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Midwinter has arrived, but Hainan is unusually "hot", the heat at this time is not only due to its geographical location, but also because of a runners to run a good human-car relay race - the 2021 BMW Cross-Mountain to Sea Car Relay Hainan Year-end Peak Race (hereinafter referred to as "Cross the Mountain to the Sea"); there are a group of 15 people, the friendship of teammates of the three "warhorses" teams, the love of running, the enthusiasm for the race...
Most of the 15 team members have been baptized and tempered by the human-vehicle relay race as early as September at Chongli Station, and everyone's expectation of Hainan Station was a "relaxed and pleasant Buddhist gathering", but no one would have thought that this 156.4-kilometer track would send them to a new energy state. Perhaps it is really the magical power of the word "war horse", this team has not yet set off, it already has the team gene to gallop together and win the crown.
Uniform logo for the three race cars of the WarHorse
The game of crossing mountains to the sea, to put it bluntly, is indeed very straightforward, that is, a game has a mountain, and a game has a sea. But when it comes to obscurity, it is also very obscure, the race to cross the mountain must have a slope, and the race to the sea runs to the sea and fights the winding of the track. This time, Hainan Station runs through three cities in one breath, starting from the Tongguling Scenic Area in Wenchang City, passing through Qionghai City, and running all the way to Shimei Bay Jiuli Cultural Bay in Wanning City, with a total distance of 156.4 kilometers and 15 sticks.
Although you can't always see the sea along the way, you can see falling coconuts and unique plant species in Nanyang everywhere on the roadside, which constantly remind everyone that this place is rich in water, here is more sunny, and here is different. Almost all members of the warhorse team said before the race that they hoped that the day of the race would be cloudy, and if it was normal Hainan weather, "it may really crash on the first stick," said Wang Xiujuan, an elite runner of the all-Horse 318. In the end, to the surprise of all runners, the day of the race was not only cloudy, but also half of the rainstorm accompanied.
The three teams of warhorses in this competition: the strength team "Platinum Team", each person's resume seems to be short, but casually dig a number to shock the deafening; the women's team "Purple Gold Team" that does not let the eyebrows be shaved, almost everyone has been called "a sister" by runners; the modest gold team, behind the modest words, hides a strength that cannot be underestimated.
The five female generals of the Purple Gold War Horse Team, from top to bottom, from left to right, are He Sha, Zhao Jie, Zhang Yanyan, Zhang Yajing, and Wang Xiujuan
In the early morning of the 11th, in accordance with the old rules of crossing the mountains to the sea, the teams set off in batches. The first of the three teams of warhorses was the Golden Team, at 4:20 a.m., the team members Zuo Zhirui (Zuo Brother), Yang Xianzhong (Yang Brother), Zhang Pinggui (Zhang Brother), Wang Qingzhen (Xiong Brother) and Zhao Yunfei drove out of the starting line, and the first baton Yang Xianzhong took the lead.
Then the purple gold team of Zhang Yajing, He Sha, Wang Xiujuan, Zhang Yanyan and Zhao Jie embarked on the journey, and the sisters Zhang Yanyan and Zhang Yajing started running successively; and the platinum team composed of Ma Weijie (J), Zhao Guohu, Lu Chao, Cui Jiale and Zhao Wei (Northern Wolves) appeared at 5 a.m. in the finale, Zhao Guohu was the first stick, and Cui Jiale's last stick ended. In the darkness of the night, there is no starlight. All the sparkle is the sincerity of the team members and the courage to fight for the team. Gold or platinum, the most precious is not these levels of ranking, the pace of distribution.
Before leaving, everyone collectively displayed the battle flag
"If it's an individual race, if you're in good shape, you're going to work hard, and if you're not in good shape, you're going to run easily. But now it's a team race, and if you increase your pace by one second, your teammates can be much easier, and you have to work hard for everyone. Zhang Yajing and Zhang Yanyan said in agreement before the game.
Zhang Yajing, known as the "first sister of Lianyungang", has a PB score of 303 in Malaysia, and represents the Purple and Gold team this time
Zhao Wei, a veteran runner who has participated in 800 quicksand and more than 300 kilometers of ultra-long trail running, is an expert in dealing with complex environments, he said, "In this race, the centripetal force and cohesion of the team are the most important." Cui Jiale, who is good at planning the parameters of the various races, is a typical serious runner, PB224, the champion of multiple marathons. Before the race, he was very strict with his predictions, "I ran the second stick, ran with the lower limit of the pace, controlled between 3 minutes and 20 seconds and 25 seconds, not running too fast," but for the performance of the team, he was quite tolerant, "measure the team collaboration, do not use numbers, use tacit understanding, as long as everyone cooperates well, it is the success of the team." ”
He said, "Crossing the mountains to the sea is not the same as the marathon, you can immediately send a circle of friends after running, you can immediately celebrate with your comrades-in-arms, all your emotions can be read by someone, you can be excited at the same frequency, this is the valuable point of this kind of competition." ”
Warhorse energy vitamin drinks help the team members along the way
All horses can be horses without scene restrictions, but only when they reach the point where they need to fight and fight, the roaring warhorse can stand out. China's running events in 2021 have almost died due to the impact of the epidemic and special events. The news that runners receive every day is no longer the success of the lottery, but the postponement and cancellation one after another.
