No honking horns, no traffic jams, no traffic lights. Just a pack of 2300 runners from seven countries, urged on by crowds of spectators on the sidewalks and in the windows above, making their way in the first Taipei Marathon. Given the city's traffic and pollution problems, some people were skeptical that a marathon could be successfully staged here.
台北市幾條大街﹘﹘中山南路、愛國東路、信義、仁愛、忠孝東路上，全都充滿了跑步的人潮，沒有堵車、沒有喇叭，連紅綠燈都沒有，全省各地的愛跑者，愉快地度過了一個美麗的長跑假期。