Registration Notice of 2023 DONGCHU Shantou Marathon

1. RACE INFORMATION

1.1 Race Date

Race date: December 24th, 2023 (Sunday)

1.2 Event and Field Size

a. Event: Marathon (42.195KM), Half Marathon (21.0975KM), Happy Run (4KM)

b. Field Size: 25,000 in total, with Marathon 5,000， Half Marathon 6,000, and Happy Run 14,000.

1.3 ENTRY FEE

1.4 PAYMENT METHODS

WeChat Pay or Alipay

2. ENROLMENT REQUIREMENTS

2.1 Time Requirements

The registration opens at 10:00 a.m. on October 20th, 2023 and closes at 19:00 p.m. on November 10th, 2023. The events are available while stocks last.

2.2 Age Requirements

a. For Marathon, participants shall be at least 20 years old, born before December 31st, 2003 (include).

b. For Half Marathon, participants shall be at least 16 years old, born before December 31st, 2007 (include).

c. There are no restrictions on Happy Run.

d. Minors under the age of 18 must have a guardian or legal representative sign the 2023 DONGCHU Shantou Marathon Declaration of Participation and Commitment of Health and Safety Responsibility to participate in the race. minors aged 13 years old and below must have a guardian or legal representative sign the 2023 DONGCHU Shantou Marathon Declaration of Participation and Commitment of Health and Safety Responsibility and must be accompanied by their parents, who must meet the health and safety requirements in the Race Rules and Regulations and complete the registration. The accompanying runners must meet the requirements of health and age in the race regulations and complete the registration.

*Notes:

The age of foreign participants and registered participants of the Chinese Athletics Association will be in accordance with the relevant regulations of the World Association of Athletics Federations (WAAF).

3. REGISTRATION SITE

a. www.stmls.cn

b. Please log in the official website to register on line. participants should follow the requirements of Registration Notice.

4. REGISTRATION PROCESS

The 2023 DONGCHU Shantou Marathon will only accept individual registrations, there will be no online group registrations, and registration will be on a first-come-first-served basis while stocks last.

4.1 Process

a. Go to the official website ( www.stmls.cn) of the 2023 DONGCHU Shantou Marathon.

b. Register and log in to the registration system, enter the Member Centre and complete your entry details.

c. Enter the registration channel, check and confirm the authenticity and completeness of the registration information, and then upload the previous finishers' certificates or elite runners' certificates according to the events you are applying for.

d. Carefully read the 2023 DONGCHU Shantou Marathon Declaration of Participation and Health and Safety Responsibility Commitment, sign your name and confirm your registration as required, complete the payment and wait for the staff to review.

e. Players will be eligible to participate in the competition after their registration information has been reviewed and approved by the organising committee, and will be notified by SMS.

f. For those who do not pass the qualification check, the organising committee will return the registration fee to the player's payment account in the original channel within 15 working days after the end of registration.

*Notes:

Runners registering for the Marathon and Half Marathon events are required to upload their finish certificates of the marathon or half marathon races they have participated in after 1 January 2019 when submitting their registration information for the organising committee's review; runners registering for the Fun Run and Parent-Child Run events are not required to submit their performance certificates.

4.2 Elite runners: refers to runners whose individual marathon finishes on the China Marathon Information Platform (www.runchina.org.cn ）from 1st January 2019 to the time of registration have reached the Elite Level in the Implementation Measures for the Rating of Mass Runners in Road Running Events of the China Association of Athletics Federations.

*Notes:

Elite marathon runners can enjoy free registration fee by uploading the China Athletics Mass Runner Grade Certificate for registration. The registration fee will be refunded in the same way after the Organising Committee has audited the validity of the grade certificate submitted by the individual.

5. HEALTH REQUIREMENT

Marathon is a high-load, high-intensity, long-distance competitive sport, but also a high-risk athletic events, the physical condition of the participants have higher requirements, runners should be in good health, have a long-term participation in running exercise or training basis (marathon programme at least one year of exercise or training). Participants can choose suitable events according to their own physical condition and ability. People with the following conditions or diseases are not suitable for registration.

a. Patients with congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease.

b. Patients with hypertension and cerebrovascular diseases.

c. Patients with myocarditis and other heart diseases.

d. Patients with coronary artery disease and severe cardiac arrhythmia.

e. Diabetic patients with high or low blood sugar.

f. Patients with other diseases that are not suitable for long-distance race activities.

g. Cold and flu within two weeks before the race.

h. Excessive alcohol consumption or sleep deprivation before the race.

i. Pregnant women.

j. Unprotected close contact with a person infected with the New Crown Virus in the three days prior to the race and the risk of infection has not been ruled out.

k. Those who are infected with New Crown Virus or have suspected symptoms such as fever, dry cough, malaise, loss of smell and taste, nasal congestion, runny nose, sore throat, conjunctivitis, myalgia and diarrhoea, and the risk of infection has not been ruled out.

l. Persons with other illnesses that make them unsuitable for sports.

The Organising Committee recommends all participants to undergo a comprehensive physical examination (including ECG examination, etc.) through a medical institution at or above the county level within one month prior to the race, and conduct self-assessment in conjunction with the report of the physical examination to confirm that they are physically capable of adapting to the sport of long-distance running before participating in the race. During the race, the participants themselves will be responsible for any personal damage and property loss caused by their own bodies and other personal reasons.

6. SPECIAL REMEMBER

a. Registrants must fill in their personal registration information truthfully and accurately in order to ensure that the registered players' participation information and the Organising Committee's event information are sent to the players in a timely and accurate manner.

b. The relationship between the emergency contact and the registrant in the registration information is recommended to fill in one of the kinship relationships among parents, husband and wife, children, brothers and sisters.

c. The emergency contact cannot be a participant of this race or a participant of other marathons on the same day.

e. The registration fee will not be refunded if you do not participate in the race after the registration is confirmed. The quota is for my participation only and is not transferable.

f. In order to protect the rights and interests of the race sponsors, except for the sponsors appointed by the Organising Committee, any other forms of publicity with commercial promotional nature, including but not limited to flags, banners, balloons, models and other items, are strictly prohibited throughout the 2023 DONGCHU Shantou Marathon course. Illegal items will be confiscated and violators will be disqualified from the race.

g. Pre-race collection of items will be made in person and no collection on behalf of the participants will be allowed.

h. The Organising Committee recommends runners to register through any one of the above registration platforms and not to register repeatedly on multiple registration platforms.

7. FOR INQUIRIES

E-mail: stlongrun0628@126.com

Tel: 0754-88282020 

Office hours: 09:00-11:30 & 14:00-17:30 (Monday - Friday)