Shirui Lily Half Marathon to take place on May 26
Source: Chronicle News Service

Imphal, May 15 2022: The Shirui Lily Half Marathon by T-Coleve, an event management society, will be one among varied activities that feature in the 4th edition of the state level Shirui Lily Festival (May 25-28).T-Coleve is organising the event under the aegis of the 4th Shirui Lily Festival Entertainment Sub-Committee.

A 22-kilometer exciting exploit, the half marathon will take place on May 26 at Ukhrul district headquarter.

The race is being held for men, open for participants from across the country, registration for which has begun at the organising team's official instagram page called tcoleve.

The Shirui Lily Marathon is also being organised under the theme 'Say No to Drugs' in line with the Manipur state government's War on Drugs campaign.

Talking about the society's initiative, Sathingla Shokwungnao, president T-Coleve, said, "Besides raising the banner for Kashong Timrawon aka Shirui Lily, the marathon event shall also carry other social messages encouraging a holistic healthy lifestyle in the community where drug and substance abuse is rampant among youths and youngsters.

It's not just a competition, we want this event to spread awareness and messages en couraging youths to take up healthy activities in lieu of drugs or other harmful sub stances".

This marathon event intends to encourage participation in national, state or international athletic competitions.

T-Coleve vice president Rinlungso Zas said, "It is the managing team's vision to act as a catalyst in bringing about a healthy competitive environment where aspiring athletes will form a habit of regularly practicing for other sporting events and competitions".

"We have a lot of potential in athletic sports, we want to set the stage to create an encouraging ecosystem where there will be active engagement in the field of athletic sports; T-Coleve urges local athletes to have faith in their potential and so, say 'Manipuris can run in the Olympics' and this is only the beginning", added Zas.

The marathon has already started garnering interest among aspiring participants from other states besides Manipur.

T-Coleve expressed gratitude to the organising committee of the state level festival for giving it an opportunity to hold the marathon event.

"We thank the people and the organising committee for their trust in Us and a big shout out to MCS Chunglenmang Kipgen, ADC, Ukhrul, for his support in our ven ture.

Kipgen has been super encouraging towards our endeavour since day one and we're very thankful for his support", expressed team T-Coleve.

The team had also recently organised the first ever snooker tournament in Ukhrul district and is striving to make this marathon a grand success.

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