This is an annual race hosted by Bac Giang Newspaper in collaboration with the departments, agencies and units. After 40 times, this tournament has attracted a large number of participants of all strata, especially the youth, students, officials and armed force officers. A number of national and regional outstanding athletes have been unearthed from this playground such as Nguyen Thi Oanh and Pham Tien San.

According to the Organizing Board, this year’s tournament name will be changed from the traditional Bac Giang Newspaper Run into Bac Giang Newspaper Half Marathon themed “Convergence in the Sacred Land” in order to renew and expand the tournament scale as well as improve its quality in line with promoting the land and people of Bac Giang. Besides, this year’s tournament will differ from previous years in contents and race distances.

Particularly, the collective running race (53 people per each team) is for runners who are secondary and high school students (not for vocational school, college and university students, armed force officers and health clubs in Bac Giang city).

This tournament will be organized as a half marathon with the distances of 5km, 10km and 21km for athletes from nationwide. The race tracks will run across beautiful roads, relic sites and outstanding spots of Bac Giang city including 3/2 square, the special national relic site of Xuong Giang Victory, Bac Giang station, My Do and A Lu bridges.

The 41st Bac Giang Newspaper Half Marathon 2024 - “Convergence in the Sacred Land” will be kicked off at 7.30 am on 13 October 2024 at the 3/2 square, Bac Giang city. The event is expected to draw from 4,000 to 4,500 runners, 1,500 people more than previous tournaments. It offers attractive prizes with the highest value of 15 million VND (594 USD).

Runners can register for participation at the link https://timve365.vn/events/bao-bac-giang-half-marathon-2024-dat-thieng-hoi-tu. The registration will be open from now to the end of September 15.

Ngoc Anh

 

 

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