On June 30, sponsored by the People's Government of Songpan County, the Aba Prefecture Culture, Radio, Television, Sports and Tourism Bureau, and the Huanglong National Scenic Area Administration, the 2024 first Songpan Ancient City Half Marathon started in Songpan County, Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province, and at 8:30 a.m., the half marathon started in the parking lot of Zhaga Waterfall in Huanglong Munigou Scenic Area. More than 2,000 runners from all over the country gathered together to participate in this road running feast.
Starting from the starting point, the runners embarked on this challenging and passionate marathon journey with the morning breeze and sunshine. This is a scenic track that runs from a natural scenic spot to a thousand-year-old ancient Songzhou, and it is also a style track to appreciate the cheering of the Tibetan and Qiang, Hui and Han ethnic groups. The scenery along the course is beautiful, and the runners run from the snow-capped mountains and forests to the thousand-year-old city - feel the magnificence and magic of nature in the run, and appreciate the historical and cultural heritage of the ancient city of Songpan.
After fierce competition, Yaba won the men's championship with a time of 1 hour, 13 minutes and 10 seconds, while Wu Jie from Chengdu won the women's championship with a time of 1 hour, 29 minutes and 16 seconds.
As an emerging road running event in the plateau area, this half marathon has attracted the attention and support of the majority of runners as soon as it was launched. In addition to the wonderful performance of the champions, all the runners showed their love for the marathon and the spirit of challenging their own limits. They encouraged each other and advanced and retreated together in the race, which fully embodied the spirit of unity, friendship and hard work in the marathon.
The runners spoke highly of the 2024 first Songpan Ancient City Half Marathon. "Today I participated in the Songpan Half Marathon, and I met an enthusiastic sister dancing Tibetan dance on the way, and I also twisted up," Ms. Wang, a participant from Chengdu, was excited.
In addition to the contestants from all over the country, the reporter also interviewed the Polish players from foreign countries on the spot, he said excitedly: "I am the first time to come to Songpan, I feel that it is very good, very beautiful, and then the competition is also very intense, I will come to Songpan in the future!" ”
In recent years, Songpan County and Huanglong Scenic Area in Aba Prefecture, Sichuan Province have taken the opportunity of holding sports events, taking advantage of the unique geographical and landscape advantages, integrating traditional tourism resources into sports events, outdoor sports and other elements, creating a more independent and distinctive tourism brand image, and gradually entering the public eye, helping the local multi-ethnic integration development, and promoting the achievement of construction goals such as "National All-for-One Tourism Demonstration Zone" and "Tianfu Famous Tourism County".
As an important part of the "Jumei Songpan Yaochi Huanglong" mountain outdoor series of events, the successful holding of the first Songpan Ancient City Half Marathon is another important exploration of the integrated development of "tourism + sports" in Songpan County, and provides another important carrier for Songpan to build a famous tourism county in Tianfu.
The new label of "New Run in the Ancient City" has been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people with the successful conclusion of this race, and next week will usher in the fierce competition of the 2024 Huanglong Extreme Endurance Race. For the first time this year, the "Jumei Songpan Yaochi Huanglong" Mountain Outdoor Series has achieved bi-weekly races, and the excitement to be continued is worth looking forward to!
Southwest Business Daily reporter Gao Mingshan Zhang Junhua
Editor丨Wang Linxin Editor丨Tao Lan Feng Dan
Proofreading丨Zhang Tianyi Review丨Li Guohua