Delhi Pinkathon on September 6th at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium

MILIND SOMAN is all set to run the SBI Delhi Pinkathon 2015 which will be held on 6th September at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.

'Pinkathon' is more than a Marathon. It is the seed of change. It is the beginning of a movement carried forward by a growing community of empowered women across India, who share a belief that a healthy family, a healthy nation and a healthy world begins with empowered women. The first step in empowerment is taking control of your own health, respecting yourself and understanding and celebrating the value you bring to your family and society. Empowerment is not a gift of society; it is a gift you give yourself. This is the description on the website.

The focus of the marathon, which will take place in the capital is to encourage an active lifestyle and overall fitness amongst women and creating an awareness about breast cancer.

Sunita Poddar, a breast cancer survivor, Pinki from National Association of Blind and RJ Jassi from Radio Mirchi were announced as the mascots for the 3km, 5km and 10 km category respectively. All of them were presented with the first bibs along with Reebok running shoes.

"Fitness is liberating. If a culture of regular exercise and fitness must take root in India, our women need to become aware about the benefits of fitness. They need to be able to get out and run, which doesn't happen enough due to various cultural reasons. We now organise the Pinkathon in eight cities. More than 10,000 women run at each of these events over the 3km, 5km, 10km, 21km distances. They run in running gear but also in sarees, salwar kameez, hijabs and whatever attire they deem fir and keeps them comfortable,"

Milind said.

"We at State Bank of India are proud to be a partner in this great initiative for women that aims to spread awareness about breast cancer and promote women's well-being. It's a run for women, of women, by women,"

said Vinod Pande, general manager, Corporate Communication and Change, State Bank of India.

Those interested can register themselves at pinkathon

The final promo run for the event was held on Rakshabandhan which was titled as 'Rakshabandhan Run'.

Below Milind Soman at the finale promo run

With inputs from IANS.