For the "war horses" who cannot go to the battlefield, regular training is continuous, but there is no hard battle to fight, and this kind of uncomfortable energy is simply indescribable. While the number of events has decreased dramatically, the competitive concentration of the remaining events has increased rapidly. But what everyone did not expect was that the total number of gods who crossed the mountains to the sea this time was still a bit over the standard. Platinum captain Ma Weijie's pre-match expectation was to "keep ten to fight for three", that is, to grab the top 3% of the top 3% of nearly 310 teams. Zhang Yajing, the captain of the Purple Gold Team, is even more modest in predicting, "We want to run healthily, don't have task pressure, and be worthy of the team's efforts." The members of the Golden Team gradually understood the battle situation of each team during the march, and said slightly pessimistically: "Will it not be able to enter the top 100?" "The track is long, the race is complicated, and the weather is even more complex. The expectations of the 15 people for the results have gradually become serious from the initial Buddhist system.
As long as you set foot on the battlefield, the essence of the war horse cannot be covered, even in the face of continuous rain in the second half. On the day of the 11th race, it began to rain around 10 a.m. and continued until around 7 p.m. The two female members of the Purple Gold Team endured the most uncomfortable physical condition for women and insisted on running the whole distance. Even "by the way" created a surprise result that no one expected. "After running, I feel very uncomfortable in my stomach, but you have a partner around you, which is not something that you are comfortable with alone, but you must take it down." Zhang Yajing slowly swallowed a mouthful of hot water to relieve physical fatigue, said intermittently.
As they set out, all the teams crossing the mountains and to the sea groped forward in the starless darkness, and the faint light of the headlights appeared weak in the darkness where heaven and earth connected. Even Pingsuri's meticulous Knorr accidentally fell in his first baton, and the blood oozing from his injured shoulder made the team members waiting at the junction feel painful. But Knorr did not care about his own injuries, did not take the time to deal with, insisted on running his own stick, and also controlled the pace steadily within 4 points, making a full guarantee for the results of the next stick.
Cui Jiale in the track, the shoulder injury did not affect the pace of his fight for the team
At 15:37 on the afternoon of the 11th, the Platinum team arrived at the finish line, the net time was 10 hours, 37 minutes and 24 seconds, the official net score ranking ranked eighth in the men's group, and the accuracy of the captain Ma Weijie's prediction was not inferior to that of the "mathematician runner" Cui Jiale.
Cui Jiale, who claimed that he had run too much and would not be easily excited, drank dopamine at the celebration banquet. The Purple and Gold team participating in the Buddhist department only wanted to work hard and strive for results before the game, but they did not expect to be the first place in the women's group, with a result of 13 hours 01 minutes and 23 seconds. The Gold Team, which has been worried about not being able to squeeze into the top 100, rushed to the 24th place in the official ranking (men's group) with a net time of 12 hours, 46 minutes and 19 seconds.
Zhao Yunfei, a member of the team, exclaimed as he drove: "Is this really us?" Are we so good?! ”
The slogan of the War Horse Team has been used from Chongli Station to Hainan Station
The victory of one person depends on personal strength; the victory of a group of people depends on teamwork. Some people want to come out, and some people have to sacrifice and let go. Team convener Zuo Zhirui racked his brains when allocating everyone's stage and order of departure, striving to give full play to everyone's greatest strengths and energy. Proper organization has proven to be crucial to team performance.
After the game, everyone gave a thumbs up to the main heart of The Left Brother. Some dedication requires careful observation to be visible. Compared with the members of the same team, Zhao Jie of the Zijin team is not outstanding, in the temporary transfer, he took the initiative to give up a stick, "This 'let' is what I can do, as long as I can make the team's performance better, let me do anything, running or not running is not the most important." And this player, who thought he was weak, ran the fastest in three years in the only one. Miaozi, an elite runner who is unanimously known as one to be underestimated, is the dark horse of the real warhorse.
Zhao Jie, the "dark horse runner" in the war horse team, represented the purple and gold war horse team this time
As a runner, looking at the running race is nothing more than two dimensions, the improvement of personal ability - you can let the horse come over when you have energy; the enjoyment of teamwork - "fighting" with like-minded friends.
And crossing the mountains to the sea does give runners such an opportunity. Captain Ma Weijie said, "If you want to run a race like this, your running worldview will be greatly improved."
The finish line of the race is a veritable "facing the sea". Above: Warhorse Gold Team after colliding with the line group photo, below: Warhorse Platinum Team after colliding with the line group photo, due to the rain is too large, the Warhorse Purple Gold Team failed to face the sea to take a group photo, can only stay until the spring blossoms, warhorses go out again
In the last month of 2021, the most beautiful east coast of China's Hainan Island has witnessed such a team of warhorses, day and night, without fear, working together to create peak glory. This year has been completed; this road is worth it.