Lihas Trivedi

Started running after a knee injury in 1989. He was advised not to do any physical activities by doctors who performed knee operation on him after his accident. He got bugged being in bed for six months (Three months for knee injury & three months for Jaundice which he got infected from hospital). Shorter runs turned into longer runs and he could do more each time he decided to do longer distance. He had never gone beyond a distance of 15km before he did his first Marathon in 1992 as a part of Golden Jubilee celebrations of H L College of Commerce. That was the first taste of long distance running. He continued running but without any direction as during those years there were no marathons happening in India (Except for Asian games or National meets). He ran my first official half Marathon in 2004 at Mumbai Marathon where he got the first timing certificate. He was delighted to be a part of a Marathon. The passion for running started growing leaps and bounds. He started doing serious running & participated in almost all Mumbai Marathons. Mumbai was followed by Delhi Half Marathon. These two events became a regular in the events to do list. Year 2010 was a life changing year as he participated internationally for the first time & that too at the Mecca of Marathon (Athens) he ran the original route of Marathon from Marathonas to Athena (Old Name of Athens) at Athens Classic Marathon it was the commemoration of the 2500 years of the first run ran by Pheidippides the Greek soldier who announced victory of Greeks to people of Athena and died immediately after his long journey. The same year he conducted first Marathon for Ahmedabad City ( Sabarmati Marathon2010 ) in association with Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation.