“Bank of Lanzhou Cup” Lanzhou Marathon 2025
Registration Guideline
I. Basic Information
1. Date and time: May 25, 2025 (Sunday) 7:30am.
2. Race Category:
Marathon (42.195km)
Half Marathon (21.0975km)
Health Run
Family Run
3. Limit: 40,000 participants totally
Marathon: 20,000
Half Marathon: 6,000
Health Run: 8,000
Family Run: 6,000
II. Important Notice
1.Before the race, participants must always be aware of their own physical health status, especially the sudden cold, fever, viral infection and other diseases before the race, but also need to know their past medical history: history of coronary heart disease (especially myocardial infarction), history of hypertension and family history of sudden death;
2.The drawn winners of the marathon and half marathon must submit the Physical Examination Reports issued by hospitals (above grade 2) over the past 12 months, or Pre-examination Form of Road Running Athletes. Examination items shall mainly include blood pressure, routine electrocardiogram or 24-hour Holter electrocardiogram or exercise tablet test (any of the three can be available). In case of high blood pressure or obvious abnormal electrocardiogram (such as significant bradycardia, etc.), heart color ultrasound tests are needed additionally. Either the Physical Examination Reports issued by hospitals (above grade 2) or the Pre-examination Form of Road Running Athletes may be submitted (choose one of the two).
3.Please note that any previous participation certificates are not valid for substitution, and electrocardiogram and heart color ultrasound tests can not be replaced by each other.
4.Please confirm your event based on your personal circumstances before registration. Ensure that all information entered in the registration form is thoroughly checked before submission. Once registration is successfully completed, changes to the event category or modifications to the submitted information will not be permitted.
III. Registration Fees:
1. Marathon:200CNY/person; Half Marathon:160CNY/person; Health Run/Family Run: 60CNY/person;
2. Payment method: Alipay or wechat pay via registration platform
IV. Registration time & Procedure
1.Registration Process for Marathon and Half Marathon:
1) First phrase: Pre-registration: 10:00 of Mar.6-17:00 of Mar.15, 2025. Runners who wish to be candidates shall tick during online registration to obtain drawing chances;
2) Second phrase: Report submission and payment conduction periods drawn winners and permanent-number runners.
① Announcement of drawn winners, permanent-number runners as well as candidates: 10:00 of Mar.17, 2025;
② Submit date of Pre-race Physical Examination Reports for drawn winners, permanent-number runners: 10:00 of Mar.17-17:00 of Mar.23, 2025;
③ Payment time: those whose reports has been approved please conduct payment during 10:00 of Mar.24-17:00 of Mar.26, 2025. Overdue payment would be considered as giving up, and the qualification will be re-allocated to candidates;
3) Third Phase: Submit date of Pre-race Physical Examination Reports for candidates, payment dates: The Organizing Committee will notify alternate candidates via SMS in batches starting from March 27, based on the progress of Phase II, to submit their Physical Examination Reports and complete payments until the quota is full.Here below are detailed procedures:
① Report submission: within 5 days since SMS received, and the approval feedback will be sent back via SMS the next day;
② Payment Time: please pay within 3 days after message receiving, considered as successful registration, otherwise it would be considered as giving up voluntarily;
③ Failed candidates would receive their refunded fees within one week after Mar.31, and the registration procedure ends.
2. Procedure of Registration of Health Run and Family Run:
1) Pre-registration: 10:00 of Mar.6-17:00 of Mar.15, 2025. Runners who wish to be candidates shall tick during online registration to obtain drawing chances;
2) Announcement of drawn winners, permanent-bib runners as well as candidates: 10:00 of Mar.17, 2025;
3) Drawing winners and candidates should pay during 10:00 of Mar.17-17:00 of Mar.21, 2025; Overdue payment would be considered as giving up, and the qualification will be re-allocated to candidates;
4）Starting from March 22, successful alternate athletes will be notified via SMS in batches until all slots are filled.;
3. Candidate system and withdrawal
1) In case of personal participation cancellation, runners who have got qualification may conduct refund process via the online platform, base on related rules. Once there is some runner , the space would be made up by candidates;
2) Refunding Guide:
① Athletes can click the "Exit Registration" button on the registration details page to apply for a refund. 100% of the fees would be refunded if clicking between Apr. 6 (inclusive), 80% between Apr. 7-Apr. 20 (inclusive), 60% between Apr.21-May 4 (inclusive). The system will handle a refund within one week after receiving the withdrawal application. After May 5, no withdrawal will be accepted;
② Alternate candidates may apply for a full refund. If they successfully secure a spot, the refund policy will align with that of the confirmed participants. For those who fail to secure a spot after May 5, the Organizing Committee will process the refund within one week.
