On the afternoon of April 29, the reporter learned from the "Lanzhou Bank Cup" 2024 Lanzhou Marathon press conference and brand promotion meeting that the 2024 Lanzhou Marathon will start at 7:30 on May 26 at the Lanzhou Olympic Sports Center. At present, the preparatory work is progressing in an orderly manner as planned.
According to reports, the scale of the Ranma is 40,000 people, with a total of four events: marathon, half marathon, health run and family run, including 20,000 people for marathon, 6,000 for half marathon, and 14,000 for health run and family run.
In terms of route planning, the event will continue to follow the classic 100-mile Yellow River style line, fully display the Yellow River Mother, Zhongshan Iron Bridge, Yellow River Tower, Olympic Sports Center and other landmarks of Lanzhou City, while optimizing and upgrading the half marathon course, the end point of the half marathon project is set in the east section of Nanbinhe East Road, and the end point of the health run and family run is set in Shizi on Matan North Road.
The event will continue to adopt the "rolling shutter" method of lifting traffic control, and the road sections that reach the closing time will be released in an orderly manner to minimize the control time of the course.
The tournament brought together many outstanding players from home and abroad to participate, including Tsegaye Getachew Tadese from Ethiopia, Andualem Belay Shiferaw, Lemi Dumecha Beyi, etc., and Joel Kemboi Kimurer from Kenya. Leonard Langat, etc., as well as You Peiquan, Gao Peng, Yin Shunjin, Sanji Dongzhi, Di Jun, Zhou Bo, Liao Shunhu, Wang Tao, Huang Fei, Zhang Jingxia and other famous Chinese players.
This year, Lanma is open to the whole society to recruit "national leaders", stand on the Lanma track as a cheerleader, and harvest more "repeat customers" from Lanma with enthusiasm and sincerity.
To promote the integrated development of sports, culture and tourism, from May 23rd to May 26th, at the Lanzhou Marathon Expo, the Gansu Provincial Museum, the Lanzhou Museum, the "Reader" newsstand, and the Gansu Bamboo Slips Museum will be "moved" to the Lanma site, so that the runners can feel the unique charm of "Symphony Silk Road, Ruyi Gansu" while running Lanma. Three days before the race, Lingwu and the site of the Lanzhou Marathon Expo will also create a new and upgraded Lanma Night, with a variety of cultural performances such as folk music and cheerleading exercises.
At the same time, this year, Ranma opened 100 places for public welfare runners, used the event platform to build the Ranma Public Welfare Fund, used all the registration fees for the public welfare places to use the 2024 Ranma Public Welfare Project, and joined hands with Alipay Ant Forest to jointly launch two public welfare activities, "Ranma Carbon Neutrality" and "Ranma Public Welfare Forest", to convey the power of Ranma's love with public welfare runners and jointly help low-carbon life.
At the press conference on the same day, the organizing committee signed a contract with the sponsor on the spot. According to reports, the uniforms for this event are provided by Zhongqiao Sports, among which the marathon runners' uniforms are vest styles, the half marathon and family running, and health running runners' uniforms are short-sleeved styles, and the overall uniforms are made of bronze green of "copper galloping horses".
The finisher medal is inspired by the "Flying Heaven" element of the Dunhuang mural, with the ancient irrigation tool of the Yellow River - the waterwheel as the main body, and the overall color is echoed by the color of the Dunhuang mural, and integrated into the painted pottery pattern of Majiayao.
It is reported that since its inception in 2011, the Lanzhou Marathon has been widely praised by all walks of life and has become one of the most worthwhile marathon events in the minds of runners. The 2023 Lanzhou Marathon was once again rated as a "Gold Label" event by the World Athletics Federation, and was selected as a typical case of influential events in the 2023 China Athletics Association Road Running Event.
This year, Lanma plans to hold a series of Yellow River Marathons in Lanzhou, Yangling, Wuzhong, Zhengzhou and Dongying along the Yellow River, calling on more people to witness the inheritance, promotion and protection of the Yellow River culture through running. (Reporter Xu Jingwen)
(Source: Rushing News)