On May 17, there are only 7 days left before the start of the 2026 Lanzhou Marathon, and all preparations have entered the final sprint stage. On the morning of the same day, the Lanma Organizing Committee organized relevant departments and staff to conduct pre-race rehearsals to check for omissions and fill in the gaps, and made every effort to escort the smooth start of the event on May 24.

　　The rehearsal strictly benchmarked the official shooting time of the event, and set off from the Lanzhou Olympic Sports Center on time at 7 o'clock in the morning, and checked the key points such as the roaming Jincheng activity route, the half-marathon turnaround point and the finish line, and the full-marathon turnaround point one by one. During the inspection, the working group carefully inquired and exchanged information on the security work of competition, security, health and other aspects of each key point one by one, and coordinated and solved the problems found on the spot to ensure that the operation chain of the event was seamless and orderly.

　　After the rehearsal, the organizing committee held a special review meeting at the Lanzhou Olympic Sports Center. At the meeting, the participants spoke in turn, conducted face-to-face coordination and docking on the new situations and problems that needed to be solved in the drill, and put forward rectification opinions and solutions.

　　The meeting pointed out that the Lanzhou Marathon is of great significance to enhancing the city's popularity, reputation and influence, and all relevant units and departments should perform their duties and work closely together to ensure services such as medical care, transportation, weather forecasting, and material supply. It is necessary to run the safety concept through the whole process of the event, further improve the security plan, strengthen the investigation and rectification of potential safety hazards along the track, and make every effort to ensure the safety of the participants and ensure the safe and smooth completion of the competition. It is necessary to create a good publicity atmosphere, set up more civilized publicity advertisements at stations along the way, and bring a good event experience to the participants. It is necessary to strengthen the hygiene guarantee along the track and the surrounding environment, and create a clean and tidy event environment.

　　The meeting emphasized that in the face of new adjustments and challenges such as the advance of the start time of the 2026 Lanzhou Marathon, the implementation of separate gun orders, and the time-sharing start. All member units should effectively strengthen their sense of responsibility and coordination, pay close attention to each process node to refine the implementation of guarantee measures, pay close attention to the work of the event with high standards and strict requirements, and concentrate on running the 2026 Lanzhou Marathon. (Reporter Liu Baoli Ma Wenyan text/photo)