• For those into long distance running Lihas Trivedi is a known name in the community.
• Has many firsts to participate in an event in his name in world of Marathons in India & abroad from Gujarat.
• Founder President of enthusiastic runner group ADR (Amdavad Distance Runners).
• Closely associated with Amdavad Municipal Corporation in introducing Marathon in Ahmedabad in 2010.
• Since 2011 associated with the event as Technical Associate & in capacity of Race Director. Involved in course design & measurement & complete Planning of Sabarmati Marathon.
• Top finisher of Sun Down Ultra Marathon (Singapore) in 2011 from India.
• The first from Gujarat to run prestigious Comrades Marathon in 2012.
• National Record of running 182 kms for 24 Hours Madness run held in Gurgaon, Dec 2012.
• Holds a unique record of running for 25 hours on a treadmill creating the Limca Book Record by running 194.02 KMS.
• First pair of Ironman 70.3 finisher from Gujarat at Mandurah, Perth, Australia in 2013.
• First from India to participate & complete HK 100 km Ultra Trail World Tour 2014. A unique race with total elevation gain of 4500 meters & descent of 4300 meters in all ascent & descent (29000 feet).
• Adidas endorsed running athlete from 2014 to 2016.
• 5th Position in Run the Rann Ultra Trail-161 kms -20th February 2016,Dholavira,Kutch
• 3rd Position & podium finish at the prestigious Bhatti Lakes Ultra in 220km run in October, 2016.
• Participated as the only Indian qualifier at UTMB 2017 in Chamonix, France. The toughest Ultra trail mountain race in World.
• Ironman 70.3 Dubai in February,2018.
• First Indian to participate in the Northern Most Ultra Marathon event (Nr to North Pole) in Akaslompolo, Finland (NUTS YLLAS PALLAS-105km.
• Limca book record of running 50 Hours on a 400 mtr track covering 278.2 KM.

Passionate about all kind of sports and from childhood and was an active sportsman. Around 6 & 1/2 years back started running with the intention of getting fitter and driving away high Blood Sugar.

Have participated in more than 16 events and have qualified consecutively for Boston Marathon, 2019 and 2020. His passion is more about Ultra Distances and have done distances from 50KM to 222 KM. He is presently preparing for 100 KM race to be held at Mawkyrwat, Meghalaya which is a UTMB Qualifier race.

Brief About Races completed

Half and Full Marathon

• Personal Best in Half Marathon is 1 Hour 33 Min.
• Personal best in Full Marathon is 3 Hours 22 Min and achieved at IDBI Delhi Marathon, 2018 and thus qualified for Boston Marathon, 2019.
• Qualified again for Boston Marathon 2020 in Adani Ahmedabad Marathon in 2018 by finishing in 3 Hours 24 Min.

Ultra Marathon

• In 2015, did my first Ultra of 100KM at Bangaluru Ultra.
• In 2016, participated and completed 161 Km (100 Miles) run at Run the Runn at Kutch, Gujarat. This race is a self-support race and is considered as one of the toughest Ultra event in India.
• In 2016, participated in 50 KM Night Marathon at Ahmedabad.
• In 2016, participated in 55KM race at Vadodara Ultra.
• In 2018 participated in ADR Night Ultra held at Adani Shantigram and did 104 Km in 12 Hours which was the maximum distance covered amongst all participants.
• In December, 2018 participated in 220 KM race at Saputara Summit 4.0 and completed the distance in 39 Hours.

Other Achievements

• In 2015 summers, ran 21Km every day for 21 continuous days, this has now become a trend with quite a few runners going on to do it subsequently.
• Being passionate about ultra-distances, have twice ran Sardar Patel Ring Road, a distance of 76 Km and in December 2017 ran from Ahmedabad to Mount Abu, a distance of 222 km and completed the distance in 39 Hours.
• Being also passionate about supporting fellow runners, have been successfully pacing runners at Ahmedabad and Surat Marathon for the last few years.
• Have done few Century (100Km) rides including once in Sabarmati Cycling event in 2015.

Podium finishes

• In 2014 stood second in Age category in a Duathlon event (10Km run plus 30Km Cycling) conducted by LS Sports held at Ahmedabad.
• Stood third in Gujarat Open Category in Full Marathon in Sabarmati Marathon, Ahmedabad in 2014.
• First position in age Category at Surat Night Full Marathon in 2014.
• Second position in age category in 100 KM Bangalore Ultra in 2015.
• Stood first in Open Category in 50KM Night Ultra, Ahmedabad in 2016.
• Stood first in age Category in 55KM Vadodara Ultra in 2016.
• Second position in Age Category at Airtel Hyderabad Full Marathon, 2017.
• Stood first in in 12 Hours ADR Night Ultra at Shantigram in 2018.
• Stood first in 220 KM Ultra Race at Saputara Summit 4.0 in 2018.