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FAQ for Great Wall of China Marathon 2014(December 17,2013) Today,we received the email from Mr.Jon De Leon,and he has come typical questions which would be commonly and frenquently asked by the worldwide runners for Great Wall of China Marathon to be held on May 1,2014. We printed the original email of Mr.Jon De Leon from USA,and answer the questions: ------- HI there I have made a deposit into the bank on China on 12/17/13. Also I no need to enter the full Marathon but just the half Marathon will be ok for me. I need to know what times the bus from Beijing to the Great Wall will leave on April 30th. Also how many buses will there be? What times will the bus leave the Great Wall to go back to Beijing on My 1st and May 2nd? Will there be any buses from the Airport to and from the Great Wall? So far you have reserve a single room (Alone) for me on April 30th, right? How far is the from the start line? How can I get to the start line? Bus or walk? Thanks Jon De Leon ------- Question No.1:Change the running distance: Mr.Jon De Leon applied in his online application that he would like to run the full marathon,but he wanted to change to run the half marathon.The change is OK,we would like to mention that such such change,we hope the worldwide runners could do this change any time from now till April 15,2014. Question No.2:Bus departure time on April 30,2014: Because the Great Wall of China Marathon on May 1,2014 would for the first time to start its races at 6AM,so some runners prefer t overnight by the side of the Great Walls on April 30,2014,and we have already accpeted the reservation from some runners,so we will arrange the bus to the Great Walls on April 30,2014,and the departure time would be around 2PM on April 30,2014 from Shenzhou(Beijing)International Hotel,the official hotel downtown Beijing for the registration of all the worldwide runners before the race.We will estimated that there would be around 100 runners to be there,so we would arrange twobig buses to the Great Walls. Question No.3:What times will the bus leave the Great Wall to go back to Beijing on My 1st and May 2nd? Well,the race would start at 6AM and end at 4PM on May 1,2014,and almost all the buses would come back to Beijing after the race.Considering that some runners would finish the race early,so from GWCM2012 and GWCM2013,we arranged the early buses back to Beijing after their race. To be more exact,when the 50-seat bus is full,that bus would leave the Great Walls for downtown Beijing,the bus would come back to Shenzhou(Beijing)International Hotel.If you want to leave early,you should write your names at our paper after the explanation meeting at Shenzhou(Beijing)International Hotel on April 30,2014.You can also tell us by email in advance. And we know that there would be over 26 runners from Great Britain would like to come back to Beijing from the Great Walls in the morning of May 2,2014,so we would arrange a bus for this group,and if you also would like to go back to Beijing on May 2,2014,please let us know,we will make the arrangement for you. Question No.4:Will there be any buses from the Airport to and from the Great Wall? No,there are not any public buses from the Airport to and from the Great Walls,and there are even not any public buses between downtown Beijing and the Great Walls. If anyone who who need us to arrange the transportation for you from the Great Walls to the airport after the race on May 1,2014, we can arrange the taxi for you,but it is very limited,please tell us this in advance. If you want to go to the Great Walls directly by taxi from the airport,it would take you about 150USD.There is no evening/night taxi to the Great Walls. Question No.5:So far you have reserve a single room (Alone) for me on April 30th, right? How far is the from the start line? How can I get to the start line? Bus or walk? Yes,we have already booked the hotel rooms and the hostel rooms for more than 50 runners from Great Britain,from USA,from Sweden and from France and from the Phillippines,and it is about 1.2KM from the hotel/hostel to the start line.You can walk up there by yourself. Well,if anyone world runners would have any questions about the Great Wall of China Marathon on May 1,2014,please feel free to write to us or call us.We will reply you timely. Thank you all very much,all our worldwide runners,for your warmest application today! greatwallmarathon@yahoo.com Beijing Hotline:+86-15101680346 　 　 Great Wall of China Marathon 2014 Tours Online Application for Great Wall of China Marathon 2014: http://www.greatwallmarathon.com.cn/application2014.htm                        ---The Previous News--- Please Contact for the details:                 greatwallmarathon@yahoo.com greatwallmarathon_japan@yahoo.co.jp                 market@beijingglobalmarathon.com Our Official websites in Beijing:                                                                  http://www.greatwallmarathon.com.cn/                     http://www.beijingglobalmarathon.com/greatwallmarathon/jp/index.html Our supporting website in  Tokyo Japan                                    http://www.greatwallmarathon.jp/