Tcs World 10k Bengaluru 2023 - 15 Edition

Mirchi Get Active Expo 2023 details

Expo dates and Timings:
18^th and 19^th May 2023 from 10:30 AM to 7 PM
20^th May from 10 AM to 5 PM

Expo Venue address: Jayamahal Palace 1, Jayamahal Main Road, Near Cantonment Railway Station Road, Nandi Durga Road Extension, Jayamahal, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560046.

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Running number bibs must be collected by all participants from the Mirchi Get Active Expo 2023 from 18th May to 19^th May 2023. For this edition, participants will be given options to choose their bib pick-up time slot; overseas and outstation participants will get a slot preference for Saturday 20^th May 2023. Slots will be assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. Book your slot here https://registrations.procam.in/portal/#/tcsw10k-2023/bibSlotBooking

Documents to carry at the Mirchi Get Active Expo 2023 for bib collection:

1. It is mandatory for all individual participants to collect their running numbers personally from the Bib Collection Centre within the Mirchi Get Active Expo 2023. Confirmed participants must carry along following documents (soft copy accepted) in order to collect his/her running bib:
   
   1. The application confirmation (sent via email or whatsapp or can be accessed from your profile).
   2. Govt. approved photo ID proof.
2. In case of unavoidable circumstances, a participant can send his/her representative to collect running number bib on his/her behalf. Please note, a representative will not be allowed to collect running number bib on behalf of more than ONE participant.  The representative must carry along following documents for running bib collection:
   
   1. The application confirmation (sent via email or whatsapp or can be accessed from your profile).
   2. Govt. approved photo ID proof of the runner.
   3. Govt. approved photo ID proof of the representative.
3. Group collection of bibs: A group can send their representative/s to collect the running number bibs on behalf of their team members. Running number bibs of the entire group participating in different race categories will be handed over at one go. The representative/s need to carry the following documents for the collection of number bibs:
   
   1. Printed copy of group confirmation email sent across to the group’s point person
   2. Printed copy of signed letter on the NGO/company letterhead authorising the representative/s to collect number bibs on behalf of the group.
   3. Govt. approved photo ID proof of the representative.

Important: No running number will be posted to individual mailing addresses for whatsoever reasons. Further, no number bibs will be handed over to any participant post the declared closing hours of the Mirchi Get Active Expo 2023 – by 5 p.m. on Saturday, 20^th May 2023.

Just as Bengaluru transformed from the Garden City of India to its globally-renowned Silicon Valley, its love for the outdoors was given a fillip in 2008 by the Tata Consultancy Services World 10K Bengaluru.

The annual road running event turned out to be the much-needed panacea for the country’s IT hub, triggering the running culture for a healthy lifestyle in India’s fastest-growing metropolis that was working round-the-clock for clients across the globe.

Perched high on the Deccan Plateau and blessed with incredible weather, it was only a matter of time before the sleepy city began vying for the title of India’s Running Capital along with Delhi and Mumbai largely due to the global success of the #TCSW10K.

It was the third running property of game-changer Procam International following the spectacular success of the Mumbai Marathon in 2004 and the Delhi Half Marathon in 2005 which helped turn running into the fastest-growing sporting activity in the country in less than two decades.

As a distance, the 10K is a perfect synthesis of speed and endurance and is also widely regarded as the first milestone in long-distance running. Accorded the Gold Label by governing body World Athletics, the USD 210,000 prize fund Road Race has attracted a formidable International Elite field since its inception, while enthusiastic amateurs from across India and the world descend on Bengaluru to soak up the atmosphere and enjoy the race.

Three-time world half marathon champion and former world record holder Geoffrey Kamworor (Kenya) and Tokyo Olympic marathon champion Peres Jepchirchir (Kenya) feature among the past winners of the coveted #TCSW10K.

Kenya’s Nicholas Kipkorir Kimeli and Irene Cheptai ran course records of 27:38 and 30:35 respectively at the 14th edition in 2022 as the event returned following a two-year pandemic-forced break.

#TCSW10K has been a phenomenal influence on social change and prides itself as the most prominent sports philanthropy platform in southern India, having raised an impressive INR 49 crore since its inception.

Global sporting icons such as Carl Lewis, Mike Powell, Marie Jose Perec, Maria Mutola, Stephanie Rice, Arantxa Sanchez, and Justin Gatlin have as International Event Ambassadors endorsed the event that has a Majja Run (5K), which takes in the many splendours of the city, the Senior Citizens’ Run, that sees silver rule the road, and the Champions with Disability, which supports inclusivity and provides the opportunity for all to take centre stage, as support races.