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Jinchang Half Marathon

The city you want to run becomes your next trip.

Jinchang Half Marathon race photoJinchang
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Race date Sep expected
September 2027
City · Distance
Jinchang · 21.1km
Entry fee
CN¥120From the 2026 edition
2027Date September 2027 · expected · Soon
2026Date Sep 6, 2026 · Entry fee CN¥120 · Start 07:00
Official website ↗D-day as of Oct 7, 2026
Jinchang Half Marathon race photo
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Jinchang Half Marathon race photo
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Why you dream of this race

THE DREAM

About Jinchang Half Marathon — what makes it special

ABOUT THE RACE

A day you'll remember,
long past the finish line.

This half marathon starts at People’s Cultural Square in Jinchang, Gansu Province,

and links downtown landmarks including Jinchuan Park, the Botanical Garden, Wetland Park, and Jinshui Lake.

The field is capped at 5,000 runners.

Although this is a subplateau course at an average elevation of approximately 1,500m, the elevation changes are small,

creating an unusual setting where runners can enjoy flowerbeds along the course with the Gobi Desert and snow-capped mountains in the distance.

The road to your own record

Picture the course in advance
and find the pace that fits you.

When the city cheers

Streets lined with cheers, runners all around.
You'll be part of that scene.

The trip that follows the run

Take it slow with the finish still in you,
and meet the city all over again.

Jinchang Half Marathon runner reviews and race reports

Stories from those who ran it first.

From the joy of finishing to the tough moments — read what runners wrote themselves.

No runner reports yet. We'll add them here as they come in.

See it on video,
feel it through their stories.

Preview the course and read what runners who went before you wrote.

We haven't found a video for this race yet. We'll add one when we do.

The way in that fits you

YOUR ENTRY

How to enter Jinchang Half Marathon — registration routes

How to reach the start line —
start with what fits you.

Here are the ways to enter and what each requires.
Check the organizer's page for whether entries are open.

From the 2026 edition

Half

Entry cost CN¥120

half way · subject to change — verify officially

Organizer's page
Official race websiteEntry options
From the start line to the finish

RACE WEEK

Jinchang Half Marathon course map and elevation

The 21.1km I'll run

Know the course and time limit, and race day comes into focus.

From the 2026 edition
Runners start · local timeFrom 07:00
not the start line

We have not confirmed the start line coordinates yet.

START

Jinchang People's Culture Square, Jinchang, Gansu Province

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Course starts at Jinchang People's Culture Square and passes major city attractions including Jinchuan Park,

Zijin Huacheng, Jinchang Botanical Garden, Wetland Park, Jinshui Lake and Xihu Park.

The course is described as wide and flat,

with flower fields along the roadside contrasting with the vast Gobi Desert and snow-capped mountains visible in the distance.

Held in an alpine-plateau region at an average elevation of around 1,500 m, the race has relatively little elevation change.

It is known as a course where runners can maintain a comparatively fast pace even in the thinner air of a high-altitude environment.

Field size
5,000 runners
Grade
CAA Grade A

Participant benefits

Not yet confirmed in the official race guide

Where and when to collect your Jinchang Half Marathon race bib

To the start line,
step by step.

Pick up your bib, check your wave.
So on race morning, you can just run.

From the 2026 edition
Stations & transport near the venue

Getting to the start

Start/finish (loop course) both at 金昌市人民文化广场 (Jinchang People's Culture Square), 金川区.

Confirmed via the organizer's full competition-rules document, reproduced by the event's official chip-timing service provider.

Official site could not be fetched directly (connection refused).

Full regulation text instead sourced from the event's official chip-timing vendor,

which reproduces the organizer's rules verbatim including organizer contact info —

treated as reliable/official-equivalent.

Corroborated by matching date/venue/price on a secondary registration site.

Getting to the finish

Same venue as start — 市人民文化广场 (loop route).

Jinchang is a small prefecture-level city in Gansu with no metro/subway system.

More details

The official competition rules explicitly state participants are responsible for their own transport and lodging —

no official shuttle bus service is mentioned anywhere in the regulation.

No separate shuttle-bus announcement for this race was found in web search either.

