Women wearing colourful saris and sneakers are set to break a dress code barrier at Saree Run in Hyderabad. A first-of-its-kind event in Hyderabad encourages women in midlife to start a fitness journey in an attire they are comfortable in. While there have been sari runs in Bengaluru (where it was initiated in 2016 ), Pune and Kolkata, it comes to Hyderabad for the first time at People’s Plaza on Necklace Road, on March 17.
“The story of the Saree Run began during a half-marathon training by Jayanagar Jaguars, a running group in Bengaluru. Jayashree Mudaliar, part of the group and an organising member of the Saree Run, says, “This group had only four women, which sparked off a conversation. That was when coach Pramod Deshpande remarked that women are hesitant to take up fitness routines.”
