A free run in Jieyang, China

Kang seems to be a better runner than me

one of the three bridges we passed by

On 11/10/2018, We made a 5-days 4-nights family trip to Chaoshan in China to visit my aunt and also to visit my grandfather's village. We stayed at Jieyang for four nights which is near to the airport and also located in the central of Chaoshan region consisting of only four cities that is Shantou, Jieyang ,Chaozhou and Puning. We spent one day visiting relatives in Puning , and the rest for sightseeing in Chaozhou , Shantou.and Jieyang. All the cities except Puning have riverside parks with beautiful running and walking track. I had walked the 5 km track of Hanjiang river bank at Chaozhou in my previous visit with my wife two years ago. This time we managed to actually run along the river bank of Rongjiang river bank in Jieyang. The river bank which is perfect for running stretches for more than 10 km. On the morning of our last day of stay, we walked about 2 km from our hotel to Rongjiang river bank park for the jog. We took turn to push our mother who is on wheeled chair to the park too. At the park , there were many local residents mostly senior citizens doing morning exercises there. They are either playing pingpong, doing group aerobic dancing , jogging or walking. We left our mum at one the seats there for her to talk with the local people there. Three of us brothers , Paul, Kang and I started our free run along the beautifully paved running track along Rongjiang river , the largest river in Chaoshan. Paul who stays in London is a consistent park runner and he also takes part in marathon. Kang is not so involved in running as Paul and I but he has stamina too due to his other form of physical exercise. We ran along the river bank passing through three bridges. Distance covered to and fro at the river bank roughly equal to 8 km.  In addition to the  4 km from hotel to the river bank and back, total distance covered was 12 km. This is the first time three of us brothers run together. It is a very enjoyable run as the view on both sides of the river was fantastic. There are not many joggers but there are many group of ladies doing aerobic dances which provided vibrant music as motivation for our run.  

nice jogging track and fantastic view

Paul and Kang pacing along