Chandigarh, India,August,25th, 2019 -On 22nd September, 2019, The City Beautiful – Chandigarh’s very own UNESCO’s World Heritage Site, Capitol Complex will be hosting it’s first green run where people from different walks of life and from the remotest parts of India will be participating in the Tuffman Chandigarh Half Marathon which is in association with Chandigarh Tourism.

TUFFMAN is India's premiere endurance sports platform bringing Running, Cycling and Swimming events to sports enthusiasts.

All events are organized in various beautiful destinations and major cities in India, which everyone wishes to visit like Shimla (Mashobra), Leh, Goa, Kasauli, Jaisalmer, Andaman& Nicobar Islands, Manali, Gurugram, Chandigarh (Half Marathon, Triathlon, Stadium Run) at varied terrains to run on.

Runners in all categories are expected to participate in huge numbers at theTuffman ChandigarhHalf Marathon which will have 4 different kind of run categories namely – Timed Half Marathon Run, Timed Internationally acclaimed 10 kms,Non Timed Fun Run 5 kms& 3 kms specially for ladies & children.

Run will start from Capitol Complex to IT Park via Matka Chowk &Sukhna Lake and turning back on to the same to finish at Open Hand Monument near Capitol Complex. This will be a loop for half marathon and the other races will also be held on the same route.

Some salient features of the runare that it is thefirst ever green run to happen in our city beautiful – Chandigarh, is against the use of single use plastic usage which is a bane for the environment. Eco – friendly paper cups will be used offering water & various liquids to the participants also food boxes will be made of eco – friendly paper only. They also aim to have a zero – waste, by not using the steel & plastic material because it leads to unhygienic serving & again water wastage in washing utensils. Exciting goodies which will have an excellent quality tee shirt, sipper, energy gel, protein bars, rehydration tabs, healthy snacks like dry fruits and jowar puffs.

Mr. Rakesh Kumar Popli, PCS, Director of Tourism, Chandigarh said, “The run has a vision of having fitness enthusiasts from all the age groupsthat year on year aims to promote healthy living and a greener city to live in.

The registrations for each of the race categories (Half Marathon, 10Km, 5Km, 3Km) will be open until September05th on thewebsite – bit.ly/TCHM2019