Browsing Tag: Marathon

Angad Singh, of Glebe Road, Finchley, and his friend Satnam Singh, 38, who lives in Slough, took on the Brighton Marathon to raise money for the UK Punjab Heritage Association.

I'm running as you can see dressed as an Indian soldier from World War One. Why? Because I'm raising funds and awareness for a great charity which is telling the story of Sikhs in the Great War.

“They’re very proud of being Sikhs, and they’re very proud to be part of the running movement,” Hanc said. “I said earlier how much they’ve embraced it. And they proclaim it, too.”

A group of women are out to smash the myths and stereotypes surrounding their cultures and religions when they take part in the Bupa Great Birmingham Run on Sunday.

SikhNet conducted an Interview with Simran Jeet Singh - An Excerpt His story is that of an all American man moving up in the world. He is also a Sikh and he is doing his part in helping the image of Sikhs in the west.

Many in the group, "Sikhs in America", got their inspiration from the famous Brit Fauja Singh. In India, the Sikhs were renowned for their martial-arts prowess. In the Western world, that has translated into running. But their main reason for running goes beyond culture or religion: It's fun!

A Professor of Visual Culture Explains Unconscious Stereotyping Evolved From Boston Bombings, Trayvon Martin Shooting

“We are asking people to come out for the marathon. We want to motivate not only young persons from our Sikh community but children from other communities as well. You can walk or run,” said Jeev Singh.

At a conference I recently heard a father say: "Every day, my son asks, 'Daddy, why do we have to be Muslim?'"

Sikh Americans, who were targets of domestic terrorism in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, this past August have been particularly active in condemning the attack and organizing opportunities for community healing.

That anybody would think that Boston, of all places, would be intimidated by a couple of puny bombs is laughable. Sure, we grieve for the dead. We reach out to the injured, but we move forward.

The SIKH Community of Southern California is holding a Memorial Prayer Vigil, on Sunday, April 28, 2013,.... for peace and tranquility in the USA and the world.

We are having blood donation drive with the help of The Red Cross on Saturday and Sunday in the two Gurdwaras we have here. Each one of us will be bringing five people from our neighbourhoods from any or no faith to offer the same. We will serve fruits after the blood donations to all the donors and then Langar will be served later on.

For the past few years, many teens and sevadars have been going to the LA Marathon to volunteer and hand out water to the participating runners.

As per information Baba Fauja Singh, the world’s oldest marathon runner has run his last race at the age of 101.

Just when the celebrations of the Prakash Gurpurab of Guru Gobind Singh Sahib were slowing pace in Mumbai, we got a very important news. ‘Fauja Singh is Running the Mumbai Marathon’.

A pharmacy student from Reading University has written himself a prescription for good health during his final year.

But the city of The Golden Temple needs its citizens to take pride, and take responsibility for it. It is however, imperative that a holistic annual activity plan be devised. The Amritsar Tourism Outreach therefore has planned a series of programs starting with The Gold City Marathon, an idea for which we seek your support and participation.

Guinness World Records says it has not ratified the record as Mr Singh cannot show a birth certificate from 1911. His trainer, Harmander Singh, says such documents were not made in India then.

At the age of 100, Singh also attempted and accomplished eight world age group records in one day at the special Ontario Masters Association Fauja Singh Invitational Meet, held at Birchmount Stadium in Toronto, Ontario Canada.

“I am but a simple man,” Fauja Singh the competitor, a Sikh with a long white beard who only speaks Punjabi, said in a translated statement. “I give it my best shot and it happens that the results are better than others.”

"The decision was made from the heart, coupled with the will of a mother to do whatever it takes for her child," wrote Vicky Singh in her letter to friends asking for support and pledges. Vicky Singh’s decision was to run the New York City Marathon.

Vikram Johal and Raminder Dhaliwal will be completing the Centaur Subaru Half Marathon which is a whopping 21.1 km race. They are calling on the Sikh community to not only come out and support them while taking part in fun activities at Murdoch Park but to also sponsor them for this event as they have both decided to run for a cause.

World's oldest marathon runner and a brand ambassador of sports brand Adidas, Fauja Singh who will turn 100 on April 1 today launched a campaign against drug addiction in Punjab by organising a marathon..

Fauja Singh, Britain’s most popular Sikh is 98 now, the oldest runner in London Marathon.

The award officially recognizes his record-breaking 110 hours of playing tabla non-stop for five days and four nights in a row.