The first time I ran a full marathon, it was the Chizhou full marathon in Anhui Province on October 15, 2017, which took 5 hours and 20 minutes, and the 520 network homonym "I love you", which was a very interesting finishing time, and I earned 200 yuan after finishing the race.
Particularly memorable.
The current marathon women's run at 3:30 may not necessarily earn 200 yuan.
In the past year or two, the level of professional runners and amateur runners has increased significantly, and the number of participants is particularly large, and the number of applicants for the 2024 Wuhan Marathon alone will be as many as 260,000.
Things are different now.
Getting back to the point, in 2017, there were 2 women in Tongling (excluding Zongyang) in Chizhou full marathon, which was the first batch of people to run the whole marathon, and Coach Wang finished the race within 4 hours, and the results were quite good. Many people were surprised that I was able to run the whole marathon, because during the association's activities, everyone could see that I was the slowest runner, always at the end of the team, and the number of runs in the key month was small, which was completely lower than the basic requirements for running a full marathon, but I finished the Chizhou full marathon safely.
I didn't register for the 2017 Chizhou Marathon, and I didn't want to participate because I ran the Chizhou Half Marathon in 2016.
At that time, I wanted to run the Beijing Marathon and go to Beijing to play, but I still want to run the Beijing Marathon to this day, but I have not been able to win the lottery.
One Saturday, the long-distance running association organized an activity in the playground of the old gymnasium, and Sister Wei and I talked about the horse race in my heart while running. She said, "It is difficult to win the lottery for the Beijing Marathon, and it is best to have a record of running the full marathon if you want to win the lottery." She said, "You might as well run a Chizhou full marathon first, close to home, and round trip on the same day." I thought her words made sense, so I agreed, and it was just over a week before the start of the Chizhou Marathon, and the registration had already ended.
I wanted to tell President Zhang about running the whole horse in Chizhou, and I readily agreed to get it done. After a few days, I replied, Chizhou Quanma had been reported, and I took back my race clothes, the day before the race, everyone was still wearing clothes and taking a group photo. And Sister Wei promised us to run the whole marathon together, because she had already reported that the half marathon could not be changed, which is a bit of a pity!
For more than a week preparing for the competition, I didn't rush to the training ground to pile up the amount of running, but went to the gym to practice yoga and aerobics to increase the intensity and duration. I remember one day, I danced a few aerobics, and did a yoga, 3 hours of non-stop tossing, I didn't feel particularly tired, and the diet was old hen soup, pork bone soup, beef soup, and soup every day, and the broth was rotated, which was extremely nutritious.
After some operation by himself, he had the confidence to run the whole horse.
At the start, I set the pace, according to the pace of 7:30, the first one or two kilometers, the crowd is full of very fast runners, looking at their fast-moving figures, I think I must be steady, must not be led by them to deviate from the rhythm, I am running a full marathon, the Long March has just started.
Strategy is very important, after a few kilometers, people are more relaxed, and by 10 kilometers, there are almost no people on the road, and I am the last runner. At 12 kilometers, a shelter bus drove over on the track, full of young people (it is said that Chizhou College mobilized the number of people), the car drove slowly beside me, and someone poked his head out of the window and said "come up" kindly. I looked up at her youthful face, shook my head, and replied loudly, "I'm not going to the containment car." As soon as the words fell, an "oh" sound came from the carriage, and the containment bus drove away quickly.
I ran at my own pace, and when I finished the 21km half marathon, the running software told me that it would take 2 hours and 30 minutes. I was really happy because I didn't feel very tired, which gave me the confidence to run the next half marathon. At that time, I thought to myself, from now on I will not run a full marathon but a half marathon, and I have run many half marathons.
Simple dismantling, simple hints, good mood, full of energy.
After the half marathon, I increased my speed, and I remember that at 28 kilometers, I overtook many people, and I couldn't help but laugh when I saw their tired expressions, and I felt that I was not kind!
At a bend, when I was about to go to a bridge in Pingtian Lake, I saw a large group of people wearing red group clothes walking leisurely on the track from a distance, I wore the same red long-distance running association group clothes as them, and they didn't care about each other, until I ran to their side and found out that they were members of the long-distance running association, we came by a bus in the early morning; they ran a half marathon, they had already finished the race, and they were walking towards the agreed hotel together, I didn't expect to meet me on the way, it was really an accident and surprise!
Everyone came up to care and say hello, sister, "If you can't run, just rest", "Run slower", "You must not run unexpectedly".
What can I say in the face of so many words? I didn't say anything, I raised my right hand and waved it back and forth, which was in response to their words, and I had to speed up and rush forward, let them know that I was not exhausted, and that I still had the strength to fight, and after a kilometer or so, I felt that they should not be able to see me, so I slowed down, panting, and a little tired. I'm going to get this whole horse down today. "Willpower" is something that cannot be seen or touched, but after this tinkering, it is more firm and unshakable.
Just when the "will" was indestructible, I felt that the soles of my feet were stiff and unconscious, like a flat plate. I know in my heart that there is too little running. At 30 kilometers, I have already run into the Pingtian Lake track, the sky is raining lightly, and the red track is particularly bright and eye-catching in the rain. I took off my sneakers and socks, and when I saw this, a doctor in a 120 ambulance parked next to me said, "You can't run barefoot like this." I laughed and told him why, and then said I had to give it a try, and he looked at my unchangeable tone and didn't say anything more!
