Marathon craze slows to steadier pace
By Zhang Yizhi and Liu Yang in Fuzhou | China Daily | Updated: 2019-01-21 08:12
Quality trumps quantity as runners' race choices become more discerning
On a chilly Sunday morning in Xiamen, stirring music blares from loudspeakers as over 35,000 people limber up for one of the nation's ever-popular marathon races.
As the first 'gold label' event on the 2019 calendar of athletics' world governing body the IAAF, the Jan 6 Xiamen Marathon was testament to the growing demand for high-profile, high-quality races in China.
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