Maharashtra State Masters | 10K | 45.31 minutes | 3rd place in the age group 45- 50 years |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 1.46.42 hours | 105th place in Open Category |
| 4) | Pune Running | Half marathon | 1.42.35 hours | 4th place in Veteran Category |
| 5) | Run India Run | 10K | 47.47 minues | 8th place in Veteran Category |
| 6) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 3.56.21 hours | 38th place in Veteran Category |
PRAVIN GAIKWAD
| 1) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Full marathon | 4.00.34 hours | 2nd place in Veteran Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 3.46.30 hours | |
| 3) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 1.48.50 hours | |
| 4) | Thane Hiranandani | Half Marathon | 1.39.59 hours |
RAJ VADGAMA
| 1) | Bhati Lake Trail Ultra | 220 km | 41.3 hours | 1st place in Open category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 3.34.00 hours | |
| 3) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 1.49.00 hours | 5th place in Veteran Category |
| 4) | Goa River | Half Marathon | 1.35.00 hours | 4th place in Veteran Category |
| 5) | Hyderabad Triathlon | Half Ironman | 8.05 hours |
RAVI KALSI
| 1) | Run India Run | 10K | 44.18 mins | 1st place in 40+ Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 3.46.32 hours | |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 1.35.47 hours |
SHYAM TALLAMRAJU
| 1) | Nashik Spirit Run | Half marathon | 1.32.00 hours | 2nd place in Open Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 3.36.00 hours | |
| 3) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full marathon | 3.44.00 hours | |
| 4) | Thane Hiranandani | Half marathon | 1.36.00 hours | |
| 5) | Pune Running | Half marathon | 1.37.00 hours | 6th place in Open Category |
SRIVATSAN M.K.
| 1) | Pune Running | Half marathon | 1.41.31 hours | 2nd place in Veteran Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 4.31.33 hours | |
| 3) | Auroville | Half marathon | 3.11.00 hours | |
| 4) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full marathon | 4.09.31 hours | |
| 5) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 1.58.21 hours | |
| 6) | Wipro Chennai | Half marathon | 1.41.44 hours |
SUNIL SHETTY
| 1) | Bangalore Ultra | 100K | 13.38.51 hours | 1st place in Veteran Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 4.25.57 hours | |
| 3) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full marathon | 4.33.54 hours |
SURESH PILLAI
| 1) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full marathon | 4.21.42 hours | 3rd place in Senior Veteran Category |
| 2) | Cochin International | Half Marathon | 1.42.50 hours | 2nd place in Super Veteran Category |
| 3) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 3.50.05 hours | |
| 4) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 1.59.08 hours | |
| 5) | Hiranandani Estate | Half marathon | 1.46.36 hours |
TANAJI NALAVADE
| 1) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 2.50.20 hours | 1st place in Amateur Category |
| 2) | Pune Running | Half Marathon | 1.15.50 hours | 1st place in Open Category |
| 3) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full marathon | 3.17.52 hours | 11th place in Open category |
| 4) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 1.15.31 hours | 4th place in Open category |
| 5) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Full marathon | 2.59.34 hours | 10th place in Open category |
BEST RUNNER 2013 – FEMALE NOMINEES
ANDREA STADLER
| 1) | Zendurance Nashik Spirit run | Half marathon | 1.35.00 hours | 1st place in Open Category |
| 2) | Footsteps 4 Good | 10K | 45.00 mins | 1st place in Open Category |
| 3) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 3.40.14 hours | 4th place in Amateur Open category |
| 4) | Thane Hiranandani | Half marathon | 1.40.00 hours | |
| 5) | Goa Half marathon | Half marathon | 1.40.00 hours | 4th place in Open category |
| 6) | North Face Challenge | 50 km | 7.58.00 | 7th place in Open category |
| 7) | Arrayanes, Ecuador | 10 km | 49.56 mins | |
| 8) | New Balance, Ecuador | 10 km | 51.02 mins | |
| 9) | Zurich Triathlon | 500m, 20k, 5K | 01.11.00 hours | 4th place in Open category |
DR. ARTI GAIKWAD
| 1) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 2.18.29 hours | 2nd place in Open Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Half marathon | 2.13.08 hours | |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 2.12.03 hours |
CHITRA NADKARNI
| 1) | Run India Run | 10K | 51.36 mins | 1st place in 40+ Category |
| 2) | Airtel Hyderabad | Half Marathon | 2.01.32 hours | 2nd place in Veteran Category |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 2.06.49 hours | 2nd place in Veteran Category |
DEEPA KATRODIA
| 1) | Bangalore Ultra | 75K | 11.15 hours | 1st place in Open Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full Marathon | 4.49.00 hours | |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 2.23.00 hours |
