Since Magistrate Wei Ming-ku’s inauguration, he has endeavored to promote “Green Culture and Smart Changhua.” He also emphasizes a healthy life and sporting economy, forging Changhua County into a longevity town. In this year, the Changhua County Government has specially planned the “2018 Changhua Marathon Festival”, putting 9 marathons in the county together from October to December. He is working to provide contestants with a friendly joint-registration service, design special medals, and more for the contestants. With enthusiasm, he would like to invite all local and international friends to come to Changhua and run together to learn more about the humanistic landscape of Babuza. It is estimated to attract 50,000 local and international athletes to participate in these contests, pumping NT$150 million into the sports economy. In the lobby of the 1F at the Changhua County Government building, a press conference for the starting of the “2018 Changhua Marathon Festival” was held on the 19th. Magistrate Wei Ming-ku and Deputy Magistrate Lin Ming-yu attended the conference to announce the starting of the joint-registration and the 9 running routes vote, including the popular routes Tianzhong Marathon, Love Ershui Water Marathon, and more. It will provide 500 more quotas. At the same time, the vote for the 9 most popular running routes will begin simultaneously. Each of the voters will have the chance to win a PGO motorcycle, running backpack, and more.
Deputy Magistrate Lin expressed that in this year, there will be 9 “horses”, the name for the races, in Changhua County. The first one will be the Changhua 139 Marathon. The route will go through Baqua Mountain with the altitude of 400m above sea-level. Runners should have healthy and huge lungs to run the 139 Marathon. The second one will be the Fenyuan Marathon held during the Rice Noodles Festival. In fact, Fenyuan is the home of rice noodles, which are sold throughout Taiwan. Running here, contestants can have some rice noodles before continuing their contest. The third one will be the Yunlin Lions Cup sponsored by the members of the Lions Club. It is a very famous run, attracting about 10,000 contestants to run every year. The fourth one will be the Shetou County Half-marathon, which earns high acclaim every year. The fifth one will be the Tianzhong Marathon. Integrating the development of the business zone and business features, it is one of the best marathons in Changhua county. In the last year, it earned the Most Popular Award presented by the Sports Administration. Over the past years, all the spaces would be filled in seconds once its registration began. This year, it is estimated that there will be about one thousand local and international contestants signing up for this marathon. The sixth one will be Love Ershui Water Marathon. Integrating the Running Water Festival with the marathon, it will be cool when running. The seventh will be the Polio Run. Joggers can have some soba noodles before continuing their run. Just go forward. It will be alright. We welcome folks to visit Erlin and taste the side products of soba noodles and join the marathon. The eighth one will be the Grape & Wine Marathon, which was established by Magistrate Wei and the Township Mayor together. All the runners will have the opportunity to taste the grapes and wine at the destination. The ninth one will be the Lukang Marathon. Runners can sightsee the historic monuments, run along the historic roads, and eat good food. Thanks for all the sponsors and volunteers for their help to allow us to make these “nine horses” runs possible. It is expected to promote Taiwan with these marathons, becoming more internationalized.
The 2018 Changhua Marathon Festival has opened a joint-registration zone on the official website of the festival to allow runners to sign up for different contests in Changhua with one registration. For runners signing up for the joint-registration, they need to register for at least 3 contests in the Marathon Festival to complete the registration. In the joint-registration zone, in Tianzhong Marathon, the 500 spaces will be filled up in seconds once the registration begins every year. In addition, the Love Ershui Water Marathon is also a very popular contest. The Grape & Wine Marathon is going to be held for the first time in this year. The 10th Yunlin Lions is a charity run. The Polio Run in Erlin will also be a charity event. Lukang Marathon will be saturated with the humanistic charm of the old town. The 139 Marathon will integrate with the local features and agricultural products. As to the 139 Shetou Half-marathon, 5th Fenyuan Marathon, and more are all well-planned routes that integrate local agricultural products and sightseeing resources. For further details regarding the contests, please visit the official websites. For people signing up for the Fenyuan Half-marathon before July 31, they will be presented with a free admission ticket to Alice’s Garden. The Shetou Half-marathon this year will lead the runners to run through the Sock Weaving Industry Park to promote the sock industry there. Runners will also be presented with a functional pair of sports shirts, a pair of anti-fungus socks, waterproof drawstring bag, a sport towel, and other souvenirs at a value of about NTD1000.
As soon as the registration ends, the vote for the most popular running routes for the “2018 Changhua Marathon” will begin. To provide different running experiences, Changhua County Government has carefully designed 9 different routes with different features in the Changhua Marathon Festival. When the runners work out, they can also sightsee, travel, and experience the landscapes of these neighboring towns. Changhua County Government would like to invite people to vote for their most favorite routes. Big prizes will be given away, including the Sport Love No. 1, the best creative award, people’s participation award, the most cultural award, the international marketing award, the most popular award, the local style sward, parent-child joy award, magnificent landscape award, and more. Just vote online, participants may win the big prizes of a jointly-signed PGO scooter, an album of the Marathon Memorial Stamps issued by Changhua Post Office, 1080P sports and diving video recorder, a road running pack designed by the sport note, and more.
The 9 contests in the 2018 Changhua Marathon Contest are: Changhua 139 Marathon, Grape and Wine Marathon, Shetou Marathon, Yunlin 10th Lions Cup, Love Ershsui – Water Marathon, Tianzhong Marathon, Lukang Marathon, Polio Run, and 5th Fenyuan Half-marathon. For more information, please visit the official website of the 2108 Changhua Marathon Festival (http://baoming.irunner.com.tw/Changhua2018).
In the press conference, many honorable guests participated, including Legislator Hung Tsung-yi, Councilors Lin Shih-hsien and Huang Yu-fen, Mayor Chiu Chien-fu of Changhua City, Mayor Yang Fu-chien of Xihu Town, Mayor Cheng Chang-yang of Ershui Township, Secretary-General Huang Chiung-yao of the Tianzhong District Office, Director-General Teng Chin-chuan of the Department of Education, Director-General Huang Pi-hai of the Department of Agriculture, and the Secretary-General Wu Chen-hsiang of the Changhua County Government, sports organizations, elected representatives, and local attorneys.
Source: Changhua County Government’s websites
Contact: Ms. Wu, Department of Education, Changhua County Government (04-7112175 ext. 30)