Chen Pengbin, the god of extreme running in Zhejiang: When you feel that the risk is great, you must learn to give up

Chen Pengbin. Infographic

"I've been paying attention to this in the morning [Gansu Baiyin Mountain Marathon Accident], from the initial 16 people killed to now announcing that 21 people were killed, which is the most tragic day in the history of the marathon." As the champion of the Antarctic 100 km extreme marathon, the first Chinese to win the international extreme marathon championship, and the first extreme runner in the world to complete the "Seven Continents Extreme Marathon Grand Slam", Chen Pengbin, the runner of the Yuhuan In our province, has participated in countless marathon events, he said that as a runner, he must always put the safety of life first, and choose to give up if necessary. In some high-altitude events, ordinary runners should choose carefully.

With more and more domestic marathon events, the level of runners through the usual training is also getting higher and higher, the choice of events in addition to the scenery, there will be difficulty considerations. In fact, racing at high altitudes is not easy to run, it has more uncertainty and risk.

"Anyone who has traveled to the northwestern provinces by car knows that sometimes turning over a mountain is like going through four seasons, and the weather changes very much. The Yellow River Stone Forest 100-kilometer cross-country race in Gansu has an altitude of more than 2,000 meters, and the higher you go, the lower the temperature, not to mention the extreme weather such as hail, freezing rain, and strong winds, and the difficulty of the runners can be imagined. At this time, persistence and abandonment are dilemmas. ”

Chen Pengbin said that this selection criterion is indeed difficult to grasp, only based on experience, but when you feel that the risk is very large, you must learn to give up, and this decision is sometimes more difficult than winning the championship. "Unless you get to the rescue point soon ahead and you continue to move forward; otherwise, try to retreat down the hill as far as you can."

I remember the first time I went abroad to participate in the Tour de Blanc competition, more than 300 people withdrew from the competition of more than 700 people, and there was a change in the weather at that time, and some players thought that they were not able to continue to finish. In a 100-kilometer extreme marathon in the United Kingdom, Chen Pengbin himself also made a decision to withdraw after running 90 kilometers due to injury, "At that time, on the one hand, it was beyond the closing time, but also because of the aggravation of injury." ”

The snowy mountain plains are still one day, and the winter calendar is summer and one night... There are many high-altitude events in foreign marathons, and Chen Pengbin said that to participate in such events, the preparation work is very important and must be paid attention to.

"Oxygen is thin at high altitudes, so it is necessary to adapt to it a few days in advance; the first aid materials necessary for the event should be taken seriously." Off-road races often require the preparation of outdoor first aid blankets, distress signals, mobile phones, compasses and other items, if from the perspective of pursuing results, runners will often buy those disposable, lighter items, and some even feel that they do not need to bring. In fact, sometimes it can really save lives.

(The original title is "Zhejiang extreme running god Chen Pengbin has also experienced a distress retirement: learning to give up, sometimes more difficult than winning the championship", the original author Yang Jing. Edited by Wenlin Lu)