![From Tibetan nomad, to UTMB race winner, to Olympic marathon hopeful: Chinese runner Jia Erenjia's rapid rise | South China Morning Post From Tibetan nomad, to UTMB race winner, to Olympic marathon hopeful: Chinese runner Jia Erenjia's rapid rise | South China Morning Post](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=425,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/768x768/public/d8/images/methode/2019/05/25/169a5922-7dd9-11e9-8126-9d0e63452fe9_image_hires_113153.jpg?itok=ljftMOCz&v=1558755125)
From Tibetan nomad, to UTMB race winner, to Olympic marathon hopeful: Chinese runner Jia Erenjia's rapid rise | South China Morning Post
![Over the years we've had a lot of British marathon runners who are thin - does that mean a marathon runner has to look like that?' Over the years we've had a lot of British marathon runners who are thin - does that mean a marathon runner has to look like that?'](https://www.telegraph.co.uk/content/dam/athletics/2019/04/25/TELEMMGLPICT000195080491_trans_NvBQzQNjv4BqCSxFUfdc1_yhxizDpg5UHqA0bk_LqdGND_ZEOV7hAoU.jpeg)
Over the years we've had a lot of British marathon runners who are thin - does that mean a marathon runner has to look like that?'
![From Tibetan nomad, to UTMB race winner, to Olympic marathon hopeful: Chinese runner Jia Erenjia's rapid rise | South China Morning Post From Tibetan nomad, to UTMB race winner, to Olympic marathon hopeful: Chinese runner Jia Erenjia's rapid rise | South China Morning Post](https://cdn.i-scmp.com/sites/default/files/d8/images/methode/2019/05/25/4dcf747c-7dd9-11e9-8126-9d0e63452fe9_1320x770_113153.jpg)