Source: Qinhuangdao Daily
Reporter: Sun Xuemei
The 2019 Qinhuangdao International Marathon & National Marathon Championships will start on Sunday. The organizing committee is getting ready for the event while the runners are ready for the competition. The guarantee strength of all sides will escort the stable operation of the event, which has been another attraction of Qinhuangdao Marathon.
On May 7, according to the Qinhuangdao Marathon Organizing Committee, the beverage station is set up every 5 kilometers from the starting point, and the drinking / water station is set up in the middle of each two beverage stations, and drinking places and beverage places are added 30 kilometers away from the starting point. Drinking stations for Mini Marathon: one bottle of drinking water for each runner is provided at the finishing point. In this competition, there are 12 beverage stations with a total of 30,000 bottles of beverages; 23 drinking stations with a total of 142,200 bottles of water. The organizing committee recommends that athletes drink a little water at the water stations even if not thirsty. Because it takes more than 30 minutes to absorb water into the body, don’t drink only when you feel thirsty.
A total of 15 water stations are set up for this race. 9 spray stations along the way for the athletes, 12 energy supply stations to provide runners with bananas, cucumbers, buns, sugar, cherry tomatoes, shaqima, pickles, egg yolk pie, energy gel, salt pill, etc., so that they can gain energy according to their needs.
All the runners, especially those who are older, may seek medical assistance in case of emergency during the game. A total of 22 medical sites are set up (17 on the track and 5 on the main venue). The whole track is equipped with 24 ambulances, 130 ambulance attendants, and 420 medical volunteers, one every 100 meters. 50 professional first aid personnel from 3 designated hospitals of Qinhuangdao No. 1 Hospital, Beidaihe Hospital and Qinhuangdao Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital will carry 50 AED rescue equipment to prepare for full rescue. The organizing committee recruited a total of 35 first-aid runners, running together with the players. The rescue could be quickly done jointly by volunteers, mobile AED and 120 in case of emergency.
The organizing committee set 120 shower positions for the athletes at the finishing point, ensured sufficient referees, public security, traffic police, security volunteers, college volunteers, and social volunteers to provide a strong guarantee for the smooth running of the event.
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