Thomas Royet bought a pair of running shoes three years ago, hoping to run a race; however, he didn’t expect that today would be the first time to wear them for the HONOR • Shenzhen Marathon 2022, and he ran so intensely that he didn’t realize the shoes had worn out until he crossed the half marathon finish line. “My shoes are almost dead after running 21 kilometers. I bought them three years ago at the price of 2,100 yuan (US$306), so 100 yuan per km,” Royet joked after finishing the race with a time of one hour, 29 minutes and four seconds. Royet’s friend Richard Howard from the U.K. clocked in at three hours and 36 minutes for his full marathon race.
The HONOR•Shenzhen Marathon 2022 kicked off at 7:30 a.m. at the Civic Center in Futian District today. He Jie from China and Adula Askale Alemayehu from Ethiopia won the crown for male and female runners, respectively.