AIMS India Foundation

AIMS is blessed to have several certified coaches who offer their expertise and time to train new runners. We start the training season with the couch to 5K program followed by a 26-week Marathon Training Program. AIMS is also encouraging a new generation of youth runners to give back to their community through volunteering and training for 5K, 10K and Half Marathons.

Team AIMS is grateful to Mr. Siva Venkatachalam for his unconditional love and support for humanity through his philanthropic activities as he continues to inspire many. He has executed many projects for Team AIMS, sponsored T-Shirts for our Marathon runners and made multiple donations, supporting our Training program for the past 15 years. Siva took versatile roles with Team AIMS as A Volunteer, A Runner, A Board of Director and A Treasurer. We are amazed by his work, charity and family life balance

Venkat Mallasanni - Thanks for your patronage. On behalf of AIMS Board we thank you for spreading the joy of running and leading the way with Sponsorships and Fund raising.

NEXT AIMS India Foundation Runner Feature

Mallasani (V.K) started his running journey with AIMS few years ago and is one of the consistent runners in the group. He is a great motivator and influencer within our group. He recently mobilized 75 runners to join the mid-week training run and show off their running spirit! He is also our generous sponsor for our AIMS training T-shirts.

AIMS India Foundation Runner Feature:

Sukumar is a rock star athlete/cheerleader for AIMS and a true embodiment of AIMS volunteer spirit. While training for the full marathon, Sukumar sustained an injury and could not continue his running journey. He channeled his running spirit to encourage the fellow runners train and complete marathons. He volunteers every single week, passionately recruits other volunteers, encourages and challenges all the runners to keep up with the training schedule. He vividly captures the running memories for all the runners during the weekend run and most importantly makes every runner feel welcomed and look forward to their training runs! His enthusiasm to serve others is very contagious and AIMS is honored to have such dedicated volunteers as part of our community.

This week Charity of the Week AIMS India Foundation
AIMS India Foundation is a non-profit organization which seeks to bring out social and economic change, locally and in rural India. We work towards strengthening and empowering rural communities by facilitating access to quality education, providing better infrastructure in schools and empowering the underprivileged by providing interest free loans to individuals. We also work in restoring water bodies to help farmers in water starved regions. Our goal is to "bring people together" to promote both awareness and participation in all these projects.

September 10th – Week# 19 - Team AIMS Marathon Training Program:

We had close to 80 runners who did 18/20, 8 or 6 miles based on their race goal (Full/Half Marathon or 10 miles). We met at Caderock, MD and ran on the beautiful C&O canal towpath. Weather was very nice during the run. We had our aid stations setup in 3 different places including base station, made the run much better.

Thanks to Ram Mahadevan & family for sponsoring this weekend’s aid stations.

Thanks to Sukumar, Tulasi, Kamalakannan, Venu, Keerthana, Oviya, Yuvan, Mithran, Ajay and Sanjay for volunteering their time during this Saturday run. Our volunteers always go above and beyond. Without them, we can’t even imagine running such a successful training program. As always our sincere thanks to all the volunteers for spending their precious time with our runners and helping them.

For many of the first-time marathon runners, this was their longest run and will soon start tapering off to prepare for their fall race in October.

During this weekend's run, some of our runners met celebrities. Pictures are attached.

Team AIMS is gearing up for our inaugural race on September 24th at Point of Rocks, MD. More details have been sent to all MTP runners.

We have been getting lot of registrations from our AIMS runners/patrons. Thanks to all of them for signing early and passing on the message to their friends. Pretty soon we will reach the maximum capacity of 200 runners. This race will help runners to experience real race like atmosphere, especially for Half/full marathon trainers to test out their race day strategies and for 10 miler MTP runners, this will be their target race.

Following our weekend run, Runners had a call with all coaches on Monday evening to share their experience, raise if they have any concerns or questions. This has been a big success as lot of runners get to share their experience, problems faced during run and getting advises from our coaches. Even if runners don’t have any question, listening to coaches and other runners will help them in the future when they face similar or same situation.

