Over the past year, Ma Wanjun, a popular sports blogger, has led her team to run around Hangzhou, such as the West Lake, Xixi Park, Xianghu Lake, Qiantang River Bank, and Canal Bank. She praised, "Hangzhou is the best city for running in China. Hangzhou's wonderful scenery and culture offer a great running experience."

Hangzhou has complete running facilities to meet runners' diversified demands. Hangzhou owns the various greenways that are about 4,800 km long. It also possesses many sports venues which are open to the public free of charge. Running events (such as Hangzhou Marathon) are also quite influential.