The 2019 Bishan International Half Marathon Training Camp was settled in Chongqing Olympic Sports Center. (Photo provided by the organizing committee)

CHONGQING (CQNEWS) -- The 2019 Bishan International Half Marathon will be held on April 14 and Chongqing runners have prepared for the race. The 2019 Bishan International Half Marathon Training Camp has been settled in Chongqing Olympic Sports Center recently, attracting nearly 300 runners from 13 groups. Noticeably, the event was held simultaneously in 17 districts and counties of Chongqing.

The 2019 Bishan International Half Marathon Training Camp creates a new way for pre-marathon training, taking Chongqing Olympic Sports Center as the main venue and 17 districts and counties like Bishan, Jiangjin, Tongliang, and Yongchuan as its sub-venues. But the training is done in these venues at the same time.

The event in Chongqing Olympic Sports Center attracted nearly 300 runners. (Photo provided by the organizing committee)

Reporters in the Chongqing Olympic Sports Center saw that 10 km racing is the training form with team and individual competition. Team competition is consisted of five people and at least one out of five is the opposite sex. The ranking for team is based on the average score of the team members' net time; for individual is accordance with his own net time.

Apart from the main venue, 17 districts and counties carried out training camp event. (Photo provided by the organizing committee)

This marathon is the first public-welfare road race adopting integrating system and the first race for running training race of Qianjun Wanma. With the integrating system, it will be listed on the seasonal and annual rankings of running training race. Next, the event will be held once a month. (Translated by Jiang Yuling, Fathom Language Limited)