Half marathonMixed road & trail🇨🇳 Huangyaguan (Tianjin), China

Great Wall Half Marathon

Saturday, 15 May 2027In 7 months · Start 07:30

The half-marathon version of the Great Wall race: steep stairs on the restored Huangyaguan wall, then gravel and asphalt through the villages below. International runners enter via a tour package.

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Elevation gain

700 m

Very hilly · ↓ 700 m

Start altitude

238 m

above sea level, from terrain data

Temp at start

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No data

Entry fee

≈ $1,790

Open entry

Finishers

—

typical year

Course

Loop

8h cut-off

Getting thereFly into PEK (Beijing), about 74 km from the start

Course map

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Elevation profile

Very hilly: about 700 m of climbing and 700 m of descent. A detailed profile isn’t available for this race yet.

Race-day weather

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