Great Wall Marathon

The Great Wall Marathon is an annual marathon race held in May along and on the Huangyaguan or Huangya Pass (Chinese: 黄崖关; Chinese: 黃崖關; Pinyin: Huángyáguān； Literally: "Yellow Cliff Pass"), Tianjin section of the Great Wall of China East of Beijing.[1][2] Since it first start in 1999, the race has grown to several hundred participants. Aside from the main marathon, a half marathon, 10 km and 5 km runs were also held until 2012. 2013 marked the debut of an 8.5 km "fun run", replacing the 5 and 10 km distances. The course is much tougher than traditional marathons with participants challenged by 5,164 stone steps and many steep ascents and descents.[3]

2007

The winner was Salvador Calvo, whose time of 3:23:10 broke the previous course record by four minutes.

2008

Saturday May 17, 2008: Again, the previous race record was broken, this time by Great Wall Marathon first-timer Romualdo Sanchez Garita from Mexico. His finish time was 3:18:48. The fastest woman in the field was South African Leanne Juul, who finished in 4:09:10.

2009

Saturday May 16, 2009: There were 1,363 runners in the four distances. More than 40 countries were represented. The two winners in the marathon category were:

Justin Walker, USA, 3:40:54
Joanna Gosse, New Zealand, 4:03:23

2010

Saturday May 15, 2010: A record number of 1,748 participants from around the world ran the four distances.The fastest runners in the marathon were:

Qiang Tong, China, 3:24:44
Inez-Anne Haagen, The Netherlands, 3:56:38

2011

Saturday May 21, 2011: The fastest runners in the marathon were:

Yanqiao Yun, China, 3:18:48
Mari Kauri, Finland, 4:11:19

2012

Saturday May 18, 2012: The fastest runners in the marathon were:

Luis Alonso, Spain, 3:39:28
Mari Kauri. Finland, 4:10:43

2013

Saturday May 18, 2013: The fastest runners in the marathon were:

Jorge Maravilla (USA), Dimitris Theodorakakos (Greece) and Jonathan Wyatt (New Zealand) who crossed the finish line together in record time, 3:09:18
Silvia Serafini, Italy, 3:32:12 (a new women's record)

The half-marathon was won by Geoffrey de Bilderling with a time of 1 hour 38 minutes 56 seconds.

2014

Saturday May 17, 2014: The fastest runners in the marathon were:

Men: Ernesto Ciravegna, Italy, 3:33:56
Women: Sofía García Bardoll, Spain, 3:57:25

2015

The 2015 race was held on Saturday, 16 May. The Fastest Runners in the Marathon main event were:

Men: China's Shen Jason won. His finish time was 3:41:40

Women: USA's Eleanor fuqua Williamson won. Her finish time was 4:18:35

References

  1. ↑ Fishpool, Sean (5 November 2002). "The Great Wall Marathon". Runners World.
  2. ↑ "On your marks, get set, race! Alternative marathon runs". Metro (UK). 26 Oct 2012.
  3. ↑ Conner, Shawn. "5 Extreme Marathons Only Superhumans Could Survive (and Two for the Rest of Us)". BC Living. Retrieved 11 January 2013.

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