The first marathon in the history of China was held in Nanjing. Since the introduction of modern sports into China, the track of the first recorded marathon in China is located between Nanjing and Zhenjiang. Among them, the last section of the track is from Zhongshan Gate in Nanjing to New Model Road. 1910117 (October 16th of the lunar calendar), "
The Times published a notice of the race: "Newspapers: The long-distance race starts from the top of the Jinshan Mountain in Zhenjiang and ends at the Memorial Tower of Ye Quan Association. Arrive on the seventeenth (day) and arrive at the venue on the nineteenth (day). " At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, "race walking" was the general term for running competitions.
There are many differences between the past and the present marathon: the competition is divided into three days, and the participants are mainly teachers from various schools in Nanjing. The track is divided into three discontinuous sections: on the first day, the distance from Jinshan in Zhenjiang to Gaozi Town is about12km, and on the second day, the distance is about 20km.
On the third day, rest in the morning. In the afternoon, I set off from Chaoyangmen (now Zhongshan Gate) in Nanjing and ran to Ye Quan (now near New Model Road in Nanjing), with a distance of about 10 km. There are more than ten participants in this game. Except for the player who quit the foul halfway, six people finished the game at the same time and reached the finish line, in no particular order.