Insurance Notice

China-ASEAN International Marathon 2017

Marathon is an athletic sport of high load and great intensity over long distances. It is also a high risk athletic sport. Thus, it raises high demands on participant physical conditions. Participants should have good health and long-term running or training experiences. China-ASEAN International Marathon Organizing Committee strongly recommends that runners should do physical examination by medical institutions (including ECG) and make sure one is physically qualified for marathon competition.

Participants may choose among the contests of Marathon, Quarter Marathon, Mini Marathon,  according to their own physical conditions and actual abilities.

Ⅰ. Participants suffering from the following diseases shall not take part in the contest:

1)    Congenital heart disease and rheumatic heart disease;

2)    Hyper tension and cranial vascular disease;

3)    Myocarditis and other heart diseases;

4)    Coronary artery disease and serious cardiac arrhythmia;

5)    Hyperglycemia and hypoglycemia diabetics;

6)    Gravida;

7)    Patients of other diseases unfit for sports.

Ⅱ.

Notes: If runners get lost in physical or finical terms because of factors above, runners will be responsible for the risks caused by it. China-ASEAN International Marathon Organizing Committee strongly recommends that runners should do physical examination by formal medical institutions (include ECG) and make sure one  is physically qualified for marathon competition.

Ⅲ. Precautions

1.    When running for 10-20 minutes, for the first time, there will be "uncomfortable" stage, which is called “The first limit state”, this is a normal phenomenon in the human body. It’s easy to get rid of it—to run at low pace and regulate breath or walk for 2-3 minutes. Then you will be better after this “uncomfortable phase”.

2.    Usually one without marathon training experience will get to “Exercise Physiology limit period” after 30 to 35-minute-running, including muscle pain, joint pain, strong fatigue, and want to give up and so on. If this phenomenon happens it’s better to give up, otherwise it could be fatal.

3.    It’s better to do what one can, not compare with others.

4.    Marathon is a risky sport and has a possibility of causing sudden death.

5.    An appropriate breakfast is necessary to avoid hypoglycemia during the race.

6.    Too much water drinking before the race is not recommended.

7.    For the safety of your own and other participants, please keep calm and do not rush when the starting gun shot.

8.    Drink less than 200 ml of water at each water station.

9.    If your shoelaces become loose during the competition, please slowly run to roadside and then gradually decelerate and stop to retie them.

10. Slow down gradually and then begin to walk and take deep breath if you have stomachache during running.

11. Immediately stop running and then walk slowly for a while until you recover if you feel dizzy during running.

12. Please be cautious about accelerating and avoid dashing when you are near the finishing line because most deaths in marathon happen near the finishing line.

13. Immediately stop running and then walk slowly if you suffer from knee pain or ankle pain. If you still cannot recover after a while, please withdraw the competition in time.

14. Constant speed is the recipe for a long-distance sport like marathon.

15. After you reach the finishing line, please walk slowly for 5 minutes, keep warm, avoid wind and ensure appropriate intake of carbohydrate.

                                                    Organizing Committee of China-ASEAN International Marathon