Ah, China. Although I have much against China right now because of human rights abuses, pollution, stifling of democracy, adding lead to my food, etc., China is still a wonderful country with incredible history and culture. Take the Great Wall for instance. A monumental achievement of design and craftsmanship. I would love to some day see it with my own eyes. But run a marathon on it? Are these people crazy?
Yes, there is a Great Wall of China Marathon. Not only do you have to run 26.2 miles, you have to cover thousands of steps while doing it. Not a simple task by any means. Judging by last year's winner's time of 3:23:10 (a very slow time for a marathon win), it is as tough as it looks.
How does one train for an event like this? Lots of running, and lots of stair climber I guess. I read somewhere about someone's advice on how to train for it. The advice was something like this: "Run for two hours, do two hours of stair climber, run for another two hours."
Although there must be incredible views while on this race, I think my future trip to see the wall will not include this race. I tip my cap to those who attempt this calf pain inducing gargantuan monstrosity of a race. Now they need to just get Dean Karnazes, Scott Jurek, or Brendan Brazier to run the entire length of the wall, that would be sweet...
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