TCS World 10K Bengaluru 2026

This was the last race of my Procam Slam. After the Vedanta Delhi Half Marathon, Tata Steel World 25K Kolkata, and Tata Mumbai Marathon, ten kilometres in Bengaluru felt less like another target and more like a victory lap. I was there to complete the set, have fun, and leave the stopwatch alone.

I flew in for a few days to meet some of my favourite friends and a cousin who had recently moved to Bengaluru. A friend from one of my treks signed up to run with me, so we spent the day before the race exploring together, slept far too little, and arrived the next morning as two cheerful walking zombies.

It was my first race in Bengaluru, and the pleasant weather made it an easy city to enjoy on foot. The course started and finished on Cubbon Road, carrying us through the centre of the city around Cubbon Park and the Vidhana Soudha area. Without a personal best to chase, I could look around, enjoy being on those roads, and take in the view in front of Vidhana Soudha instead of treating every turn as a calculation.

I finished happy, not because of the time, but because the Procam Slam was finally complete. Four cities and four very different races had led to this short, relaxed final run. The medal closed one goal neatly; the walk afterwards began the much harder task of deciding what to chase next.