TIANJIN, China (CNN)-- Mao Zedong once said, "He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man." Mao likely never anticipated the scene on May 17, when more than 1,600 athletes from 49 ...

The Great Wall Marathon in China, which celebrated its 22nd anniversary on Saturday (May 17), saw 1,219 runners take part in one of the most challenging races of the year.

When Abdulla Bin Hajar Al Shehhi crossed the finish line at the Great Wall Marathon, one of the most punishing in ...

United by a love of running and some might say craziness, friends Allan Espina, Adriana Ramirez, Michael Culley and Michael Blanchard are heading to China to run the Great Wall of China Marathon ...

Abdulla Bin Hajar Al Shehhi has become the first Emirati to complete the Great Wall Marathon in China one of the most ...

Lorain firefighter and retired U.S. Air Force veteran Dan McBennet accomplished his lifelong dream: to run on every continent ...

Dec. 13, 2025 will mark the 20th year that the race has been in operation. In 1999, the Great Wall Marathon made its initial debut, soon earning the title of being one of the world's most ...

Adriana Ramirez, the girls’ athetlic coordinator at Bonham Middle School, took first overall in the female division of the Great Wall of China Marathon in May. She ran with Allan Espina ...

KUAIHUOLIN, China (AP) -- In every marathon, there is the psychological barrier of "hitting the wall." In the Great Wall Marathon, it really happens. China's most famous symbol twice confronts ...

Jessica Morgan So in May 2016 I jetted off to China. I was about to run the Great Wall of China marathon. I travelled alone, having not learned any Mandarin (although I had bought a Lonely Planet ...

TIANJIN, China (CNN)-- Mao Zedong once said, "He who has not climbed the Great Wall is not a true man." Mao likely never anticipated the scene on May 17, when more than 1,600 athletes from 49 ...

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