Countdown to 1 day! On September 9, the 14th season of the "Sohu News Marathon" will start in the suburbs of Beijing. Zhang Chaoyang, founder, chairman of the board and CEO of Sohu, led the way with the "Big Coffee Running Group".
This season's marathon is composed of celebrities such as Liu Qihong, Yuan Shanshan, Yu Dan, Huang Zheng, Li Huizhen, Guan Ling, Zhang Xingte, Zhang Ningjiang, Li Junting and other celebrities, and will participate in the challenges of different stages of 5 to 21 kilometers. Sohu video hit self-made drama "Smell the Champs" cast members Wang Xuan, Xu Bin, Zhang Guansen, Wei Ran, Yuan Ziming and Sohu signed artists Yu Yue and Sun Jiaqi will also join in.
Since its departure in May 2015, the "Sohu News Marathon" has insisted on finding the most beautiful running routes in the world with the vision of "running all over China and running all over the world". Before the new season arrives, let's look back at the cities and roads measured by running in those years, and the runners we have made, and find unique running memories.
Run the most beautiful route in the world The track continues to upgrade and challenge your own limits
On May 13, 2015, led by Zhang Chaoyang, Chairman and CEO of Sohu Group, sports and entertainment stars, as well as celebrities from the enterprise and media industries, including Marbury, Huang Jianxiang, Zhang Ningjiang, Li Guangjie, Zhou Weitong, Liu Chang, Sun Jiaqi, Li Wei, Huang Yi, Dapeng, Tian Jiada, Xu Jie'er, Jin Feibao, Pan Shiyi, Lang Yongchun and Sun Yingjie, gathered at the "Olympic Forest Park" in Beijing to start the "Sohu News Marathon".
Two months later, the second season of the "Sohu News Marathon" kicked off, and Zhang Chaoyang continued to lead the way, including Li Chen, Huang Zheng, Xu Fei, Tian Jiada, Zhang Ningjiang, Zhou Weitong, Du Jiang, Mao Daqing, Bai Bin, Chen Penbin, Huang Jianxiang, Lang Yongchun, Wu Min, including sports, entertainment stars and business leaders, gathered in Beijing Chaoyang Park to start the run. Since then, the concept and scale of the marathon have continued to evolve, with activities throughout domestic and overseas running resorts, planning a number of "beauty routes", and the difficulty of the challenge has continued to increase.
After two "warm-ups" in the park, the third season of "Sohu News Marathon" was fully upgraded, not only the challenge distance was increased from 10 kilometers to 20 kilometers, but the route planning was also "advanced" Changbai Mountain cross-country running from urban roads, with an altitude difference of more than 1,000 meters. After the finish line, the runners climbed 1442 steps to the Tianchi Observation Deck at an altitude of more than 2400 meters.
Subsequently, the "altitude" of the marathon continued to rise. In 2016, the "Sohu News Marathon" came to Lijiang Yulong Snow Mountain. The entire route is more than 2650 meters above sea level, reaching a maximum of 3150 meters. At the same time, the running route is also changeable, sometimes the road is wide and the surrounding scenery is unobstructed, sometimes the shuttle forest trail is surrounded by mountains, especially before the sprint 20 km finish, stars and celebrities also have to go through a 3 km gravel road and 3 km dirt road, which tests physical fitness and willpower.
Over the hills, the "Sohu News Marathon" comes to lakes and oceans. In April 2016, the fifth season of the marathon began in Yalong Bay, Sanya. The scenery along this run route is intoxicating. Stars and celebrities start from the outdoor lawn of the hotel in Sun Bay, run through 5 kilometers of asphalt roads with more uphill and downhill slopes, pass through 13.5 kilometers of relatively gentle and picturesque urban roads, and cross 1.5 kilometers of coastal beach roads, enjoying the beauty of the sea, coconut trees, sunshine, beaches and other elements.
In July of the same year, the "Sohu News Marathon" chose the sixth stop in Qinghai Lake, aiming to convey the environmental protection ceremony and indomitable spirit. At 3,200 meters above sea level, it is the highest altitude run ever challenged, and it is also a difficult task for each participant, many of whom are doing long-distance running on the plateau for the first time. Although many runners experienced different degrees of altitude sickness after arriving at Qinghai Lake, they still insisted on leaving a running figure on the charming plateau.
On October 19, 2016, the "Sohu News Marathon" ran freely in Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan, enjoyed the beautiful scenery, and conveyed what it saw and heard to netizens in new and interesting forms such as "live video" and "interactive live broadcast". After the end of the run in Sun Moon Lake, the "star takes you to Taipei" live broadcast activity was immediately launched, and the stars participating in the run took "nostalgia", "landmark" and "fashion" as the theme, along three different routes, "live broadcast" Taipei's wonderful life, taking netizens to personally experience taipei's unique culture.