KASHMIRA DAVE
| 1) | Bangalore Ultra | 50K | 7.40.20 hours | 1st place in Veteran Category |
LAVANYA CHILLARA
| 1) | Zendurance Nashik Spirit Run | 10K | 54.00 mins | 1st place in Open Category |
| 2) | Pune Running | 10K | 49.08 mins | 3rd place in Open category |
| 3) | SCMM 2013 | Half marathon | 1.48.00 hours | 15th place in Amateur Open category |
| 4) | DNA Half marathon | Half marathon | 1.52.00 hours | 7th place in Open category |
PERVIN BATLIWALA
| 1) | Goa River | Half marathon | 2.04.19 hours | 1st place in Senior Veteran Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 4.48.09 hours | 2nd place in Senior Veteran category |
| 3) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 2.11.17 hours | 3rd place in Senior Veteran category |
| 4) | Hiranandani Thane | Half marathon | 2.07.26 hours |
RAJASHRI KAMATH
| 1) | Hiranandani Estate | Half marathon | 2.08.32 | 2nd place in Open Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Half marathon | 2.35.18 hours | |
| 3) | Thane Hiranandani | Half marathon | 2.31.16 hours | |
| 4) | Running & Living Monsoon Madness | Half marathon | 2.39.17 hours | |
| 5) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 2.37.18 hours | |
| 6) | Vasai Virar Mayors | Half marathon | 2.28.11 hours | |
| 7) | Bangalore Ultra | 25K | 2.58.45 hours |
ROSHNI RAI
| 1) | Run India Run | 10K | 58 mins | 1st place in Age Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 4.51.00 hours | |
| 3) | DNA I Can | Half marathon | 2.13.00 hours | |
| 4) | Airtel Hyderabad | Half marathon | 2.36.00 hours | |
| 5) | Pinkathon | 10K | 59.08 mins | 15th place in Open category |
RUPAL SHAH
| 1) | Pune Running | 10K | 1.10.29 hours | 3rd place in 40+ Age Category |
| 2) | SCMM 2013 | Half marathon | 2.32.53 hours | |
| 3) | TCS 10K | 10K | 1.11.34 hours | |
| 4) | Airtel Hyderabad | Half marathon | 2.49.59 hours |
SANGEETA SHETTY
| 1) | Bangalore Ultra | 100K | 16.48.32 hours | 1st place in Veteran Category |
| 2) | Airtel Hyderabad | Full marathon | 5.45.30 hours | 3rd place in Veteran Category |
| 3) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 5.26.38 hours |
SAYURI DALVI
| 1) | Pune Running | Half marathon | 1.53.10 hours | 2nd place in Open Category |
| 2) | Run Powai Run | 10K | 48.07 mins | 1st place in Open category |
| 3) | SCMM 2013 | Full marathon | 4.46.17 hours | |
| 4) | Thane Hiranandani | Half marathon | 1.49.45 hours | |
| 5) | DNA I Can | Half marathon | 1.47.20 hours | |
| 6) | Satara Hill | Half marathon | 2.05.10 hours | |
| 7) | Bangalore Ultra | 50K | 7.10.00 hours | 5th place in Open Category |
| 8) | Goa River | Half marathon | 1.49.06 hours | 6th place in open Category |
BEST RUNNER COUPLES 2013 – NOMINEES
AARTI MEHRA BHIMBER SUKHJEEVAN BHIMBER
1) Aarti Mehra Bhimber took part in SCMM Half marathon, DNA I Can Women’s Half Marathon, Pinkathon Pune 10K and Airtel Delhi Half Marathon;
2) Sukhjeevan Bhimber took part in SCMM Half marathon and Airtel Delhi Half marathon;
DR. ARATI & DR. PRAVIN GAIKWAD
1) Dr. Arati Gaikwad took part in SCMM Half Marathon, Satara Hill Half Marathon, and Vasai Virar Half Marathon;
2) Dr. Pravin Gaikwad took part in the SCMM Full Marathon, Thane Hiranandani Half Marathon, Satara Hill Half and Vasai Virar Full Marathon.
DEEPA KATRODIA & PRADEEP KATRODIA
1) Deepa Katrodia took part in SCMM Full Marathon and Bangalore Ultra 75K;
2) Pradeep Katrodia took part in SCMM Full Marathon;
ELS REYNEARS & RAVI KINI
1) Els Raynears took part in SCMM Half Marathon and DNA I Can Women Half marathon;
2) Ravi Kini took part in SCMM Half marathon and Airtel Delhi Half Marathon;
MOHANA & GANESH KRISHNAN
1) Mohana Ganesh took part in the SCMM half marathon, Satara Hill Half marathon, Vasai Virar Mayors Half Marathon and Hiranandani Estate Half Marathon;
2) Ganesh Krishnan took part in the SCMM half marathon, Satara Hill Half marathon, Vasai Virar Mayors Half Marathon and Hiranandani Estate Half Marathon;
SANGEETA & SUNIL SHETTY
1) Sangeeta Shetty took part in the SCMM Full marathon, Airtel Hyderabad Full Marathon and Bangalore Ultra 100K;
2) Sunil Shetty took part in the SCMM Full marathon, Airtel Hyderabad Full Marathon and Bangalore Ultra 100K;
SRIVIDYA SRIVATSAN & SRIVATSAN MAMBAKKAM
1) Srividya Srivatsan took part in the SCMM half marathon, Auroville half marathon, Thane Hiranandani half marathon, DNA I Can half marathon and Satara Hill half marathon;
2) Srivatsan Mambakkam took part in SCMM half marathon, Auroville half marathon, Thane Hiranandani half marathon, Airtel Hyderabad Full marathon; Pune Running Half Marathon, Vasai Virar Half Marathon and Wipro Chennai Half Marathon;
Dr. URMILA PESHOTON AND DR. PORUS PESHOTON
1) Dr. Urmila Peshoton took part in the SCMM half marathon, Thane Hiranandani half marathon and Vasai Virar Mayors Half marathon;
3) Dr. Porus Peshoton took part in the SCMM half marathon, Thane Hiranandani half marathon and Vasai Virar Mayors Half marathon;