Longjiang Years Zhangzhou Half Marathon 2026

The Longjiang Years Zhangzhou Half Marathon 2026 takes place on Sunday, 29 November 2026, starting at 07:30 China Standard Time outside the Zhangzhou City Museum in Fujian Province. The 21.0975 km road race offers 6,000 places, with a CNY 120 advertised entry fee and a ballot-based allocation process.

Running through Zhangzhou's riverfront

The organiser's published route leaves the museum via Wugongshan Road and South Riverside Road, before passing Zhangzhou Olympic Sports Centre, a riverside turnaround, the China National Geographic Zhangzhou camp and landscapes around Danxi Guantian. Runners continue through rice-field scenery and the Longjiang Years cultural district, past its market and beer plaza, before returning along South Riverside Road to finish back at Zhangzhou City Museum. This combination of waterfront, renewed industrial spaces and agricultural scenery is a distinctive feature of the 2026 course.

Registration and qualifying conditions

The organiser-linked booking information advertises pre-registration and payment through 1 November 2026 at 18:00 CST, with ballot results planned for 5 November at 10:00 CST. Unsuccessful ballot applicants are offered a refund of their paid entry fee. The event asks entrants to upload either two race results for 10K or longer, or one half-marathon-or-longer result, achieved during the previous 24 months.

International eligibility needs clarification before payment. The currently displayed organiser-linked Zuicool registration category says that entry is restricted to Chinese nationals including Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, while a reproduced copy of the 2026 competition regulations explicitly describes passport-based entry for foreign runners. These sources are contradictory. Overseas participants should contact the organising committee to establish which policy applies to the live booking portal rather than assume acceptance.

The reproduced 2026 rules specify an age range of 18 to 70 years, with exact birth-date cut-offs in the competition regulations. Competitive wheelchair racing and prams are not permitted under those rules. All participants should check the final published eligibility and medical requirements before attending.

Racing, safety and awards

The organiser's current-edition announcement describes medical support at approximately 2.5 km intervals, mobile AED assistance and trained race volunteers along the course. Awards include overall half-marathon placings and a separate Zhangzhou-local runner prize for the leading eight eligible men and women, based on net time. The complete award amounts and qualifying conditions should be checked against the definitive organiser regulations; prizes may be subject to tax.

An official event communication says that entrants who cannot attend may be able to request their participant packs be sent after the race at the recipient's postage expense. This is not a promise of an entry-fee refund or transfer. The specific 2026 race-pack collection dates and venue instructions are not yet confirmed in the sources checked; monitor the organiser's official WeChat account, 漳州马拉松赛, for the final collection guide and road closures.

Current-edition references: Organiser-linked registration at Zuicool and event profile.