After less than 3 hours on train, arrived at Zhuji on Friday... Was absolutely freezing in the afternoon, rainy and windy... Checked in at a big and nice hotel, then headed to the stadium which was in the walking distance to receive race pack... Volunteer were very friendly, one of then accompanied me around all the race pack receiving spots... I remember another volunteer was surprised I'm visiting Zhuji for the marathon, and she said, today is very cold, on the marathon day would even be colder... One the way back to the hotel, it was terribly freezing strong wind that became a hailstorm... Could go anywhere around to explore; however, I had a strong feeling, Zhuji is a nice and developed city...

My friends and I were a bit hesitant whether we take the race or withdraw, specially snowfall started on Saturday and lasted the whole night... What made this race special is that, I influenced a visiting friend from Chengdu, to take the race, and it was his first time to take the half marathon... He started to train for this race along the past 3 month, and was so excited to run, and couldn't even accept the fact of withdrawal... He said, "I'll run anyway, in case I couldn't finish, I give up"... After seeing him so excited and determinant, I decided to go and take the race in the morning with the other friend... We had to walk about 2k in the morning towards the race start, since there were no buses or taxis, and that was quite tough specially because the road was slippery... The bag drop station was a bit messy and should be better organized in future... Also more food could be supplied at food stations... I was surprised to find no raisins were supplied :(

Luckily we all finished with good personal records... After the race it was super freezing, and we spent around 30 minutes to get DIDI... Went back to the hotel, checked out, took the train back home... Overall was nice experience... I would like to visit Zhuji again in future to explore the city :)