WUHAN, Aug. 25 (Xinhua) -- 2018 Jingzhou International Marathon is set to be held on October 21 in Central China's Jingzhou. It is the first stop of a marathon series named Yangtze River economic zone marathon.

According to the organizers, the event will include a full distance marathon, a half marathon, a mini marathon of about 7km, and a family running with a distance of about 4km. A total of 20,000 participants are expected to join the event.