Runners have started raising funds to benefit AIMS India Foundation. Our Team AIMS is committed to raise $100K to serve the needy and well-deserved people. If you wish to donate to Team AIMS, please click the link below, select your runner and make a donation:

https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/VA/Herndon/AIMSMarathonTraining

Train-Run-Support is the Team AIMS motto and while the first two embodies to improve our personal health, the last one embodies our quest to make a small difference to our community.

Majority of TEAM Aims coaches are RRCA certified, and they truly appreciate and celebrate our runners fund raising effort and their success in achieving a healthier life!

September 3rd– Week# 18 - Team AIMS Marathon Training Program:

We had close to 65 runners who did 12, 10 miles based on their race goal (Full/Half Marathon or 10 miles). We met at Columbia Island Marina on GW Parkway, close to DC and ran on the Mount Vernon trail along the Potomac River. Weather was ok, not too humid and we had our aid stations setup in 2 different places including base station, made the run much better.

Thanks to Dhanasekaran Muthu for sponsoring this weekend’s aid stations.

Thanks to Sukumar, Wang Arun, Senthil Baghavathi, Shanmugam Raja, Ashwin Raja, Rohan Ram, Jeeva, Mithran Venu and Sreeni for volunteering their time during this Saturday run. Our volunteers always go above and beyond. Thanks to all the volunteers for spending their precious time with our runners and helping them.

Thanks to our Coach Krishna who shared his recent India trip experience and running the Rohtang Pass 50k Race in Manali, India with our runners.

Team AIMS is gearing up for our inaugural race on September 24th at Point of Rocks, MD. More details have been sent to all MTP runners. We request all AIMS runners/patrons to sign up as early as possible to avail the early bird pricing so we can release it to general public soon. Please note that we have a limit of 200 runners for this race which includes 10 miles, Half Marathon and 20 miles. This race will help runners to experience real race like atmosphere, especially for Half/full marathon trainers to test out their race day strategies and for 10 miler MTP runners, this will be their target race.

Following our weekend run, Runners had a call with all coaches on Monday evening to share their experience, raise if they have any concerns or questions. We always encourage our runners to attend this call even if they don’t have any question as listening to coaches and other runners help them.

Runners have started raising funds to benefit AIMS India Foundation. Our Team AIMS is committed to raise $100K to serve the needy and well-deserved people. If you wish to donate to Team AIMS, please click the link below, select your runner and make a donation:

https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/VA/Herndon/AIMSMarathonTraining

Train-Run-Support is the Team AIMS motto and while the first two embodies to improve our personal health, the last one embodies our quest to make a small difference to our community.

Majority of TEAM Aims coaches are RRCA certified, and they truly appreciate and celebrate our runners fund raising effort and their success in achieving a healthier life!

Run On The Rocks 10 Miler, Half Marathon and 20 Miler - The perfect running experience for everyone on the C&O Canal Towpath. A fun and vibrant atmosphere race organized by Team AIMS on September 24th.

See more details and register at http://runontherocks.org. Register now for early bird pricing.

Limited entries are available.

Here's what you can expect…!!!

1. All courses start and finish on ‘Point of Rocks, Maryland
2. Flat, fast and a very scenic route along the Potomac River
3. Team AIMS medals for all finishers
4. Aid Stations all along the course
5. Premium technical running t-shirt for all registrants
6. Finish line refreshments

Thank You …!!!

Run On The Rocks 10 Miler, Half Marathon and 20 Miler - The perfect running experience for everyone on the C&O Canal Towpath. A fun and vibrant atmosphere race organized by Team AIMS on September 24th.

See more details and register at http://runontherocks.org. Register now for early bird pricing.

Limited entries are available.

Here's what you can expect…!!!

1. All courses start and finish on ‘Point of Rocks, Maryland
2. Flat, fast and a very scenic route along the Potomac River
3. Team AIMS medals for all finishers
4. Aid Stations all along the course
5. Premium technical running t-shirt for all registrants
6. Finish line refreshments

Thank You …!!!

