Savio D’Souza, renowned Mumbai running coach, was diagnosed with colon cancer back in December 2022. Two years later, he finished the 21 km run at the Mumbai marathon on Sunday (January 19), with a very impressive timing of 2 hours and 28 minutes.

If there was any need of validation that he is back to what he was, it all happened on the route from Mahim Reti Bunder when the start gun went off at 5 am, shredding the early morning silence to tatters and sending the half marathoners on their way, till when Savio soared across the finish line opposite Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus (CSMT).