Savio D'Souza is Mumbai's first international marathon winner, who is now a full time coach to long distance athletes as well as sportspersons following other disciplines. Since the inception of the Standard Chartered Mumbai marathon in 2004, Savio has coached scores of runners, inspiring them to graduate from the Dream Run to the Half Marathon and then the Full Marathon.

Savio D'Souza's main objective is to have the opportunity to train people of different backgrounds and sports and help them achieve their optimum fitness levels.

As an Athletics Coach, he has trained several state level athletes for various athletic events. As a private fitness trainer, he has trained a number of international tennis players who have represented the country, like, Harsh Mankad, Manisha Malhotra and Mahesh Bhupathi. He has also trained players in various other faculties like cricket (at the Elf Vengsarkar and Garden Cricket Academy), Badminton and football.

His sports achievements include:

• Recipient of the "Shiv Chatrapati Award" for excellence in sports in 1984-85
• Represented India in the Singapore International Marathon in 1984
• Represented India in the Hong Kong International Marathon in 1985 & 1986
• National Champion in the Marathon event from 1984 to 1988
• Winner of the Pune International Marathon from 1984 to 1986

If you have any questions on training for the marathon/half marathon, you can send these to Savio D'Souza.

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Completing FM within in 3hrs By, Seby Hi, I hve been running marathon past 1yr.SCMM 2011 HM was my debut run,I hd completed in 1hr 45 mins followed by thane half marathon in 1hr 30 mins my PB.After that I hd participated in many events in 2011.In SCMM 2012 I ran FM and finished it in 4hrs 12 mins .I hd completed 30k in 2.35hrs and hd planned to finish in 3.30hrs but after 30k hd severe pain in knee joints.Plz give me some reason as to hw to avoid these situations.	0
By Tereza D'souza By, Triza I am 52 years but I want to participate in 21 km marathon. I am interested and have participated for 10 km at Pune International but stood 25th. Can u guide me where to get practice for the marathon next time. I will start practicing from tommorrow. I participated in Kolkatta for 200m but stood 4th . Since the participants were younger than me. Please guide me for food , exercise etc. Thank you	0
Planning & Prize information. By, prajapati Hello coach, Actually sir I'm planing for 21KM running i want know more about food what i eat and which food is very impotent. And also tell me about prize,money can i participate in Wk running. so Should i get prize or not. Thanks coach.	0
Planning & Prize information. By, prajapati Hello coach, Actually sir I'm planing for 21KM running i want know more about food what i eat and which food is very impotent. And also tell me about prize,money can i participate in Wk running. so Should i get prize or not. Thanks coach.	0
Hello Coach By, Taranpreet Sir Could you please tell me from where can I get my completion certificate of Delhi Half Marathon,2011. I have not received it via post and the certificate I downloaded from procam's website doesn't show my rank on it. Thanks & Regards, Taranpreet Singh.	0
POST MARATHON - RECOVERY By, VITHAL Dear Coach : I am 72 tears and cmpleted half marathon in 2 hr 54 minues. Pl let me kow the recovery time to start practising for full-marathon in 2013	0
Improve half marathon performance By, Babi Hi Savio, I am nearly 63 years old and ran the Mumbai half marathon 2012. I would like to improve my performance which is today just under 3 hrs. I do not have any nutrition before or during the race other then water with the understanding that the body has enough reserves to run for 21km. But I get very tired in the last 5 km. Kindly suggest some measure to enable me to raise my performan to near 2:30 hrs. Thank you and God Bless.	0
No Practice By, bhavya Dear Sir, I am 16 years old. I am presently studying in std. 10. Due to this reason I have no time to practice. My prelims exams are also going on right now and it ends on the 11th. Will I be able to complete the Dream Run Marathon ?	2
No Practice By, bhavya Dear Sir, I am 16 years old. I am presently studying in std. 10. Due to this reason I have no time to practice. My prelims exams are also going on right now and it ends on the 11th. Will I be able to complete the Dream Run Marathon ?	1
shin splint By, Meerasgr hi i am training to run the half marathon on jan 15 and am currently suffering from pain in my shin bone in my left leg. i am resting my leg in the hope that i will be able to run the half marathon on 15th. any advise on painkillers i can take the night before or should i tape the shin? Thanks	1