August 27th – Week# 17 - Team AIMS Marathon Training Program:

We had close to 65 runners who did 16, 9 or 6 miles based on their race goal (Full/Half Marathon or 10 miles). We met at Wakefield Chapel Recreation Center, Annandale, VA and ran on the CCT trail. Weather was not so nice this weekend as well but since the trail had lot of trees/shade and we had our aid stations setup in 3 different places, made the run much better.

Thanks to Eashwar Gatamaneni & family for sponsoring this weekend’s aid stations.

Thanks to Sukumar, Alka Kalai, Kanni Venkat, Sharini Suresh, Keerthana Kamalakannan, Suresh Ramamoorthi, Kamalakannan Velmurugan and Sai Bastati’s kids for volunteering their time during this Saturday run. Our volunteers always go above and beyond. Without them, we can’t even imagine running such a successful training program. Our sincere thanks to all the volunteers for spending their precious time with our runners and helping them.

Team AIMS is gearing up for our inaugural race on September 24th at Point of Rocks, MD. More details have been sent to all MTP runners. We request all AIMS runners/patrons to sign up as early as possible to avail the early bird pricing so we can release it to general public soon. Please note that we have a limit of 200 runners for this race which includes 10 miles, Half Marathon and 20 miles. This race will help runners to experience real race like atmosphere, especially for Half/full marathon trainers to test out their race day strategies and for 10 miler MTP runners, this will be their target race.

Following our weekend run, Runners had a call with all coaches on Monday evening to share their experience, raise if they have any concerns or questions. We always encourage our runners to attend this call even if they don’t have any question as listening to coaches and other runners help them.

Runners have started raising funds to benefit AIMS India Foundation. Our Team AIMS is committed to raise $100K to serve the needy and well-deserved people. If you wish to donate to Team AIMS, please click the link below, select your runner and make a donation:

https://runsignup.com/Race/Donate/VA/Herndon/AIMSMarathonTraining

Train-Run-Support is the Team AIMS motto and while the first two embodies to improve our personal health, the last one embodies our quest to make a small difference to our community.

Majority of TEAM Aims coaches are RRCA certified, and they truly appreciate and celebrate our runners fund raising effort and their success in achieving a healthier life!

August 20th - Week 16 - Team AIMS Marathon Training Program:

We had close to 75 runners who did 12, 10 or 9 miles based on their race goal (Full/Half Marathon or 10 miler). We met at Caboose Park, Herndon, VA and ran on the W&OD trail. Weather was not so nice as it was more humid, but our aid stations made it better. We had couple of aid stations including our base station to support the runners.

Thanks to Hari Kolli and Family for sponsoring this weekend’s aid station.

Thanks to Sukumar, Shanmuga Raja, Ashwin Parthi, Nithya Kamal and few other kids for volunteering this during this Saturday run. Our volunteers always go above and beyond. Without them, we can’t even imagine running such a successful training program.

Team AIMS is gearing up for our inaugural race on September 24th at Point of Rocks, MD. More details will be shared soon. We request all AIMS runners/patrons to keep their calendar open for this race and provide your support as always. This race will help runners to experience real race like atmosphere, especially for Half/full marathon trainers to test out their race day strategies. For 10 miler runners, this will be their target race.

Following our weekend run, Runners had a call with all coaches on Monday evening to share their experience, raise if they any concern and ask questions if they have any. We always encourage our runners to attend this call even if they don’t have any question as listening to coaches and other runners help them.

Runners have started raising funds to benefit AIMS India Foundation.

Train-Run-Support is the Team AIMS motto and while the first two embodies to improve our personal health, the last one embodies our quest to make a small difference to our community.

Majority of TEAM Aims coaches are RRCA certified, and they truly appreciate and celebrate our runners fund raising effort and their success in achieving a healthier life!

August 13th - Week 15 - Team AIMS Marathon Training Program:

We had close to 70 runners who did 14, 10 or 6 miles based on their race goal (Full/Half Marathon or 10 miler). Our runners continue to follow their pace group based on their current pace and follow their respective pace group leader. We met at Point of Rocks, MD and ran on the beautiful C & O Canal Towpath. This is one of the most favorites trail for our runners. Weather was very nice as well for our long runs. We had couple of aid stations including our base station to support the runners.

