Unconsciously, the marathon in 2023 is also coming to an end, after two years of silence, this year we have experienced a big explosion of marathons, and about 1,000 races have also made China's marathon the most frequent marathon in the world. Yang Shaohui was able to break the domestic marathon record that had been sealed for many years one after another, and from the perspective of sports competition, it still played a certain role in promoting, and from the perspective of national fitness, more and more people are running, more and more people choose a healthy lifestyle, and the marathon has played a more important role.
Although marathons have certain benefits, these marathons in China are very unpopular, whether they like to run or those who have not run, everyone seems to have a lot of opinions about these marathons. Those who don't run, the least favorite is the marathon road closure, because the marathon is basically carried out in the main urban area or main road of a city, and the road is 6 hours to start, some places are more rigid, some places are more flexible, as the race progresses will gradually unseal the closed sections. And for runners, the most unaccustomed thing is that every time the race is live, the leaders they see are basically black athletes.
Whether it was handing the national flag in order to block domestic athletes, or this year's Dalian Marathon pickup blocking the road of domestic athletes, it makes people feel that the domestic marathon is not simple at all, and not long ago after the rare cold weather of the Hangzhou Marathon wiped out all the black athletes and did not win a championship, many people are very happy. I have to say that now black athletes have formed an industry in China, and some domestic brokerage companies are operating, and the biggest reason why they can make money unscrupulously is that they are able to eat these competitions, because to improve the specifications of the event and bring the title of international marathon, black athletes are indispensable.
It's not often that we see Europeans who come to the competition and who probably don't need to use the prize money to make ends meet. If we recognize that the current marathon is a commercial race, we may be surprised by the current situation, after all, there is no profit and no sooner rather than early. In fact, many times we still hope to have a more fair competition environment, even if it is to make money, it will not affect the performance of domestic athletes, so that others will not have such big prejudices. At the same time, we also want to remind everyone to refrain from participating in marathons, and we must not refuse to come, but still choose those marathons that are close to home and relatively large-scale, so that the event experience will be better.