4. Direct-pass Runners
1) Elite athletes: consist of international elites and national elites. The former ones are those
are foreign athletes who meet the competition level standards and qualifications. Domestic elite athletes are the athletes in the 2025 registration and inspection database of the Anti-doping Center of the General Administration of Sport of China. The above personnel are especially invited by the LOC and will not be registered as public athletes;
2) Runners possessing permanent numbers: Athletes who have obtained permanent numbers of Lanzhou Marathon before 2024 (inclusive); New lifetime number athletes of Lanzhou Marathon in 2025: Athletes who have participated in Lanzhou Marathon for 8 accumulating years, and completed races within cut-off time (subject to previous Participation Certificates) can get a lifetime number when they register for the marathon again.
3) Public welfare Runners: A total of 150 public welfare places will be open to registrants, including 100 for marathon and 50 for half marathon category. The application ends once the limit is reached. Registrants will get qualification directly without waiting for drawing lots. Once confirmed, the space can’t not be withdrawn. All the registration fees obtained from this quota will be donated to official charity organizations;
4) The Yellow River Marathon Series Direct Entry Athletes:Top 200 ranked athletes from the previous season's standings (per series regulations) qualify for complimentary registration to this event.
5) Other Designated Entries: The event includes pacers, runners from sponsor units, corporate partners, media affiliates, and official event initiatives.
6) No performance-based direct entries are available for this event.
5. Athletes not allowed to apply are as follows:
1) Athletes who have been banned from races by the CAA for violating the rules of track and field competitions and relevant sports events；
2) Athletes who have been banned and punished by the LOC for violating the relevant regulations of sports events organized by the LOC and the operating unit.
3) According to the World Anti-doping Regulations and the anti-doping rules issued by the State Sport General Administration, athletes from the (registered) testing pool who submit retired application, or athletes who have not finished return-application shall not participate. In case of participation intention, these athletes must submit a written application to the anti-doping center, and declare the whereabouts information 6 months in advance, to ensure that they could be able to accept doping control tests. Only after application approval can they participate. If retired athletes violate this rule, the timing results would be deprived.
6. Participants with below health conditions are not suggested to register:
1) Blood pressure test (required): blood pressure was significantly higher than the normal range: systolic blood pressure (90mmHg-130mmHg) diastolic blood pressure (60mmHg- -90mmHg) and significantly unmatched with ages;
2) Electrocardiogram test (required): routine electrocardiogram or 24-hour Holter electrocardiogram or sports pedal experiment (any one of the three). It is not recommended to participate if below conditions occur:
① Heart rate is significantly beyond the normal range (60-100 beats/min) and has no correlation with long-term exercise;
② Exercise plate test is positive;
③ Frequent, multisource ventricular premature beats or pair occurrence, double rhythm, triple rhythm and other dangerous arrhythmia;
④ R-on-T syndrome;
⑤ Pathogenic sinus node syndrome;
⑥ obvious signs of coronary heart disease such as myocardial ischemia and injury.
⑦ Pre-excitation syndrome;
⑧ Long Q-T syndrome, etc.
7. Cardiac color ultrasound (non-required test): Participants with the following diagnoses are not suggested to participate:
1) Aortic dissection;
2) Pulmonary arterial hypertension;
3) Left ventricular systolic / diastolic function is significantly decreased and inconsistent with ages;
4) Heart structural abnormalities and other obvious heart organic lesions;
8. Self-assessment: Participants with a family history of sudden death, history of coronary heart disease (heart attack), history of severe hypertension, history of severe diabetes are not recommended to participate.
V. Registration Method
Runners of all categories can register and pay via official website, wechat account during designated period:
1. Official Website：www.lzmarathon.com
2. Official Wechat Account: Lanzhou Marathon
VI. Registration Information
1. Age limit
1) Marathon: over 20 (born before Dec.31, 2005);
2) Half Marathon: over 16 (born before Dec.31, 2009);
3) Health Run: over 13 (born before Dec.31, 2012);
4) Family Run: below 13 (only and must). Each family are permitted to register 5 people at the most, and must have at least one guardian and one kid under 13 (born after Jan.1, 2013) register in the race;
5) Participants under 18 (born after Jan.1, 2008) could only enroll base on the condition that their guardians or legal representatives have signed on Participation Declaration.
