Women from all walks of life run the dna ICan Women’s Half Marathon

The dna ICan Women’s Half Marathon, Asia’s first, is an initiative for women to make a difference by supporting the cause of educating girl children and celebrate the spirit of achievement. In its fourth year, the marquee event was held on Sunday, International Women's Day, at Bandra Kurla Complex.

While dna has stood up for various causes, a special focus has been devoted to a slew of initiatives towards women empowerment and largely the celebration of women power under the aegis of the dna ICan Foundation. It is a platform conceived to celebrate the spirit of achievement amongst women and empower them to be the best they can ever be.

To help them run the marathon without any difficulty fitness guru Mickey Mehta took over the stage and started with the warm-up sessions.

The warm up to @dna #ican begins with Mickey Mehta pic.twitter.com/p4ROkSGlW2

— Preksha Malu (@prekshums) March 8, 2015

The event was kicked off by actor Siddharth Malhotra, early Sunday morning. The marathon had three different runs for all kinds of participants- the Fun Run of 5 kms, the Spirit Run of 10 km and the Half Marathon of 21 kms.

Siddarth Malhotra kick started the #dnaican marathon! The crowd is sort of very happy :) (the cheers are deafening) pic.twitter.com/YAufKwvkPN

— dna (@dna) March 8, 2015

#HappyWomensDay to all the girls and congratulations to all the fit ladies participating in the #dnaican marathon today morning @dna

— Sidharth Malhotra (@S1dharthM) March 8, 2015

And it begins! #dnaican @dna pic.twitter.com/4OizpLEZCO

— Preksha Malu (@prekshums) March 8, 2015

The marathon saw enthusiastic participants from all walks of life as well a lot of colourful characters cheering the participants on.

72 year old babi bai warming up for her second fun run with suryanamaskar @dna #ican #whatsyourexcuse pic.twitter.com/GWK9TuqGSr

— Preksha Malu (@prekshums) March 8, 2015

Akhil Bharatiya Terapanth Mahila Mandal taking their baby steps with their first fun run at the #dnaican @dna pic.twitter.com/dNXDN50eRp

— Tanea Bandyopadhyay (@TaneaB93) March 8, 2015

On left seen 50-yr-old diabetic Ms. Bela running 10 kms. She beat #diabetes via running! @dna #ican @calamur marathon pic.twitter.com/3IRykqfIUj

— Maitri Porecha (@maitriporecha) March 8, 2015

Lady in 9 yard sari walking #dnaican - this is inspiring pic.twitter.com/EG9qHvuCIP

— Harini Calamur (@calamur) March 8, 2015

Mumbai's expat population running in @dna #ican #WomensDay @youtoocanrun @calamur @prekshums pic.twitter.com/bBOXWbmzly

— Maitri Porecha (@maitriporecha) March 8, 2015

Anila Bhansali (71) and Kanta Nisar (62) are oldest participants in @dna #ican marathon @calamur @prekshums pic.twitter.com/Ndj21qCbm7

— Maitri Porecha (@maitriporecha) March 8, 2015

Captain Suresh Rajani in full form to support the women in his family @dna #dnaican @calamur @maitriporecha @TaneaB93 pic.twitter.com/n7mKrThYl5

— Preksha Malu (@prekshums) March 8, 2015

48 year old dayanand jadhav plays the flute for passerbys. @dna #dnaican pic.twitter.com/qNTWazK5tx

— Preksha Malu (@prekshums) March 8, 2015

Nitisha Trivedis 4th @dna #ican marathon as a male God. She dressed up as hanuman, shiva and ayappa for the first 3 pic.twitter.com/uR3sNk2avI

— Preksha Malu (@prekshums) March 8, 2015

Few of the 160 women bouncers @dna #dnaican @calamur pic.twitter.com/WyUjapuwdl

— Preksha Malu (@prekshums) March 8, 2015