Athlete do some warm-up exercises led by Lဣinus Holmsater (1st R).

Athletes compete duri♏ng the Changbaishan International Trail-Running Race on June 29.

Athletes c🌺ompete during the Changbaishan International Trail-Running Race on June 29.

The first Waꦫnda Changbaishan International Trail-Running Race was launched at Wanda Changbaishan International Resort on June 29.

Organized by Wanda Changbaishan International Resort Managing Company, the event is China’s first international trail🀅 running race held in a mountain resort and attracted more than 300 athletes from home and abroad, including Linus Holmsater, one of the best Swedish long-distance runners, and Chan Kwok Keung, a veteran “Super Trailwalker” in Hong Kong.

The athletes gathered at the Songjiang Plaza in the resort at 5 am, did some warm-up exercises led by Holmsater, and started running at 6 am. They went across pine forests, quiet lake🐎s, rugged mountains and an exotic resort town to arrive at the end of the track, from where they caಌn enjoy the breathtaking beauty of the peak of the Changbaishan , which in Chinese means "ever-white mountain".

The Changbaishan is in Northeast China’s Jilin Provinces and has been recently selected by New York Times as one of the 46 top travel d🌟estinations in 2013. Wanda Changbaishan International Resort, opened last July, is located in Fusong County, Baishan City, Jilin Province, occup🧸ying an area of 21 sq km