6) Participants over 65 (born before Dec.31, 1960) must have their immediate relatives signed together for registration. In addition, participants should make decides of participation according to their own physical conditions. Every participant of Health Run and Family Run is suggested to carry out a physical examination (Test results of electrocardiogram, blood pressure, heart rate and cardiopulmonary function must be normal).
2. Health Requirement
The Marathon is a competition of high intensity and long distances. It is also a high-risk race. Therefore, good physical conditions are required. Participants must be in good health and experience running and training regularly before making a decision. They should choose competition categories according to their own health conditions and ability, and confirm the related terms in the Declaration of Participation.
Those who have diseases/ conditions below should not participate:
1) congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease;
2) hypertension and cerebrovascular disease;
3) myocarditis and other heart disease;
4) coronary artery disease and severe arrhythmia;
5) diabetes with over high or over low blood sugar;
6) Pregnancy;
7) got flu within 2 weeks before the race;
8) drink alcohol one night before or sleeplessness;
9) not recovered from infectious diseases;
10) other diseases unfit for sports;
3. All runners are required to sign on Participation of Declaration.
VII. Important notes
1. In order to strengthen the management of competition ethos and discipline, the LOC strictly prohibits transferring (or accepting transferring), selling (or buying) the race spaces. It is prohibited for all those who run, rub, forge number bibs or use non-race number bibs to enter the course road. Once discovered, violators will be banned for lifetime suspension of participating in the events organized by the Lanzhou Marathon Organizing Committee, and the behaviors will be submitted to the CAA for additional punishments. The LOC will also reserve the right to investigate the legal liability of the violators for any financial loss or serious impact;
2. Video surveillance will be carried out by the LOC at the START, the FINISH, and along the course. During the period of race and activities, runners conducting the following behaviors would receive organizer’s penalties, such as cancellation of results and qualification, suspension of participation in the next 1 or 2 years, even for lifetime, considering the seriousness of the circumstances. Moreover, this penalty would be reported to the CAA for additional penalties.
1) one runner carry the other runner’s chip, or one runner wears two or more timing chips while running (Including male runners wear female runners’ chips);
2) disobey the right starting sequence to start in non-registered areas;
3) start the race at wrong time or from wrong starting areas;
4) accomplish the race by relaying method;
5) continue the race instead of stopping and quitting after cut-off time, or return to the course after withdrawal;
6) leaving away from the course, taking shortcuts, or jumping into the race by taking any transport vehicle;
7) pass the finish line repeatedly or get medals and souvenirs without completing the race;
8) Stay still near the starting line or finish line, or on course road (including but not limited to dancing, performing, taking pictures or conducting other behaviors that affects other runners);
9) pass the finish line by wearing others’ bibs;
10) pass the finish line to get medals, by wearing fake number bibs, wearing bibs of other races, or wearing Lanzhou Marathon bibs of previous editions;
11) manipulate or block the bibs;
12) use false information such as false age, or pretend to be other runners to obtain entry qualification;
13) conduct uncivilized behaviors (such as defecating indiscriminately, littering, etc.);
14) refuse to follow instructions of working staff, or break the racing order with riotous behaviors or fight each other influencing the race;
15) disobey the epidemic prevention requirements stipulated by the LOC;
16) conduct other behaviors that violate rules and regulations. Except these offenders, others runners who do not comply with related rules of the CAA or the WA will be disqualified by the Chief Referees.
VIII. Inquiry
1) Official Enterprise Wechat account:
2）Hotline: 0086-(0)931-8433220
0086-(0)931-7788808
0086-(0)931-7788288
0086-(0)931-7788388
(service time: 9:00-12:00、14:00-18:00)
3）Email: lanmazuweihui@163.com (domestic）
IX. Race kit pick-up notice would be published separately. Please check details through our official website, wechat account, wechat app, microblog account.
X. Issues not mentioned here would be notified separately. The Lanzhou Marathon Organizing Committee has the explanation right of this regulation.
