7th Edition (ITRA Race)
7th Edition (ITRA Race)
I’m energized to introduce Randy Wittmer (@randy.wittmer.5), the 4th 90k runner of the GavaTea Ootyultra. As announced before, the OOTYULTRA 2020 will feature a brand new 90k category with ~3800 m elevation gain and ~3620 m elevation drop and comes with a 12 hr cut-off time. Randy has an exceptional track record as a marathoner, …
Today I’m excited to share the third GavaTeaOotyultra 90k runner. Rajesh Patni, a fitness enthusiast from Jaipur, believes that being fit should be a part of everyone’s lifestyle. Rajesh is a businessman from Jaipur and lives in Mumbai. It was in April 2018 when he ran his first half marathon without any prior running experience. …
Bhavani Ramamurthi narrates her fascinating experience of running both first & second editions in the 15k category and what makes her run the OOTYULTRA year after year. On 7-Apr-2019, at the finish line, she was extremely happy to share how she barely finished the 15k in 2018 with a time of 2:31:25, closer to the …
I’m incredibly thrilled to introduce our second 90k runner of GavaTeaOotyultra 2020, Sathish Kumar, popularly known as Deca Sathish. OOTYULTRA 2020 will feature a brand new 90k category with ~3800 m elevation gain and ~3620 m elevation drop and comes with a 12 hr cut-off time. Deca Sathish is from Chennai and is a Team …
I’m extremely thrilled to introduce the first-ever OOTYULTRA 2020 90k runner, Georgy Cherian, from Soles Of Cochin (Cochin Runners). Georgy Cherian is an accomplished #ultramalaivasi and not new to OOTYULTRA. He has already completed the 60k distance in 2019 with an impressive improvement of over 26 mins from his 2018 OOTYULTRA.2018 60k: 7:29:452019 60k: 7:03:34 …
The oft-repeated adage of “Age is no limit” is indeed applicable to many of the runners participating in this year’s edition of the OOTYULTRA. OOTYULTRA is happy to feature two such runners who have defied conventional wisdom regarding endurance activity and age and who inspire so many others by their running performance. As you read their stories, …
“I signed up for OOTYULTRA right after my run at Munnar last year. I wanted to experience another high altitude mountain road run – it might be the tea in all these places that makes me yearning for more. Hydration was the only thing that was a bit contentious for me, but I must say …
Coimbatore based Anushnath Ravichandran’s fitness journey began as recently as 2015. An architect-urban manager by profession, Anushnath combines his passion for endurance running with an avid interest in mountaineering. A keen outdoor enthusiast, he also happens to enjoy trekking and cycling in the hills. He recently completed a multicity 100-day running challenge that was culminated …
Yasmin Imthias is an entrepreneur and COO of a reputed Information services firm in Coonoor, The Nilgiris. Yasmin says, “I’m a free spirit with a taste for adventure. Between raising a pre-teen brat and a preschool charmer, running a business, initiating a local running club, to being on the grind for 17 hours on …
“It is admirable for a man to take his son fishing, but there is a special place in heaven for the father who takes his daughter shopping.” John Sinor Proudly introducing Elango Shanmugam, who not only takes her daughter Neha shopping but also accompanies her to various running events. Elango is a 49 years old …
7th Edition (ITRA Race)
Ultra-marathoner, Velu Perumal, won the 90 km-OotyUltra road race held on April 3, 2022 in Tamil Nadu.
LLA runs the whole distance for the Ootyultra Marathon - 2019
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