Online registration opens for Yonhap's inaugural trail run festival in Dec.韩联社首届越野跑节将于12月举行，现已开放网上报名。
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SEOUL, Oct. 8 (Yonhap) -- Online registration for an international trail run event to be co-hosted in December by Yonhap News Agency, South Korea's key wire service, opened Thursday.
Organizers said registration for the Yonhap News Hanam International Trail Run Festival, scheduled for Dec. 12 and 13, opened at 10 a.m. Thursday at https://yhitf.co.kr (Korean site) or https://en.yhitf.co.kr (English site). The deadline is Nov. 27, and the event is open to the first 5,000 applicants.
The festival will be held over four courses: a 5-kilometer road course (1,000 applicants), a 10km road course (2,000), a 15km trail run course (1,000) and a 28km trail run course (1,000). Hwang Young-cho, the 1992 Olympic men's marathon gold medalist, designed the courses.
In this file photo, participants, including Hwang Dae-il (4th from L), president and CEO of Yonhap News Agency, pose for a group photo during the launch ceremony for the organizing committee of the 2026 Yonhap Hanam International Trail Run Festival at Korea National Sport University in Seoul on Sept. 15, 2026. (Yonhap)
Participants must pay 30,000 won (US$22.40) for the 5km course, 50,000 won for the 10km course, 80,000 won for the 15km course and 100,000 won for the 28km course.
For the longest trail course, a 50 percent discount will be offered to the first 300 international applicants.
Trail running is a type of off-road running on mountainous, unpaved surfaces with significant elevation changes.
The running courses are set up along Misa Regatta Park, an ecological and waterfront landmark in Hanam, just east of Seoul in Gyeonggi Province. The park hosted rowing and canoeing races at the 1988 Summer Olympics. The 15km trail run course will take participants up the nearby Mount Geomdan, one of the city's most popular peaks, and the longer course will reach Namhansanseong, a UNESCO World Heritage site celebrating its 400th anniversary this year.
Hwang set up the courses with an eye on allowing runners to fully experience Hanam's natural surroundings, history and culture.
The first day of the festival on Dec. 12 will start with the 15km trail run at 10 a.m., followed by the 10km road run at 10:05 a.m. and the 5km road run at 10:10 a.m.
On Day 2, the 28km trail run starts at 9 a.m., with another 10km road run set to start at 10 p.m.
All participants will wear a timing chip.
In this file photo, Seong Seung-min of South Korea crosses the finish line during the final of the women's modern pentathlon at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games at Anjo Sports Park in Anjo, Japan, on Sept. 20, 2026. (Yonhap)
Organizers said those who finish their road runs will receive medals, while people who complete their trail runs will be awarded medals and gifts.
Runners must finish the 15km trail course within four hours and the 28km trail course within seven hours and 30 minutes.
The winner of the 28km trail run will earn 2 million won, and the 15km trail run champion will take home 1 million won.
The cash prizes are 300,000 won for the 10km winner and 200,000 won for the 5km champion.
The festival will feature elite athletes from other sports, including a pair of gold medalists from the recent Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games in modern pentathlete Seong Seung-min and kurash practitioner Kim Min-young. Organizers said medalists from boxing, archery, golf and taekwondo will also be in action.
All participants will receive a running kit. The winner of a lucky draw will take home a KIA PV5 camper van.
The festival is co-hosted by Yonhap News Agency, Korea National Sport University and the Hanam city government, with support from the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism -- making it the first trail run event backed by the government.
Korea National Sport University and the Korea Trail Running Association are handling event operations.
Organizers said the running festival will also feature K-culture performances and a celebration of local traditional markets.
In this file photo, South Korean Olympic marathon champion Hwang Young-cho briefs participants on trail running courses for the 2026 Yonhap Hanam International Trail Run Festival during the launch ceremony for the event's organizing committee at Korea National Sport University in Seoul on Sept. 15, 2026. (Yonhap)
"We will combine the beautiful course that connects the Han River, Mount Geomdan and Namhansanseong with K-culture shows and a traditional market festival," said Korea National Sport University Prof. Kang Kwang-bae, a former Olympic bobsledder serving as executive director of the trail run festival's organizing committee. "This will not simply be a running event. We will expand it into a global cultural and sports festival that people from all over the world visit every year."
Hwang, an adviser to the organizing committee, said Yonhap's festival will be among the last running events of the year and he is determined to make it a memorable one for all participants.
"I am doing my best to create the best stage where people can enjoy running and discover the beauty of trail running," Hwang said. "I am looking forward to seeing many runners create special moments in Hanam."
