Students requested to finish 'ultramarathon' to win diploma (1/3)

Students join a long distance running event at the launching ceremony of a physical education campaign initiated by the Chengdu No.7 High School in Chengdu, Sichuan province on Tuesday morning, October 14, 2014. The new physical education program demands students to finish the target of running 600 kilometers within three years during their stay in the school. Anyone who fails to meet the goal would not be entitled to get a graduation certificate, according to rules of the program. [Photo/ West China Metropolis Daily]