Arun Bhardwaj

A pioneer Indian runner, Arun has been running multiday and ultra races since 2000 and shorter races since since 1991.

Born

Baoli, Distt. Baghpat. UP. 24 February 1969

Personal Bests:

180 km in 23.25 hours on 28-29 July 2000 (solo run from Haridwar to Baghpat, UP)
270 km in 33.10 hr on 7-8 November 2001(solo run from Yojana Bhavan, New Delhi to National Ayurved Institute, Jorawar Singh Gate, Jaipur). Indian Record for the distance w.r.t. time taken.
138.172 km in IAU Asia 24 hr Track Championships in Taiwan on 2-3 March 2002.(9th place). First Indian representative in any 24 hr Ultra Marathon.
492 km in Australian 6 Day Race 17-23 Nov. 2002 & broke former Indian national record for 6 days race of 478 km made by Tirtha Kumar Phani in 1987. Thus, became first ever Indian to cross 300 miles in six days race (15th Place).
516 km in Self-Transcendence 6-Days race, New York 27 April -3 May 2003 and became the first Indian to cross 500 km in a 6-Days race (7th Place).
520 km in Copenhagen 6 Day Challenge, Denmark 3 – 9 August 2003 (4TH place).

Became first Asian to complete three 6-Days races within one year, and every time with a new national record.

Finished IAU 100 Km World Cup 2003, Taiwan 16.11.2003. Became first ever Indian to participate and finish any 100 Km World Cup.
8. 501 km in International Six Day Running Championship, Mexico on 22-28 March 2004 (4th place in age category and 8th Place in general). First Indian representation in any Mexican ultramarathon championship.
532.8 km in Erkrath International 6-day race, Germany, 1-8 August 2004. Placed 15th. New Indian Record.
550 km in 122.45 hr Delhi to Chandigarh and back.
MIR Marathon, Moscow, finished in 3.56.45 in –4 Deg. Celsius and Rain. (My first ever marathon)
153 km in 24 hr Open Championship of Russia, 7-8 May 2005. Became the only Indian in the history of Russian Ultramarathon.
558 km in 20th Australian Six Days Race, 20-26 Nov. 2005. 14th / 36. New Indian & South Asian Record. Got 26th place in the world rankings for 6-days races in 2005.
521 km in the Loutraki 7 Day Race, April 1-8 2006 (on a hilly course).
3.34.56 Marathon, Meerut 22.Dec.2006. (My second marathon)
370 km in 74.37 hrs i.e. Delhi-Shimla from 1 Feb to 4 Feb, 2007.