Udhampur, Sept. 28 -- As many as 750 athletes including 300 women having some renowned amateur and professional marathoners from several parts of India tested their endurance limit while running for fun in the maiden Udhampur Half- Marathon organised by a local amateur marathoner, Kriti Mahajan as part of the Nasha Mukt Abhiyan in Udhampur on Sunday.

The marathon was flagged off by Shiv Kumar, DIG, Udhampur from the Subash Stadium at 6am. The runners participated in 21km, 10km, 5km and 3 km races.

In 21km, amongst men, Rohit stood first with a timing of 1 hour 12 minutes, Raghav Sharma stood second with a timing of 1 hour 15 minutes and Sunil Kumar stood third with a timing of 1 hour 22 minutes. Further, among women Kirti Devi came firs...