[Editor’s Note: This article was written by Jerry Dunn, who has been running for just over 50 years — from early marathons in the 1980s through decades of ultras and long projects — and now, at 80, as ...

The event was on steep mountain courses in far eastern China. Prize money totaled 1.2 million renminbi (RMB), or about $170,000. The 105k winners earned 130,000 RMB, or about $19,500, and the 50k ...