Naga Kumar Parepalli

Nagakumar has been an integral part of the LB Nagar Runners group for the last 3 years. He joined the group a K25K mentee and has now grown to the role of a K25K mentor.

Nagakumar works in the Tata group as a IT Admin. He has been working there for over many years now and has been really vocal about running at his workplace too.

Nagakumar started running in the year 2023. Earlier, he was overweight and obese. He later adopted healthy eating and lifestyle and cut down over 15 kilograms. After he joined the K25K program, he started to lose weight even more and dropped about 6 more kilograms in about 14 months.
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He has done many a half marathon, including participating in marquee events like the Tata Mumbai Marathon (Half Marathon) and the Tata Ultra (35K).
Now hovering around the 2:00 hour mark for the Half Marathon, he’s just a tad short of breaking the 2 hour barrier for the HM. He’s making his Marathon debut at the upcoming NMDC Hyderabad Marathon this year.

Not only him, but his family members also run and volunteer with us. His son has been a part of the Outdoor Kids program while his wife has participated in a few SLRs that we’ve hosted.

At 45 years of age and having reduced his weight from 83 kilograms to 68 kilograms, he continues to inspire us with his consistency, commitment and dedication to running and to the running community.

Nagakumar is an active volunteer for the LB Nagar Runners group – he always contributes to the Sunday long runs, K25K programs and the anniversary run of the LB Nagar Runners group.

He also supports and encourages women runners; he ensures that they feel safe and are supported; he accompanies them for their early morning runs and matches their pace until sunrise.
He also volunteers as a bicycle marshall whenever require, the most recent one being the Koheda Hillock special SLR.
He’s someone who’s very reliable and takes ownership of anything that he takes up.