Great wall Marathon: Race Day
May 24, 2013
Nerves As my group was called up to begin the race I was experiencing one of the most severe cases of nerves I’ve ever had. Looking around at the other athletes, my heart sank as I noticed the majority of them were running the half marathon rather than the full. I overheard an Aussie, built …
An English student in China
May 17, 2013
By Katie Angus I’ve been at Ningbo for four days now, and the first impression I have of China is that truly, it is like nowhere else on Earth. I came from the School of English at Nottingham to the Division of English at Ningbo for this Spring Semester and when I tell other international …
Second lessons
May 14, 2013
Time flies and I have already been a UNNCer for half a year. ‘Second lessons’ is the idea Professor Yang stressed at the welcome ceremony in last September. This is not new for Hong Kong students at all as we are encouraged to do voluntary services and participate in extra-curricular activities since childhood. But the …
How to get married, China-style
May 10, 2013
In London you often hear the cliché, “you wait for the bus all day then two come along at the same time”. Maybe that’s not quite the right analogy, but having never been to a wedding in the UK, after a week in Yunnan I had been to two. The first big marriage ceremony …
Eating out in Ningbo
May 8, 2013
I am Cherry, a final year student at UNNC. I have been in Ningbo for almost three years now. These past years have been very memorable and during them I have had the chance to get to know people from all over the world. After having spent a significant amount of time here in the …
Training for the Great Wall part two
As I’ve got more confident I have branched out in my training not only with distance but diversity. My favourite run takes in the stark contrast between urban and rural China. My apartment is literally on the edge of the city, as within the space of 500 meters the bright lights, modern streets and posh …
Celebrating Holi in China
May 3, 2013
Hello everybody!! I know it’s been a while since I last wrote but here I come with Holi celebrations in China. Holi is spring festival celebrated as a festival of colours. It used to a be religious festival of Hindus, but in the last few years it has become popular with other communities and regions …
Training for the Great Wall Marathon part one
April 19, 2013
Training in Ningbo has been pretty challenging. Preparing for a marathon is hard enough but the Great Wall Marathon poses more than 5000 steps of mountainous terrain in the dry (smoggy) outskirts of Beijing. Unfortunately, the coastal city of Ningbo offers almost zero opportunity for gradients training. On a clear day (when factories are closed …
The Great Wall Marathon
I’m Rob, a master’s student at The University of Nottingham Ningbo China (UNNC). In May I will be taking on the Great Wall Marathon, a grueling 26-mile race along China’s most iconic structure. A marathon is challenging enough but the wall was specifically built to be inhospitable and keep foreigners out of China. With 5000 steps it …
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