Great Wall Marathon - China

China
Duration: 1 day
When? May
Challenges: Marathon, 1/2 Marathon, 8,5K Fun Run
Disciplines: Trail running
Price: Packages 6 days from 1460 USD

5,164 steps into history!

Since its inception in 1999, the Great Wall Marathon has become revered as one of the world's most challenging marathons.

Run the most demanding marathon of your life along one of mankind's greatest monuments.

Since the inaugural Great Wall Marathon in 1999, the field has grown steadily to a sellout event with 2,500 runners from over 60 nations. The Great Wall Marathon event offers three distances: A marathon, half marathon and a 8.5km Fun Run.

Key Figures

5,146 Great Wall steps to climb in the marathon event

Over 25,000 runners since 1999

15,000+ bottles of water are carried on foot to the wall on race day

2019 Statistics

In total, 68 countries were represented at The Great Wall Marathon 2019.

The average time for the marathon was 5:59:33 for men and 6:29:23 for women.

Two runners at the age of 74 finished the marathon! The youngest marathon runner was 18 years old.

The oldest runner in our 8.5K Fun Run was 78 years old, whereas the youngest was 8 years old.

Mr. Henrik Brandt (DEN) is the only person to finish every Great Wall Marathon since 1999.

Visit the website of the Great Wall Marathon

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