About us
Building a Peaceful Telangana Through the Discipline of Sport
Telangana Runners is a non-profit in Hyderabad, built on sports science. We help people build endurance, one step at a time, in all 33 districts of Telangana.
Our vision
To make Telangana the fittest state in India. We want to build endurance in 33 districts. We want to stop the rise of obesity, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart attacks and other lifestyle diseases.
Our mission
We want to prevent lifestyle disease before it starts. We believe endurance is the first line of defence. We work through advocacy, research, training and community events. Our aim is to make sport part of daily life in every district, one runner, one village, one town at a time.
What we do
- Advocacy: we work with communities, institutions and government to make fitness a public health priority.
- Sports research: we study what works, so people can build endurance safely.
- Workshops: we teach fitness and endurance in communities, schools and workplaces.
- Training: step-by-step programmes for first-time walkers and seasoned runners alike.
- Events: the weekly Sunday Morning Run, the Cardiac Rehab Run and the Telangana Marathon. See all our events.
Our founder
Telangana Runners was founded by Dr. Muralidar Babi, MBBS, MD (CMC Vellore), Cardiac Rehab Physician, TGMCI Reg. No. 59309. He also founded Cardiac Rehab, an exercise centre in Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad, under physician supervision. Working with heart attack survivors, he saw that endurance is what stands between a person and a heart attack. That idea became Telangana Runners.
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