The Coimbatore Marathon is also synonymous with the Coimbatore Cancer Foundation (CCF). As Race Director Ramesh Ponnuswamy speaks at the press conference to launch the Vodafone Coimbatore Marathon 2018, one can’t help a shiver of pride. The Coimbatore running community now boasts ultra marathoners who began their running careers right here just a few years ago. The Coimbatore Marathon has moved large groups of runners out of their air-conditioned corporate cabins into the outdoors. The prize money of ?2.5 lakh is shared by the winners in the first, second and third positions in separate categories for men and womenHalf Marathon (21.1 K): ?25,000, ?15,000 and ?10,00010 K: ?15,000, ?10,000 and ?5,000In the Veterans’ Category, Half Marathon (21.1 K): ?15,000, ?10,000 and ?5,00010 K: ?10000, ?7,500 and ?5,000
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