Thanks to Vathsala Periyasamy and her family for sponsoring this weekend’s aid station. Thanks to Krishna for volunteering to buy the aid station supplies and thanks to Wang for bringing sandwiches, Coffee, cookies for volunteers and Thanks to Coach Arun for bringing sweets from India to all the runners.

Thanks to Sukumar, Chandresh Durai, Sai Aaditya, Rohan Ram, Sharini Suresh, Suresh Ramamoorthi, Parthi and all the others (including little ones) for volunteering. Our volunteers always go above and beyond. Without them, we can’t even imagine running such a successful training program. As always, our runners greatly appreciate our volunteers for their service and time.

Team AIMS is gearing up for our inaugural race on September 24th at the same place. More details will be shared soon. We request all AIMS runners/patrons to keep their calendar open for this race and provide your support as always. This race will help runners to experience real race like atmosphere, especially for Half/full marathon trainers. For 10 miler runners, this will be their target race.

Following our weekend run, Runners had a call with all coaches on Monday evening to share their experience, raise if they any concern and ask questions if they have any. We always encourage our runners to attend this call even if they don’t have any question as listening to coaches and other runners help them.

Runners have started raising funds to benefit AIMS India Foundation.

Train-Run-Support is the Team AIMS motto and while the first two embodies to improve our personal health, the last one embodies our quest to make a small difference to our community.

Majority of TEAM Aims coaches are RRCA certified, and they truly appreciate and celebrate our runners fund raising effort and their success in achieving a healthier life!

Loved this story. What a compassionate runner and human.

🌿🌿 Jacqueline Nyetipei Kiplimo did something that stunned the world during the 2010 Zheng-Kai Marathon when she witnessed a disabled competitor struggling to drink water who was a double amputee. Instead of seeing her moment to run ahead of this struggling athelete, she ran along side of him from the 6.2 mile mark to the 23 mile mark (10km mark to the 38km mark), helping him drink water at all of the watering stations. The aide that she so compassionately provided her fellow competitor slowed her run time down and caused her to lose her first place position and place 2nd in the race — costing her the win and the $10,000 cash prize.

Jacqueline Nyetipei Kiplimo showed the world that day that to her, being compassionate and helping one another was more important than winning a race that she had been preparing for her entire life. Now this is what a true leader looks like, one that never leaves someone disadvantaged behind. 👏😎🥰🙌🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿 🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿🌿

August 6th - Week 14 - Team AIMS Marathon Training Program:

We had over 55 runners who did 10 & 8 miles based on their race goal. Our runners chose their pace group based on their current pace and follow the respective pace group leader. We ran in Raflo Park, Leesburg, VA (W&OD trail). We had our base station to support the runners. AIMS coaches distributed AIMS MTP’s T-Shirt to all the runners. Thanks to our sponsor VK (owner of VK Realty) for sponsoring this year’s AIMS T-Shirts, 2 years in a row.

Thanks to Nachiappan and his family for sponsoring this weekend’s aid station.

Thanks to Sukumar, Shanmuga Raja, Ashwin, Rohan (Ram’s son), Adithi (a new addition to our volunteer team) and all the others for volunteering. Our volunteers always go above and beyond, with a big smile on their face. As always, our runners greatly appreciate our volunteers for their service and time.

On Sunday, we gave a surprise birthday party to our beloved Coach Sada Anna. It was very well planned, organized and executed by VK and few others AIMS runners/coaches. On behalf of AIMS running community, we wish our coach Sada Anna a million happy and healthy miles.

Following our weekend runs, Runners have a coaches call on Monday evening where they can share their experience, concern with the coaches and ask questions if they have any. This has been a big hit since beginning of this training season.

Runners have started raising funds to benefit AIMS India Foundation.

Train-Run-Support is the Team AIMS motto and while the first two embodies to improve our personal health, the last one embodies our quest to make a small difference to our community.

Majority of TEAM Aims coaches are RRCA certified, and they truly appreciate and celebrate our runners fund raising effort!