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The Eldest Runner to the Roof of the World Marathon 2024(May 10,2024) Mr.Brent Weigner is a famous runner from USA.30 minutes ago,his flight UA889 landed at San Francisco.He left Beijing Capital International Airport at 5:25PM on May 10th,2024.Brent might be one of the last runners of the 23rd Great Wall of China Marathon on May 1st,2024 who left Beijing. He arrived in Beijing on April 29th and overnighted at the official Mercure Hotel.He sucessfully obtained the No.2 at 5K for males. Brent, along with the other participants of the Great Wall of China Marathon 2024, flew to the Roof of the World Marathon 2024 after May 1st. He accomplished the 42K race in an impressive time of 7:44:01. At 74 years old, he will turn 75 in August, making him the oldest runner to complete the world's highest elevation marathon. Brent has fascinating stories to share about his experiences in Tibet, and in the upcoming days, we will continue to introduce him and two other exceptional female runners from the Roof of the World Marathon 2024. The photo is Mr.Brent Weignor enjoying a beer from the Roof of the World in Lhasa, Tibet. Below here are the registration links for the upcoming Great Wall of China Marathon 2024-Autumn and the Great Wall of China Marathon 2025 and the Roof of the World Marathon 2025: 1) GWCM2024-Autumn Great Wall of China Marathon 2024-Autumn Date: Sunday October 27,2024 https://worldsmarathons.com/marathon/the-great-wall-of-china-marathon-autumn https://www.active.com/beijing-beijing/running/distance-running/great-wall-of-china-marathon-autumn-2024 Express Registration: https://endurancecui.active.com/event-reg/select-race?e=89079709 http://greatwallmarathon.com.cn/online_application_for_great_wall_marathon_2024_autumn.htm 2) ROWM2025 The Roof of the World Marathon 2025 Period: May 2-9,2025 http://www.greatwallmarathon.com.cn/Online_Application_for_the_Roof_of_the_World_Marathon_2025.htm Two Itineraries for the Roof of the World Marathon on May 6 and May 9,2025   3) GWCM2025 The 24th Great Wall of China Marathon 2025 Date: May 1st,2025 http://greatwallmarathon.com.cn/application_for_great_wall_of_china_marathon_2025.htm   By the way,we are also very active at the social media,and you can find the update info about the Great Wall of China Marathon and the Roof of the World Marathon there every day,in recent days,the connection is not stable.               If you have any questions or anything unclear during your registration, please do not hesitate to contact us.Thank you all very much! 　  ---The Previous News--- Official Wechat: greatwallmarathon Emails:                 greatwallmarathon@yahoo.com run@greatwallmarathon.com.cn               Our Official website in Beijing:  http://www.greatwallmarathon.com.cn/                   Our supporting website in Tokyo Japan                                    http://www.greatwallrun.com Beijing Hotline:+86-15101680346