The flagged off was delay for about 20 minutes due to late arrival of Guest of Honour ministers. The race started at 5:37 pm instead of scheduled 5:15 pm.
Achieved 3 minutes 50 seconds for the first km helped by down slope.
The first 6 km rather difficult due to scorching sun even though it rained few hours back.
Clocked 48 minutes and 50 seconds at a 12.5 % of position of total Men's Open category. There wasn't any Men's Veteran category.