Trace the footprints of civilization everywhere Innovative live broadcast form to convey humanistic care
In 2017, the "Sohu News Marathon" ran abroad for the first time and came to the "Cherry Blossom Avenue" in 20en-do, Shizunai-cho, the premier cherry blossom viewing spot in Hokkaido, Japan, to experience the unprecedented "Cherry Blossom Run" and carry out the goal of "finding the most beautiful route" to the end. Tong Dawei, Chen Yanxi, Xia Yu, Liu Yan, Huang Zheng and other stars have appeared near the "Cherry Blossom Avenue" in Shizunecho, where thousands of cherry blossom trees on both sides of the road are romantic and fragrant, a breeze blows, and pink cherry blossom petals flutter in the sky, making the stars intoxicated.
On January 20, 2018, the ninth season of the "Sohu News Marathon" shuttled through the landscape urban area of Macao, China, where The East meets the West, and the runners also left an image at the Ten Kilometer Landmark, the Mazu Cultural Village in Macau, to understand the "Mazu Culture" during the run.
On September 15, 2018, the "Sohu News Marathon" once again ran out of the country and came to the banks of the Han River in Seoul, South Korea. Gu Juji, Qu Ying, Huang Zheng, Jiang Zixin, Guan Zhibin, Yin Xiaotian and other celebrities ran along the open waters of the Han River in early autumn and enjoyed the beauty of sports. The "Sohu News Marathon" is a 20-kilometer journey, starting from the "Jamsil Sports Field" and following the beautiful scenery all the way, runners listen to the sound of water flowing on the Han River, and even run while overlooking the mountains and forests, and finally reach the end of the whole journey.
In 2019, the eleventh season of the "Sohu News Marathon" came to Chongli, Zhangjiakou, where the Winter Olympics were held. The difficulty of the snow trail running in Chongli has been upgraded. The course consists of three stages: 5 km, 12 km and 21 km. On that day, there was snow in the mountains of Chongli, and for the runners, this marathon was not small. Although this is the most abusive route in the history of sohu news marathon, it is also the most beautiful route in the eyes of the stars.
In 2020, the new crown epidemic struck, and the twelfth season of the "Sohu News Marathon" paid more attention to the city, the people involved, and the connotation and spirit of expression. With the theme of "Smiling Faces in the Sunshine", the event started for the first time in Beijing, Shanghai, Xi'an and Wuhan, and invited Zhang Wenhong, Zhang Dingyu and many other medical staff who have worked in the frontline of the "epidemic" to participate. The "Sohu News Marathon" praises the angels in white through sports, and also pays tribute to Wuhan, a heroic city and the heroic people of Wuhan.
In 2021, the thirteenth season of the "Sohu News Marathon" set foot on Sanya Haitang Bay, leading the "most beautiful beach". Haitang Bay is one of the five major bays in Sanya, it is far from the city, the dust is not yet coming, and the scenery of the "rising sun" is particularly charming at sunrise. In the end, in this marathon, Cecilia Cheung, Tan Jing, Guan Ling, etc. completed the five-kilometer challenge; Yang Jiulang, Wang Chenyi, etc. completed ten kilometers; Zhang Chaoyang, Zhang Ningjiang and others ran a total of 21 kilometers.
Little farewell hustle and bustle, big stride to the wild big coffee running group to challenge the "cross-country running" in the suburbs of Beijing
After crossing the mountains and the sea, the fourteenth season of "Sohu News Marathon" returned to Beijing. This season's marathon can be called a "cross-country run" with an escalation of difficulty, and the running group will run all the way through the river, rice paddies, mountain roads and canyons, which will be a small test for the runner's physical strength and endurance. Along the way, the beauty is directly proportional to the difficulty, climb to the top of the mountain to see the autumn color of "autumn chestnuts full of fruits", run to the river will encounter the scenery of "a river reed painting".
In addition, after running, the celebrity artists will have a party under the stars in the mountains and fields, share the beauty of food and chat about sports life. At the same time, they will also publish real-time dynamics in the "Follow Stream" of Sohu News Client, and communicate live with netizens through Sohu Video's personal account.
"Don't make a big fuss, stride to the wild", what kind of story will happen in this season's marathon? The Sohu News Client and Sohu Video will broadcast marathons live through graphics and videos, and the stars you follow will interact with you. Thanks to Casarte Air Conditioning, Postal Savings Bank of China Postal Car Loan, Yiling Pharmaceutical Lianhua Brand, cofco Shancui for their strong support for this event.