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Comment from a Hong Kong runner about Beijing Marathon
(special thank to Tey Eng Tiong for taking so much time to translate this report for this banana ppl, like me lah, hahaha....)

Here how it goes....

This a comment from a Hong Kong runner who just take part in Beijing Marathon. Translate by Tey Eng Tiong

Do you imagine take part in a full marathon, waterstation will not supply water? Do you think you need to bring money along to buy water? Do you think you need to fight with car on the road of full marathon?

I went to Beijing Marathon with my eight friends, even my friends don't have enough time to train for this race, but they went there just for participant and hopefully to finish it. Before start the race, there is about 24,000 participants gather at Tiananman, a lot of university student take part, so can a lot of banner from this university, all this will let you imagine this is a good marathon, but this is for a while only, all like for a while only.

When I reach 15km mark, water station how come no water already? I continue, just hope next water station will have supply me water, but all the hope disappear, only can saw a lof cups on the road, then I knew that I can't hope water station already, so must find someway to get water, felt very very thirsty, don't know how long I ran, suddenly saw on the road got one half bottle water, I take it up immediately without any thinking.... i toke it and drink.

All the water station is without water supply, I maintain it for a long long way to continue, saw one policeman drink a bottle of the water, I walk to in front of him, and ask him gave me water, then I saw a Beijing resident drinking. So I toke the empty bottle and a little water request water from him, runners who ran beside me, all went to this resident, ask water from him, I felt that we all like beggar ¡D

I toke the little water and continue my race, some runner also ask water from me, my friends who bring money with them, along the way, they went to buy water to settle this no water supply problem, but I didn't bring money, so I can't buy water a long the road. Even if there is have water station and have water supply, but due to not enough cups, so there is only have big water bottle, so runners pass the cup one by one, do you saw this type of arrangement before?

The traffic didn't all close for marathon race, at least half of the road is car fight with the runner for the road, you can imagine how bad traffic jam of Beijing, I am very difficult with the carbon which release from the transport. And sometime I need to avoid crash with the car or bicycle.

This is the most dirty words from my mouth in my running history, even I manage to finish the full marathon within the qualified time 5 hours, and improve compare to my first full marathon, but until now, I still feel very angry, when I return back to Taipeh, I saw the news that two runners died, I am confuse and sad, how come full marathon can happen this tragedy, I think no water supply is one of the reason.

What is this lauzy (barge?) marathon race ???????

Tey Eng Tiong