This year, we will be raising monies to support children with Type 1 Diabetes. Water has always been precious to Chennai and we undertook the lake restoration work with the Environmentalist Foundation of India. We have supported para-athletes, even at the national and international level, conducting training camps (Thiramai) for them and ours has been the only event to have inclusive participation. A few years back, we decided to run for charitable causes. The small ECR runs have grown into the magnificent Chennai Marathon with around 25000 participants.Ĭharity and Chennai Runners go hand in hand. Register early and make the best use of the various training runs that have been curated by experienced trainers/runners.Ĭhennai Runners has now stepped into its 17th year - a group that was started with just a handful of runners now has 17 chapters spread across the city. The Freshworks Chennai Marathon 2023 powered by Chennai Runners, will comprise of four events including a Full Marathon (42.195 Km) - the flagship race of the event, the Perfect 20 Miler (32.186 Km) – introduced for the first time in 2019, the Half Marathon (21.097 Km) and the 10 Km Run. Freshworks Chennai Marathon 2023 is sure to be a grand celebration of the city of Chennai, its culture and its passion for running and fitness. With the runners raring to go and participate in a running event, we as organisers are even more enthusiastic to do more. The brand and the marathon share a common passion for the city of Chennai and have the ambition to make our city a world-class destination. the global software as a service company from namma Chennai. The 11 th edition of the Chennai marathon is all set to hit the roads of Chennai with an all-new official title sponsor, Freshworks Inc. Throughout our journey, our previous partners – Wipro and Skechers have been a huge support in conducting our earlier editions. In fact, Chennai Marathon has the prestigious acclaim of being the only running event to be conducted uninterrupted in the last decade. Over the years, this landmark event initiated by Chennai Runners has seen a massive upturn in running and brought together runners from across the country as well as internationally. The desire to enable an international level marathon running experience to our runners is what initially drove us to organize our first Chennai Marathon in 2012.

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