I put my sneakers on my arms and body, and ran carefully, I really wanted to run faster, my legs didn't obey, I ran 30 or 40 kilometers a month, how could I run fast on the track, daydreaming.
Under the effect of the small stones on the road, I ran 2 kilometers, and the soles of my feet improved, so I decided to put on my shoes, in order to save time, I stopped wearing socks; Socks were used to wipe sweat while running, and now I think about it, I was also a very capable fighter.
35 kilometers away, there is a supply station, volunteers put two cans of Wahaha eight-treasure porridge on a table, at that time I was not hungry, I thought that if there is a supply, I would make up for myself, and there is also a sense of not eating in vain, a can of eight-treasure porridge, eating while running, three or two mouthfuls will be eaten, hot and cold alternately, after eating did not run far, the stomach is immediately uncomfortable, at this time has entered the depths of Pingtian Lake; The thatched grass on both sides was high, similar to the wilderness, and there were no toilets, so I had to climb a dirt slope to solve the problem of stomach pain. When I was holding my stomach, the volunteers ran up very vigorously and interrogated, and when I was done, I came down the slope with my legs and did not obey the call, but the volunteers helped me down, and then continued to run forward.
Later, I participated in the 2019 Hong Kong Full Marathon relatively smoothly, without eating any food during the whole process, only drinking three small sips of water, and endured even if I was hungry.
I ran slowly, to 40 kilometers, as if leaving the Pingtian Lake track, on the wide road, the long-distance running association sent someone to meet me, the first to see the running friend Kang Zong, particularly excited, he smiled and told me, "no hurry, 6 hours closed, you will definitely be able to finish the race", I was jogging, after he so puffed, the lead legs were stimulated again, I began to accelerate again, all of a sudden he left him behind, the last 1 km, running friend Yang sister ran with me, to the end of the line, I crossed the line alone.
I finally ran my first full marathon.
At the volunteer site, they gave me a lot of supplies: drinks, bananas, biscuits, and my finisher bag couldn't fit it.
After more than 5 hours, the runner with a high level had already finished the race, and if he was about the same pace as me, he probably couldn't run down, so he quit the race, as if I didn't see any runners behind me.
Two runners who greeted me, one supported me and the other helped me with my backpack, and because the race was not over and was still closed, I limped and walked a long way before I walked to the car that picked me up.
I was like a hero who had returned triumphantly, everyone was waiting for me to have lunch, it was already more than 1 o'clock in the afternoon, there were about 70 people that day, it seemed that there were five or six tables in the restaurant, I was very sorry at that time, so many people were waiting for me hungry.
After eating, the bus drove back to Tongling, and the parking lot of the old gymnasium all got off, Brother Wang helped me stop a taxi, and told the driver, "She just ran the whole marathon", which made the driver open his mouth wide, I don't know if he was shocked, or he didn't understand what the full marathon meant, or with Brother Wang's exaggerated expression at that time!
In 2017, there were very few people in Tongling who had run the full marathon, and many of them had just joined the long-distance running association, at most they ran a half marathon, so after I ran the Chizhou full marathon, it did play a role in publicizing, driving and boosting morale.
In order to encourage powerful people to challenge the whole marathon and encourage more people to participate in the running movement, he pointed to the old gymnasium and said, "So slow, this level of running, dare to challenge the whole marathon, how many times stronger than her, throw her off the street for a few days, why can't you run, why can't you run the whole marathon." It's rough, but it's not rough. Later, at least 10 people told me that President Chang had told them something similar. It was also under his influence that many people started running and participated in marathon events.
Propaganda and agitation have been effective. It didn't take long for the Hefei Marathon to start registering, people who did not dare to challenge the whole marathon before running half a marathon have signed up, that year's Hefei Marathon, Tongling results were gratifying, several people ran into 3:30, at that time, this result, can go straight to the Beijing Marathon such a big event, no need to draw lots, really proud and proud!
In the 2024 Wuxi Marathon, there will be 3,423 runners who will "break the three", which is terrifying! Only those who run know how difficult it is to "break the three"!
Seven or eight years have passed, and there are many more runners challenging the whole marathon than before. Most of the people who are brave enough to run the whole marathon have a strong score, most of them are more than 3 hours, and the worst is more than 4 hours, and it seems that there is no 5-hour level like me.
People with a jogging level generally feel that their strength does not allow them to run a full marathon, including a few people who have been running for about the same time as me, have not run a full marathon in nearly ten years, and do not dare to challenge the full marathon.
My running volume is still small, about 50 kilometers a month, and only a little more than 100 kilometers was only broken through the previous year. After the Chizhou Full Marathon, I ran the Hong Kong Full Marathon, the Xin'anjiang Full Marathon, and the Hefei Full Marathon. In the Hefei full marathon in November 2023, I finally ran five hours, and it was also the easiest full marathon I ran.
It should be added that running a marathon requires reverence. Although I usually don't run much, I have always insisted on other exercises: yoga and aerobics. The ease and pb of the Hefei marathon is the result of my later liking for iron.
In the past 10 years of running, I have never been injured. Whether it's training or participating in events. It's the only thing I can show off during my run!