22.8%

This is the lottery rate for the full marathon category of this year's Shanghai Marathon!

Without a doubt, the Shanghai Marathon is one of the most popular marathons in China.

According to statistics, this year's Shanghai Marathonhad a total of 155,370 runners registered.

Among them, 109,299 registered for the full marathon.

22.8%The lottery rate also hit a historic low.

In short, those who got in are truly lucky.

What about those who didn't get in?

They might just have to stay home feeling miserable.

Or watch from the sidelines.

It's really heartbreaking to see.

Runner: Editor, stop with the sarcastic comments.

You don't understand the current situation.

Relying purely on luck to get into a marathon is really tough.

You have to keep trying and trying.

Share good luck charms and try again next year.

Editor: Just sharing won't help.

Here's an even more disheartening statistic.

This year, 15,562 people have registered for the Shanghai Marathon for five consecutive years.

Among them,2,160have not been selected for five consecutive years.

......

These days, sharing good luck charms doesn't work anymore.

Let me show you what real effort looks like.

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This is also someone who, like most runners,

didn't get into the Shanghai Marathon.

But she really put in the effort.

Besides training hard,,there's also...

Look at how detailed this little chart is.

And progress check-ins.

I can only say, she deserves to run the Shanghai Marathon.

Some runners in the group also said,

So, dear runners,

do you know how to work hard if you don't get in next time?

This Sunday, the 2019 Shanghai Marathon is about to start.    

You can join the discussion with the hashtag #2019 Shanghai Marathon

and participate in our interactive discussion.

Or if you have any stories or memories about the Shanghai Marathon,    

you can send them to the email:tougao123@codoon.com    

We are eagerly collecting marathon stories...