While flagging off the first full marathon of the city of Ahmedabad today at Ashram road’s Vallabh Sadan, the Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi announced that the city will host full marathon every year on last Sunday of December now onwards.
“There are 500 cities in the world that organize full marathon every year, and untill now Gujarat was nowhere in the map, however today on the occasion of Gujarat state’s golden jubilee year we have placed Gujarat and the city of Ahmedabad onto the world map of marathon,” Shri Modi said.
“World’s any citizen can come, participate and win this marathon, but the last victory will be ours only, ” Shri Modi added.