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首尔，10月8日（韩联社）——韩国主要通讯社韩联社周四宣布，将于12月联合举办的国际越野跑赛事的网上报名正式启动。
主办方表示，将于12月12日至13日举行的韩联社河南国际越野跑节的报名已于周四上午10点在https://yhitf.co.kr（韩语网站）或https://en.yhitf.co.kr（英语网站）开放。报名截止日期为11月27日，名额仅限前5000名申请者。
本次马拉松比赛将分为四个赛道：5公里公路赛（1000人报名）、10公里公路赛（2000人报名）、15公里越野跑（1000人报名）和28公里越野跑（1000人报名）。赛道由1992年奥运会男子马拉松金牌得主黄永祚设计。
这张资料照片显示，包括韩联社社长兼首席执行官黄大日（左四）在内的参与者在2026年韩联社哈南国际越野跑节组委会成立仪式上合影留念。该仪式于2026年9月15日在首尔韩国国立体育大学举行。（韩联社）
参赛者参加 5 公里赛程需缴纳 30,000 韩元（22.40 美元），参加 10 公里赛程需缴纳 50,000 韩元，参加 15 公里赛程需缴纳 80,000 韩元，参加 28 公里赛程需缴纳 100,000 韩元。
对于最长的越野路线，前 300 名国际申请者将享受 50% 的折扣。
越野跑是一种在山地、未铺设路面且高低起伏较大的路面上进行的越野跑步运动。
跑步路线设置在京畿道河南市的美沙赛艇公园内，该公园是首尔以东的一处生态和滨水地标。1988年夏季奥运会期间，该公园曾举办过赛艇和皮划艇比赛。15公里越野跑路线将带领参赛者登上附近的金坛山，金坛山是首尔最受欢迎的山峰之一；而更长的路线则会到达南汉山城，这是一处联合国教科文组织世界遗产，今年正值其400周年纪念。
黄在设计赛道时，着眼于让跑步者充分体验河南的自然环境、历史和文化。
12月12日，音乐节首日将以上午10点的15公里越野跑拉开序幕，随后是上午10点05分的10公里公路跑和上午10点10分的5公里公路跑。
第二天，28公里越野跑将于上午9点开始，另一场10公里公路跑将于晚上10点开始。
所有参赛者都将佩戴计时芯片。
这张资料照片显示，2026年9月20日，韩国选手成承敏在日本安城市体育公园举行的爱知-名古屋亚运会女子现代五项决赛中冲过终点线。（韩联社）
组织者表示，完成公路赛的人将获得奖牌，而完成越野赛的人将获得奖牌和礼品。
跑者必须在四小时内完成 15 公里的越野赛程，在七小时 30 分钟内完成 28 公里的越野赛程。
28公里越野跑的冠军将获得200万韩元奖金，15公里越野跑的冠军将获得100万韩元奖金。
10公里赛冠军奖金为30万韩元，5公里赛冠军奖金为20万韩元。
本次体育节将汇聚其他项目的精英运动员，其中包括两位在近期爱知-名古屋亚运会上夺得金牌的选手：现代五项运动员成承敏和库拉什武术练习者金敏英。主办方表示，拳击、射箭、高尔夫和跆拳道项目的奖牌获得者也将参与角逐。
所有参赛者都将获得一套跑步装备。幸运抽奖的获奖者将赢得一辆起亚PV5露营车。
该赛事由韩联社、韩国国立体育大学和河南市政府联合主办，并得到文化体育观光部的支持——使其成为首个获得政府支持的越野跑赛事。
韩国国立体育大学和韩国越野跑协会负责赛事运营。
主办方表示，跑步节还将包括韩国文化表演和当地传统市集庆祝活动。
这张资料照片显示，2026年9月15日，在首尔韩国国立体育大学举行的2026年韩联社河南国际越野跑节组委会启动仪式上，韩国奥运马拉松冠军黄永祚向参赛者介绍越野跑赛道。（韩联社）
“我们将把连接汉江、剑潭山和南汉山城的优美赛道与韩国文化表演和传统市集节结合起来，”韩国国立体育大学教授、前奥运会雪橇运动员、越野跑节组委会执行主任姜光培表示，“这不仅仅是一场跑步赛事，我们将把它发展成为一个全球性的文化体育盛会，吸引世界各地的人们每年前来参加。”
组委会顾问黄表示，韩联社举办的这场音乐节将是今年最后几项跑步赛事之一，他决心让所有参与者都留下难忘的回忆。
黄说：“我正在尽我所能打造一个最佳的舞台，让人们能够享受跑步的乐趣，并发现越野跑的魅力。我期待看到许多跑者在河南创造难忘的时刻。”
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韩联社首届越野跑节将于12月举行，现已开放网上报名。