现代快报讯（记者 李子璇）“这是去进货了吗？”“淮安就是马拉松氛围感天花板城市”……4月13日，2025淮安西游乐园淮安马拉松暨大运河马拉松系列赛（淮安站）开赛，现场人潮澎湃，气氛高涨，完赛后的大礼包更是让跑友忍不住分享到网上，感受到淮安满满的热情。

This year's Huai'an Marathon continued the classic route of previous years, with runners passing through historical and cultural landscapes, running through the canal water charm of spring, witnessing the ever-changing urban development picture, and finally arriving at the Huai'an Sports Center. During the registration period, a total of 100493 runners from 0 countries and regions were attracted, and the number of applicants hit a new high in the history of Huai'an Marathon. What kind of charm does the Huai'an Marathon have, which makes countless runners linger and rush to sign up?

Some runners laughed that the atmosphere of Huaima is the biggest factor that attracts him to sign up, every time he runs a marathon, his legs hurt, and he comes to Huaima to hurt his shoulders. In the end, some volunteers smiled and said "hard work", and sent home three packages of gifts one after another.

The reporter learned that the atmosphere creation along the track will also focus on the urban culture and regional characteristics on the basis of the previous sessions, and innovatively set up four major tracks, including music performances, national fitness performances, intangible cultural heritage project displays, and Huai'an food supplies; What's more interesting is that the kilometer reminder work will be completed by the staff of "Journey to the West", cheering for the players with Huai'an's unique enthusiasm.

The Modern Express reporter noticed that Huai'an's love for runners was hidden in the finishing bag. In addition to bath towels, slippers, facial masks, drinks, milk, and bread, there are also Huai'an specialties: Guoyuan V3 liquor, Xuyi lobster, Jiang'an snails, Huai'an rice, as well as rice cakes, peach gum, cheese sticks and other supplies.

值得注意的是，完赛包里还藏着一份特殊的礼物。这些令人赞叹的作品，均出自一群特殊却无比卓越的艺术家之手。从设计草图到装裱成框，来自淮安市残疾人综合服务中心美丽工坊的50余名残疾人历时25天，制作出了两万份剪纸艺术品。

In addition, the "straight stabbing to the end" on the finishing bag was also praised by netizens, and "straight stabbing" is also a dialect of Huai'an. Netizens said that the word "straight stab" used by the organizer always felt a feeling of going forward bravely to the end, and guessed that the organizer used this slogan to feel that it was also a good wish for all the contestants to have a smooth future.

This year, contestants can still visit 38 A-level tourist attractions in the city for free with their participation information and ID documents, and enjoy ticket discounts for West Amusement Park and Dragon Palace Ocean World, helping tourists to enjoy the beautiful spring scenery and experience the culture of the ancient city.