Video screenshot of the man running from one subway station to another.

Man outruns subway

Inspired by sprinter James Heptonstall, who outran the London Underground in September, a man in Beijing also tried and succeeded in beating the Beijing subway, reported The Beijing News on Saturday.

Pan Hailong, who is a PE teacher and also a professional athlete, chose to race the subway train from Nanlishi station to Fuxingmen station on Line 1 at night.

Eight hundred meters, 203 steps, two ticket barriers, and two road crosses later, he made it in time and got back on the same train.

Video screenshot of the man running from one subway station to another.