Anjali Saraogi retained her title in the IDBI Federal Life Insurance Kolkata Marathon with a career-best timing today.
 
Tlanding Wahlang won the men's full marathon. The 45 year old  Saraogi achieved the feat less than three months after recovering from a surgery.
 
Seniormost runner in the women's field, Anjali clocked 3 hours 16 minutes 54 seconds to win the race and better her last year's timing of 3 hours 30 minutes:53 seconds. Tlanding Wahlang clocked 2 hours:35 minutes :42 seconds to win  the men's full marathon. 
 
 
Brand ambassador of the event and Indian cricket icon Sachin Tendulkar flagged off the race from Salt Lake Stadium at 4.30am on a chilly morning. Tendulkar recalled that four years ago, the event was started off with 1500 athletes.
 
Today there are 15,000 participation, an increase of 10 times.This edition also witnessed several inspirational runners in different categories.
 
Shubhashis Ghosh, with a rare heart ailment, competed along with the visually-impaired Mohammed Asif Iqbal.The half marathon category saw 86-year-old Bylahalli Janardan inspiring the participants.