The Weiyuan in September is a picture kissed by the autumn wind. A marathon "first show" immersed the entire city in boiling and touching. The 2025 Weiyuan Half Marathon has come to an end. With the greenness all over the mountains, the humanistic care that is strong and orderly event services, it has attracted thousands of attention and praise.
From the Weiyuan Stadium to the Weiheyuan Scenic Area, this track that integrates nature, humanities and modern weather is like a flowing landscape poem, leading the runners to trace the Weishui River and listen to the rustling autumn sounds from the Silk Road. A runner sighed: "Under the footsteps, there is the pondering of a thousand-year-old civilization; between breaths, there is the pulse of the new era of high-quality development."
Next to the track, a boy shouted "Come on" with a crying voice, was gently picked up by the camera, and instantly hit the countless soft hearts in front of the screen. Netizens left messages: "In the cry of the child, there is the most sincere enthusiasm of a city." After the race, the runner "Sister Feitian" presented the finishing medal to the young audience and made an appointment with him for a year's goodbye - this warm scene was called "the most touching footnote in the event" by many people.
What is even more memorable is the meticulous waiting of the people of Weiyuan. Before dawn, the roadside was filled with cheering crowds. The children waved the national flag and shouted loudly. The honey water in the supply station was sweet, the watermelon was cut fresh, and hot potatoes, corn and Codonopsis were even prepared... All of this not only warmed the stomach, but also warmed the heart. Some contestants admitted: "When you are so tired, every sound of cheering is like a gentle thrust, making you want to run another journey."
The Weiyuan Half Marathon successfully promoted the diversified integration of "cultural tourism +" agriculture, sports and the countryside. Finishers can visit the local landscape scenic spots for free with medals. Many runners sighed: "This is not just a competition, but more like a journey of healing for the soul."
The 2025 Weiyuan Half Marathon won CCTV-5 "Win Together" column report. People's Daily Client Sports Channel, CCTV.com, CCTV.com, CCTV.com, China News Service and other platforms have pushed it, calling it "a high-quality track that integrates nature, humanities and modern development, leading the runners to trace the origin of the Wei River and meet the autumn sound of the Silk Road", "a vivid practice of the integrated development of 'agriculture, culture, tourism and sports'", "a chapter of the first international half marathon in Dingxi City", "Every step has runs out the thousand-year echo of the Wei River civilization, and has taken the sonorous pace of Weiyuan's high-quality development."
This live broadcast of the event attracted hundreds of thousands of people to watch online. In the barrage, "Come on", "so beautiful" and "want to go" are like stars constantly passing by; in the comment section of many media competition newspapers, netizens enthusiastically confessed, "I have been deeply 'planted', and I must go next year!" "The small town holds a competition, all because of sincerity!" "The so-called poetic running is just like this."
Du Gang, a media worker in Lanzhou, said: "My friend in Beijing specializes in video chatting about the Weiyuan half-marathon event. My friend watched the whole game through the live broadcast of the event, and said he was very satisfied. He looked forward to coming to Weiyuan for experience in the next round!"
Although the 2025 Weiyuan Half Marathon ended, it has caused constant heated discussions, and the source of Weishui once again became popular with the prosperous cultural and tourism competition. Weiyuan, this well-known ecological cultural and tourism city in Longshan uses green mountains and green waters as its curtain and warm human feelings as its pen to write a warm invitation to the world - see the world while running and deep affection in the details.
Weiyuan County Media Center
