In 2023, there will be about 580 marathon events nationwide, with about 5.5 million participants, including 297 Class A events, 11 Class B events, and 272 non-certified events.
What are some of the most popular races for mass runners?
For example, I have been running for five years, and I have been participating in marathons since the second year of running. I think there are several reasons that are experienced by the general public.
1. Reduce stress through running, exercise, slowly fall in love with running, listen to running seniors talk about running knowledge, improve running pace, and participate in running activities.
2. Follow the running seniors to participate in the irregular running activities held by the local running association, get to know more running gods, understand your own running level, and learn the professional training of local running gods.
3. Relevant local enterprises sometimes hold running and racing activities to promote corporate culture and product functions, sign up for free, and have ranking rewards and finishing benefits, so as to recognize their running ability and further improve their interest in running through these races.
Fourth, to participate in the local and surrounding city marathon, the event is mainly a cost-effective, novices do not have high requirements for the participation service, after all, running a marathon only occupies a morning of time. It doesn't take too much time, there is not much extra expenditure except for the registration fee, and it is also an event experience.
5. After a few marathon experiences, I will make a comparison in my heart, unconsciously praise the word-of-mouth events, and also have a better understanding of marathons, such as the Chinese Athletics Association level race and the World Athletics Association level race, as well as the characteristic marathon mountain marathon, and cross-country race.
Sixth, with comparison, there are more choices, from the mouths of runners, the welfare, service, and registration threshold of the major excellent events in the country are very different from ordinary events. With curiosity and longing for the competition, you can choose your favorite large-scale word-of-mouth event to register, see, experience, check in, and go to PB. Feel the different love of running in different cities.
To sum up, I have slowly grown from a running novice to a running senior, a running enthusiast, and I will choose several national large-scale word-of-mouth events to participate in every year, and pay more attention to local small events, after all, as an amateur mass runner, life is all we have, and running is just a hobby.