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Shanghai Marathon got cancelled due to covid (we have 3 cases in the city at the moment) so my running club put on an unofficial event. We (obviously) did not have permission from the city government to do it, so we held the race out in the rural suburbs, running 5 laps of an artificial lake. It was pretty stressful for us organisers arranging everything (transport, hotels, timing, the course, water, meal afterwards, first aid, medals, etc) with 10 days notice but it all went amazingly well and everyone seemed to have a good time. We even had super clear air and sunshine (even if it was a little cold/windy). Take that, covid, and two years of cancelled races!