265,900 Apply for Wuxi Marathon; Most in China & 2nd only to Tokyo in Asia

Since the first day of the new year, approximately 500 runners have been out practicing around Lake Li in Wuxi every morning, running 10-40 kilometres and hopeful of bagging a place in the race on 24 March. Full story (in Chinese) via this link; read the absolute essentials about Wuxi via this link.