Runners undeterred by thick smog engulfing the Chinese capital ran the Beijing Marathon maskless on Sunday, many wearing shorts in one of the warmest Octobers on record.
Despite a greyish brown smog settling, some 30,000 marathoners set off at 7:30 a.m. from Tiananmen Square on the route through four districts of the Chinese capital over 42.195 km .
In the Haidian district on Beijing's outskirts, the sky looked dreary, but hikers and visitors showed up at the Fragrant Hills Park where many go to enjoy autumn foliage, according to a Reuters witness. The smog adds unusually warm October weather, due to significantly weaker cold air currents from the north as the polar vortex that sends cold air southward was situated further north recently, experts said.Parts of China, including in the north and northeast, have been experiencing temperatures 2 to 4 degrees Celsius higher than normal the past 10 days.
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