The Xiangyang Marathon is held every few years

The Xiangyang Marathon is held every year, and it has been tentatively scheduled for three years during the epidemic.

The 2023 Xiangyang Marathon is a marathon event hosted by the Hubei Provincial Sports Bureau and the Xiangyang Municipal People's Government, and hosted by the Xiangyang Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau. The event will start at 7:30 a.m. on October 22, 2023, at Zhuge Liang Square in Xiangyang City. The total size of this event has been expanded from the previous 18,000 to 20,000, including 5,000 for the full marathon, 7,000 for the half marathon, and 8,000 for the healthy run.

The holding of large-scale events such as the Xiangyang Marathon will help Xiangyang vigorously promote the construction of a healthy Xiangyang, carry out extensive national fitness activities, help create a national civilized city and a national national sports and fitness model city, and accelerate the development of the Xiangyang metropolitan area. High-quality development. Xiangma will deeply integrate sports with urban culture and tourism, opening more development windows for Xiangyang.

History of Xiangyang Marathon

The Xiangyang Marathon was founded in October 2017 and has been successfully held for three times. In 2017, the first Xiangma event was awarded the "Chinese Athletics Association Bronze Medal Event" and "Red Cultural Featured Event". In 2018, Xiangma stood out from 1,581 marathon events across the country and became an important stop under the theme of the "Running China" marathon series, and was successfully upgraded to a "silver medal event."

In 2019, the Xiangyang Marathon was rated as a "gold medal event" by the Chinese Athletics Association. The results of the event have been showing year by year, becoming another bright business card of Xiangyang, a thousand-year-old city. The Xiangma race route solicited opinions from relevant units and runners. It has clear positioning, correct planning, and complies with the A1 track standard of the Chinese Athletics Association. It was praised by runners as "the most beautiful track" and was very popular among runners.