Source: Chutian Metropolis Daily
5 minutes and 43 seconds to climb the 43rd floor of Wuhan Optics Valley New World, can be described as a speed! On December 14, at the 2019 International Vertical Marathon Super Classic Wuhan Optics Valley New World Station and Wuhan Vertical Marathon Promotion Race, 35-year-old He Liangliang won the men's championship of the elite group with this achievement. After the game, the middle school physical education teacher from Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, said that he played average today, and said, "If it is ideal, it should be possible to reach the top in a shorter time." Hearing this, the other players on the scene even claimed cattle!
It has competed in more than 100 games in four years
Vertical Marathon, which originated in 1978 as a mass sport that climbs the 86th floor of the Empire State Building, is now participated by millions of people around the world, becoming an internationally popular fitness sport that spans age, gender, and is not limited by venue, time or weather. In foreign countries, vertical marathons are known as the "king of sports", and even in many countries have become classic events for mass sports. In China, with the increase of various types of high-rise buildings year by year, vertical marathons have begun to become a fashion movement.
He Liangliang told reporters that he had only known and learned about the sport since October 2015, and his first participation was to challenge a 57-storey building in Shanghai, when he won the third place in the Volkswagen group. Since then, He Liangliang has fallen in love with the sport. Every weekend, whenever there is a suitable competition, he will go to the competition. In the past four years, He Liangliang has visited more than 30 cities in China, and has also been invited to France, South Korea, the Philippines and other countries, participating in more than 100 competitions, and currently maintains more than 40 records.
After winning the championship in Wuhan, He Liangliang rushed to Shenzhen without stopping. In a match that ended on the afternoon of the 15th, he climbed a 61-story tall building in 8 minutes and 14 seconds to win the championship with a narrow advantage of 2 seconds ahead of the second place. "Actually, my strength is that I have a strong explosiveness, 40 floors or so is the best for me, and going up is a test of endurance. However, today the rhythm of the opponent was disrupted by me, and I was lucky enough to win the first place. He Liangliang said.
Climbing the stairs regularly is good for health
"This is a kind of exercise that can be participated in at any time, especially for white-collar workers who live in office buildings and sit at desks for a long time, giving up the elevator and climbing more stairs when commuting to work is actually a good way to exercise." He Liangliang said that for the statement that climbing the stairs will damage the knees and other joints, He Liangliang does not agree, "Compared with running a marathon, the impact of climbing the stairs on the joints is smaller, as long as you measure your strength, it should only be beneficial and harmless!" ”
As early as the end of 2018, Wuhan held an international invitational event for a vertical marathon. After the success of the first "early adopter", in order to let more people understand and participate in this fashion sport, the organizers of this event launched this competition for more vertical marathon enthusiasts and the general public in Wuhan Optics Valley New World after active preparations, and received a warm response, and finally a total of 300 runners signed up to participate. In addition to the professional group, the competition also produced champions in the volkswagen group and the team group.
Outside the track, diving Olympic champion Liu Huifeng and Taijiquan world champion Gong Shun were also invited to cheer and send blessings to the event. Ren Yanpeng, deputy general manager of Star Crown Union (Wuhan) Sports Technology Co., Ltd., one of the organizers of this event, said: "We hope that through this competition, more Wuhan citizens will recognize, experience and love the vertical marathon, and even join the sports boom of the vertical marathon, so that upward climbing becomes an attitude of life, climbing hard together, and witnessing a different city skyline!" ”