Week 2026-06-22 to 2026-06-28, the highlights in the running world are as follows:
Domestic
▲Xining Half Marathon▲
▲Huangguoshu Half Marathon▲
This week, marathons and road races held around the country included, but were not limited to, the Ningxia Zhongwei Desert Starry Sky Half Marathon, Colorful Guizhou Half Marathon Super League (Stage 2) and Guizhou · Zhenning Huangguoshu Half Marathon, Hong Kong’s Cancer Fund Fun Run and Olympic Day & Aichi Nagoya Asian Games Fun Run, Xining Half Marathon in Qinghai, Linze Marathon in Gansu, Taiwan’s Dongshi Midsummer Starlight Road Run and Beitun District Road Run LOHAS Carnival.
In these races,王子孔、张景霞、丰配友、王敏、田虎、秦维娜，以及我们的好朋友贾俄仁加、北京元大都马拉松俱乐部的拉毛吉 and other Chinese runners achieved strong results.
Some races officially announced participant numbers as follows:
This week, mountain, desert and trail-orienteering races included Sichuan’s Huanglong Extreme Endurance Race, Heilongjiang’s Nianzishan · Fengyue Mountain Trail Race, Hebei’s 2026 Chongli Yunding Mountain Run and Taiwan’s Mountain Antelope Trail 405 Highland leg.
In these races,黄威、赵庆斌、马春月、周慧慧、谢孟育、陈文珊，以及我们的好朋友迟令杰与运艳桥 and other Chinese runners posted strong performances.
International
▲Vancouver Half Marathon▲
▲Saroma Lake 100km Ultramarathon▲
Searching IAAF and AIMS race calendars, this week’s representative road races include but are not limited to Chile’s Volcano Marathon, the Argentinian Marathon Championships, the Vancouver Half Marathon (Canada), the Hamburg Half Marathon (Germany), and Japan’s Saroma Lake 100km Ultramarathon.
For mountain and desert trail races, highlights include Deep Japan 100 (ATM), Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB (Italy), Torrencial Chile by UTMB, TNF100 Thailand, Marathon du Mont Blanc (France), the Skyrunner World Series (SWS) Ecuador leg (Ibarra Skyrace), and the major UTMB World Series race in the US — Western States 100 (WSER).
Left to right: 曾小强、侯士婧、Jason
Many of our friends took part in Deep Japan 100, Lavaredo Ultra Trail by UTMB, Marathon du Mont Blanc and Western States 100, including 倪玉生, 黄蕙妍, 王继骞, 柯玟曲, 卢明珠, 施果, 向付召, 秦钢, 程远超, 吴思琪 and others.
Several achieved excellent results and even took titles. For example,曾小强, who has shifted his focus to trail running youth training, and 侯士婧, newly listed on the TNF trail team, won the men’s and women’s 50 km titles respectively at TNF100 Thailand; Jason Kwok set a new best Chinese result at Deep Japan 100, finishing 6th overall in the 170 km event with a time of 32:29:25.
Gossip
Gossip 1: Western States 100
This was the biggest global trail-running story of the week. The first-ever Chinese-language livestream and a stream of first-hand scoops were delivered across 越走文化’s NK, NK on site and Superpace platforms. For in-depth original finish-line interviews, please visit those platforms.
The completion rate of the Chinese and Chinese-origin “Eight Iron Men” was 100%, outperforming the field!
向付召; 16:25:59, 7th woman, 18th overall. Holder of the best Asian women’s result across three consecutive participations.
吴斯琪; 20:39:29, 38th man, 59th overall.
Li Yiran; 22:37:05, 62nd man, 83rd overall.
秦钢; 25:19:22, 123rd man, 152nd overall. Age 61, the oldest Chinese finisher in history.
杨梅; 25:35:49, 30th woman, 157th overall.
Helen Huang; 28:18:10, 45th woman, 232nd overall.
程远超; 29:21:58, 225th man, 287th overall.
Victor Yang; 29:53:28, 247th man, 315th overall.
Gossip 2: Wearing medals at graduation ceremony
Recently at the graduation ceremony of Xi’an Jiaotong University of Engineering, graduate Jin Yanwei posed for photos with school leaders while carrying a yoke laden with more than 70 medals he earned competing in marathons and other races during his studies, which went viral online.
Gossip 3: Ria has run into Shanxi
Xi Yuwei, who started a 20,000 km trans-Eurasian run from Vladivostok on May 1, has now entered Shanxi Province. At each stop, the number of running companions joining her has steadily increased.
Gossip 4: Beijing tightens regulations on trail running races
Recently, Beijing authorities issued local policies that strictly limit the timing and annual number of “high-risk mountain trail running races” within the urban area, and plan to introduce a course certification system for each district.
Allowed periods: first half of the year March 16 – May 31; second half September 16 – November 14.
Annual limits: over 100 km — 1 event; 42.195–100 km — 5 events; 25–42.195 km — 12 events per year; and only one event may be held citywide on any given calendar day.
See:
At-a-glance | "Beijing Standards for Organizing Mountain Trail Running Events"
Frankly, the intellectual level and judgment of these officials — who define “outdoor high-risk sports” without referencing China’s terrain maps or regional meteorological data — is not much different from other higher-ups who do the same!
(Data collection cut-off: 10:00 AM Beijing time, June 29)
Text / Zhao Xiaozhao
Photos / Online
