Patna, Patna Marathon will be organized in the capital on December 1 (Sunday) for the widespread promotion of de-addiction.

In a press conference held in the press room of the Information Building on Wednesday, departmental secretary Vinod Singh Gunjiyal, excise commissioner Rajneesh Kumar Singh, traffic SP Aparajit Lohan and officials of the sponsor State Bank of India gave detailed information about the event.

International badminton player Saina Nehwal will also be present to encourage the runners. The secretary said that there will be four types of races in the Patna Marathon, which will include a 42 km full marathon, a 21 km half marathon along with 10 km and 5 km races.

The marathon will be held in four categories, which include general category, officer category, SBI category, elite category (international runner), age based category and Bihar fastest category. A total prize of Rs 50 lakh will be given in different categories for the winners of full marathon, half marathon and 10 km race.

A reward of Rs 3 lakh will be given for making a national record in full marathon and Rs 2 lakh for national record in half marathon.
This time for the first time Bihar Fastest category has also been added, in which the fastest full marathon runner of Bihar will get one lakh, half marathon runner will get 50 thousand and 10 km runner will get 30 thousand rupees as first prize.
The runners coming in the first three positions in all categories will be given a reward ranging from 20 thousand to a maximum of three lakhs. Marathons are being organized continuously by the department since the year 2022.
So far eight thousand participants have registered

About eight thousand participants have registered in various categories for the marathon. This includes 314 officers including 14 IAS-IPS, 918 SBI personnel and 35 international runners.
Common people can also participate in the marathon. For this, interested runners will have to register online on BiharMarathon.com by November 29. Offline registration will be done till November 30 for the five km race.

One lane of Atal Path and JP Path will remain closed
The traffic SP said that the route of the marathon will be from Gandhi Maidan to Golghar, JP Ganga Path via Shivpuri footover bridge of Atal Path. The distance here is 10.5 km. After this, the runners will take a U-turn for the half marathon and full marathon. The runners will have electronic devices installed.
For Patna Marathon, the eastern and southern lanes of Atal Path and JP Ganga Path will remain closed from 11 pm on November 30 to 10 am on December 1.
The registration fee for five km is Rs 400, for ten km it is Rs 500, for 21 km it is Rs 800 and for 42 km it is Rs 1300.
Four types of races
Race: Starting time
42 km (full marathon): 5 am
21 km (half marathon): 5:30 am
10 km: 6:30 am
05 km: 7:30 am
Registration will be done in six categories
General category
Officer category
SBI category
Elite category (international runner)
Age based category
Bihar fastest category
Marathon route
Starting from Gandhi Maidan gate number one, through Golghar, JP Ganga Path to Shivpuri footover bridge in Atal Path and then from there taking a U-turn back to Gandhi Maidan.