Jun 13, 2012
The marathon along the Great Wall of China includes more than 5,000 stairs
Every year, several hundred runners freely subject themselves to a torture even worse than a regular marathon. The Great Wall Marathon takes place along the Tianjin section of the Great Wall of China east of Beijing. It involves running (or walking or crawling) up and down over 5,100 stone steps…
(Images: Last Man Running, Travel TST, Mark Griffith, Fine Art America, Great Wall Marathon, Michael Yamashita, Runners)
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Wow, you’d have a nice ass after that!
Wussies.
Try 100 miles, on trail, with 33,000 feet of gain AND descent, at an average elevation of 11,000 feet. Mad respect for the runners/sloggers.
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