Stations & transport near the venue

Jinchang is a small industrial city in Gansu with no metro and no tourist-oriented transit card.

Local buses run on mobile QR pay (Alipay/WeChat) rather than a physical card foreigners can easily obtain.

Race-day logistics are mainly by taxi, ride-hailing (Didi), or organizer shuttle.

Source · checked Aug 24, 2026
READY TO RUN

From race morning to after the finish.

Your start time, fuel and bag drop.
Know them ahead and the run feels easier.

The race starts at 7:00 a.m. on September 6 at Jinchang People's Culture Square in Jinchang,

Gansu Province, and features a single event: half marathon (21.0975 km).

The field is limited to 5,000 runners.

As the race takes place on a plateau at around 1,500 m above sea level,

runners who normally train at lower elevations should pay close attention to their breathing and pace control.

Times are local to Jinchang. Check the latest official information before the race.

A trip built around the race

STAY A LITTLE

MAKE IT A RUNTRIP

The race is one day,
the trip can be longer.

From a hotel that makes race morning easy,
to the meals and views you'll enjoy with the medal on.

Hotels near the Jinchang Half Marathon start line in

Hotels that make race morning easy

7 places

Distances are straight-line from the start.
Check real travel times and booking terms with each hotel.

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Where runners eat in Jinchang

Eating well is part of the trip

7 places

A meal before the race, a dinner to celebrate the finish.

Caibaochi

Fast Food Restaurant · 金昌市 121m

★3.3(3)
Map

Yitiaolong Beef Noodles Restaurant Yifen Shop

Chinese Restaurant · 金昌市 978m

Map

Longshou Hotel-Catering Building

Chinese Restaurant · 金昌市 2.1km

Map

Mamacai

Chinese Restaurant · 金昌市 1.2km

Map

Dongbei Renjia Restaurant

Asian Restaurant · 金昌市 728m

Map

Lanzhou Wu's Beef Noodles

Restaurant · 金昌市 1.5km

Map

Koufuxiang Spicy Kebab

Fast Food Restaurant · 金昌市 549m

Map

What to see in Jinchang after the race

Seeing Jinchang with the medal on

7 places

The city you ran — this time, a little slower.

Jinchuan Park

Park · 金昌市 724m

★4.5(11)
Map

Jin Fuqing Xiang Mutton Restaurant

Tourist Attraction · 金昌市 1.7km

Map

Zixinxiang Court

Tourist Attraction · 金昌市 1.7km

Map

Laojia Daguotai (Jinchang Branch)

Tourist Attraction · 金昌市 1.8km

Map

Damo Mutton

Tourist Attraction · 金昌市 1.8km

Map

Shenghe Mountain Villa

Tourist Attraction · 金昌市 1.8km

Map

Qin Wang Fu Yu Shan Fang

Tourist Attraction · 金昌市 1.8km

Map

Hotel distances are straight-line from the start. Distances and ratings for food and sights come from the place provider, and experiences are travel products in Jinchang.

Total cost and budget for Jinchang Half Marathon

TRAVEL ESSENTIALS

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Runner stories and questions about Jinchang Half Marathon

RUN TOGETHER

With runners who dream of
the same start line.

Be the first runner
Leave this room's first post

Jinchang runners' room

Frequently asked questions about Jinchang Half Marathon

FAQ
When does Jinchang Half Marathon 2027 take place?

Not officially announced yet.

It's expected in September 2027;

the 2026 race was held on Sun, September 6, 2026.

How much is the Jinchang Half Marathon 2027 entry fee?

Not announced yet. The 2026 race entry fee was about CN¥120.

What distances does Jinchang Half Marathon 2027 offer?

Half. (From the 2026 edition)

What time does Jinchang Half Marathon 2027 start?

The race starts at 07:00. (From the 2026 edition)

Where does Jinchang Half Marathon 2027 start?

Jinchang People's Culture Square, Jinchang, Gansu Province.

(From the 2026 edition)

Where can I book a hotel near the Jinchang Half Marathon 2027 start?

You can compare live prices for hotels around the start in Jinchang in the STAY section of this page.

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