Chongli 168 retirement story (1)
My first 168 journey ended at CP9 (105km). I held my residual leg and crutches, facing the The scorching sun followed me step by step, and every step was painful. Sweat dripped down my face. I gritted my teeth and walked down the last hillside. Watching the contestants passing me either briskly or heavily, I felt very desperate. , I wanted to grit my teeth and persevere to the finish line, but I really felt that it was impossible for me to complete the remaining 60 kilometers in this state. There were still three mountains to climb during the period. What was even more terrifying was the long downhill. I really knew what it meant. Kneel down. I persisted and struggled along the gravel road towards CP9. I walked on the 3km winding mountain road for more than an hour. I had no time to appreciate the large windmills and the beautiful scenery of the endless green grassland. I just wanted to hurry to CP9 and sit on it. Exit the storage vehicle and go back to take a shower and sleep. I deserted for the first time in a game.
0 Registration and preparation
I just got the Golden Starfish on the Dabai, and entered 330 in the Malaysian PB. My confidence is overwhelming, and with the recommendation of the outdoor expert Prodigal Son, I am following I also signed up for Chongli 168. Last year, Dalian beauty runner Nai Niu and the leader of the Seventh Hospital, the shop owner, miraculously retired from the race on this track, which made me eager to try and see if I could hold on to 168.
I don’t know which tendon is wrong after the Malaysian marathon. I don’t dare to exert any force on the outside of my left instep. It hurts after running for 6km. As the date of the 168 competition approaches, I can’t increase my training volume. , I was extremely anxious. I ran less than 200km in May and did not do any strength training. By mid-June, after a full month of recuperation, I was finally able to run a complete 10km. I spent some time with Liang Zi and Goli on the weekend. Daheishan can't be said to have improved its strength, it can only be regarded as retaining the off-road feeling. The condition has not returned to its best. As a non-genius player, it would be good for me to have two peaks of form in a year. I can never achieve the level of a great player who has big competitions every month and small competitions every week, using the competition as a substitute for training. From late June to early July, my running volume finally returned to about 100km per week. But I didn’t dare to be too tired when I competed in mid-July. I only ran on the playground a week before the competition, and it was mainly for relaxation. . Generally speaking, preparing for battles is unscientific. If you practice on your own, you will have this disadvantage. Without communication, there will be no progress. Practicing by feeling is too inefficient. In the future, I will have to exchange more experiences with the major running stars.
1 Start
Time flies, and soon the first 168 in life is in front of me. I carry the equipment based on the principle of simplicity but not simplicity, and arrange the equipment and equipment according to the order of space and time. As for the supply plan, I didn’t make a finishing plan. After all, it was my first 168 and anything could happen, so I had to run according to how my body felt. With full expectations and excitement, I gathered with the prodigal son at Dalian North Railway Station. As a senior travel companion, the prodigal son has walked through countless famous mountains and rivers in line with the life creed of "life is endless tossing and tossing." He can be said to be half a savage, and his temperament is also serious. He is extremely aloof and aloof, the kind of person who doesn't hesitate to talk to anyone he doesn't like at first glance. He is an academic type. I can make him fall in love with me and organize a group to go to Chongli. It seems that I am also relatively good. O(∩_∩)O haha~
Speaking of which, when I saw the prodigal son’s equipment, I had the illusion that I needed to quit the competition. According to the weight, my equipment was only 10 kilograms, but his was It's a huge thing. Looking from behind, I can see that I'm already buried in the equipment. Haha, this is the rhythm of supplying your own supplies. I thought he was going to the top of the mountain to practice stalling when loading goods.
It is said that Chongli is the snow sports competition venue of the Beijing Winter Olympics. It should have a unique scenery in summer. Due to professional reasons, I have traveled to almost all coastal provinces and cities in China, and I am very familiar with the sea. However, I rarely go to the inland of the vast motherland, and the places in front of me are very popular, such as Beijing, where I often travel on business. I want to go, but I haven’t been to the Forbidden City and Badaling Great Wall yet, and I have no idea about the outside of the Great Wall. I only know that our ancestors built the Great Wall to prevent you from interacting with them for fear of being bullied by the nomads in the north. Geographically, Chongli belongs to the Bashang Grassland area, and the scenery should be like the poem "Chilechuan" I learned when I was a student:
Chilechuan, at the foot of Yinshan Mountain. The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields.
The sky is blue and the fields are vast. Cows and sheep can be seen in the windblown grass.
This time I really experienced it myself after I arrived.
Just a few dozen kilometers northwest of Beijing, after passing Yanqing, the scenery suddenly seemed to be different from the plains. The tall buildings turned into continuous mountains. On the mountains, there were countless large windmills standing by the lake. , suddenly sections of city wall appeared on the ridge in the distance. It turned out that we passed by the Badaling Great Wall section. As the saying goes, if you don’t reach the Great Wall, you are not a hero. I am passing by, not arriving, but my purpose of this trip is to complete 168 and become a hero.
As the altitude gradually rises, there are fewer trees around, and in the distance there are mountains decorated with green grass. The sky is getting darker, and the afterglow of the setting sun shines on the earth through the clouds, flickering brightly and dimly. , there is a kind of artistic conception of "green mountains separate us, sparse forests are not beautiful, and light smoke and dusk cover each other". It is so beautiful that runners take out their mobile phones to record this highlight moment.
As night falls, the stars are bright and the cold moon is silent. Under the starlight and moonlight, we arrive at our destination, the small town of Chongli on the Bashang.
When I got out of the car, I felt the cool breeze. This cool breeze is really precious in most parts of the country where the heat is very hot. I also took a breath of cool air. I didn't bring a long sleeve, but only one. The raincoat can keep me warm. It turns out that the Sanfu competition is very strict. Because I didn’t bring any warm clothes, I was not given a competition bag. At the critical moment, the prodigal son lent me a piece of clothing, fooled the staff, and it passed the inspection. After all, I have a lot of fat and a craving for coolness, so I am indeed simple but not simple. Ha ha.
After receiving the competition package, we found a hotel to stay in and waited for the cross-country running party the next day. Turn on the light and sleep.
2 A small town with many stories
Chongli is such a small town that there is only one main road and no high-rise buildings. It is cross-country running and skiing that add a lot of color to this small town and bring many stories. Every cross-country athlete has his or her own story, and this Chongli Cross-Country Gathering provides a platform for telling these stories.
The streets are filled with contestants from all over the world, with confidence and passion on their faces. Against the blue sky and white clouds, the mountains surrounding the town are even more beautiful. Prepare your gear, go to the starting point to take photos, and listen to the Spanish track designer’s interpretation of the track. Expectations and tensions coexist in your heart. We returned to the hotel, took another nap, had our last meal before the race, and then gathered at the starting point to prepare for the firing.
3 Tell your own cross-country story
For the locals, 168km means that they have to climb countless mountains to get to Beijing within 48 hours! Maybe it’s because I run a lot, or maybe I’m ignorant and fearless. I didn’t think this distance was scary at first, but after comparing it to this, I really found it very challenging. I have only run two 100-kilometer races before, and they were both big 100s. This time I hit 168 in a foreign country, and the more I thought about it, the more unsure I was. Before the game, I was really excited. Not a good sign. No matter what, there is no turning back when shooting, just think of losing weight.
The gun was fired on time at 16:00, and more than 1,000 warriors set off.