Archive · 5 Oct 2026
Everest Summiteer to Pace Runners at Delhi Half Marathon
Dr Chinmayee J Thrishulamurthy is a doctor from Bengaluru who has climbed Mount Everest.
She will help runners at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on October 18.
This will be her first time working as a pacer, and she will guide runners in the 10K race.
Pacers run at a steady speed so a group can aim for a chosen finish time.
The event will have 25 pacers in total.
Eight women will pace the 10K groups, and 17 pacers will guide the half-marathon groups.
Their target times range from 55 to 88 minutes for the 10K and from 1 hour 50 minutes to 2 hours 40 minutes for the half marathon.
Eleven pacers are coming from outside Delhi NCR.
Mount Everest summiteer and Bengaluru ophthalmologist Dr Chinmayee J Thrishulamurthy will pace runners at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon on October 18.
Thrishulamurthy will make her pacing debut in the 10K race.
The event will have 25 pacers, including eight women pacing 10K groups and 17 pacers for the half marathon.
The 10K pacing groups will target finish times from 55 to 88 minutes; half-marathon groups will target 1:50 to 2:40.
Eleven pacers are from outside Delhi NCR, including Bengaluru, Kolkata, Mumbai, Darjeeling, Jammu and Jharkhand.
- Who
- Dr Chinmayee J Thrishulamurthy and 24 other pacers.
- What
- They will guide runners toward target finish times at the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon; Thrishulamurthy will debut as a 10K pacer.
- When
- October 18.
- Where
- Delhi.
- Why
- Pacers maintain a steady speed to help groups of runners reach predetermined finish times.
- Event
- Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon
- Event date
- October 18
- Total pacers
- 25
- 10K pacers
- Eight, forming an all-women squad
- Half-marathon pacers
- 17
- 10K target times
- 55 to 88 minutes
- Half-marathon target times
- 1:50 to 2:40
- Pacers from outside Delhi NCR
- 11