Monday, October 20, 2014

The 34th Beijing Marathon yesterday


  The 34th Beijing Marathon was held on October, 19th in Beijing. More than 30 thousands  Runners set out at 8:00 am from Tiananmen square. 26 thousands players took participate the entire round, and the rest came for the half marathon.

  Compared with the previous ones, this year was tough for all the players, because of the terrible haze weather in Beijing on this day, making this year unique. According to the Chinese national weather forecasting centre, there would be a serious haze weather on the marathon day, but the hosting committee couldn’t put it off because this game is an international marathon, thus delay would cause inconvenience for players from other countries or areas and led to a big trouble for management of the game.

  It turned out that most players still insisted participating the marathon, wearing a mask. The champions of male and female marathon, both from Ethiopia, claimed that the wicked weather didn’t made bad effect on them.

  The last player reaching the finishing line is a 30 years old man, Tong Ying, from a computer technology company. He suffered from a cramp during the running, which made him want to give up. But he didn’t. it took him almost 6 hours to complete the whole marathon, and he made it. “ It is my first marathon. I loved it! It taught me that persistence must result in success. I will come next year, too!”

Want to know more about Beijing Marathon?

l  Beijing Marathon is an annual game, hosted by Chinese government, from 1982.
l  Beijing Marathon represents the highest level of marathon in China.
l  Beijing Marathon has developed into a significant international sports game , and becomes one of the top 10 famous marathons around the world.
l  There are four kinds of programs in Beijing Marathon, depends on the distances. They are entire distance marathon, half marathon, 9 km marathon and mini marathon.
l  Transportation of citizens is forbidden to the tracks of marathon during the 5 to 6 hours, aiming at the safety of the runners.





1 comment:

  1. That was very interesting to hear about! I love running 5Ks but I could never imagine getting through an entire marathon, especially in that terrible weather.

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