The novel coronavirus (新型冠狀病毒) turned things upside down for a lot of people, but it didn’t stop Pan Shancu, an amateur (業(yè)余的) marathon runner, from training.

Like many people, Pan had to avoid crowds and stay at home. “I have not been outside for many days, but today I could not stand sitting around anymore,” Pan wrote. So he ran around two beds in his room. He ran 50 kilometers in about five hours. Pan said he considered his neighbors while running, and tried to step as lightly as possible on the floor.