Chen Pengbin participated in cross-country skiing competitions for the first time. Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang photographed
A year after switching to cross-country skiing, Chen Pengbin waited for the opportunity to make his debut in the world competition. On December 15, Chen Pengbin participated in the International Snow Federation City Cross-Country Skiing China Tour Tianjin Station and won the first skiing result of his career. In an exclusive interview with a reporter from the Beijing News, Chen Penbin bluntly said that the previous idea was a bit simple, and cross-country skiing was much more difficult than running in terms of equipment and technology. Tomorrow afternoon, Chen Penbin will also participate in the Hangzhou race, he knows that his ability is not enough to win medals, but he still hopes to make more people pay attention to cross-country skiing through efforts, and then drive 300 million people to participate in ice and snow sports.
Tuition fees should be paid for the first entry
On December 15, at Tianjin Waterdrop Stadium, Chen Penbin ushered in the first official competition of the International Snow Federation after switching to cross-country skiing.
In October last year, the leaders of the General Administration of Sports approached Chen Pengbin and asked him if he would like to switch to cross-country skiing. Prior to this, Chen Pengbin was an extreme runner who had completed 100 marathons in 100 days and the seven continents extreme marathon. The 40-year-old Chen Penbin hesitated for a moment and agreed, "In this life, there are not many opportunities, and when there is an opportunity, we must seize it." ”
A year later, the name "Chen Pengbin" appeared in the ORDER BOOK OF THE CIS SNOW FEDERATION's City Cross-Country Skiing China Tour. "This is my first official competition," Chen Pengbin was a little excited, and after a year of hard training, he finally had the opportunity to participate in the snow track.
Chen Penbin chose the snowboard for the competition. Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang photographed
When warming up, Chen Pengbin used the snowboard commonly used in previous training. After returning to the waxing room, Chen Pengbin changed into a pair of snowboards, "I used this pair of snowboards during the competition, I just waxed yesterday." Chen Pengbin hoped that this freshly waxed snowboard would allow him to have a better performance, but he did not expect it to backfire.
While waiting to leave, Chen Penbin carefully reviewed the movements, and then called a teammate to help him count the laps, "I'm afraid I'll slip and forget." "The snow quality of the water drop stadium is a little hard, and the snowboard that has just been waxed is slippery and fast, and Chen Pengbin is very uncomfortable." Although the transfer has been more than a year, Chen Pengbin's real time on the snow tracks has not added up to more than three months.
"I can't control it, I can't control it, I can't do the movements in my head." After crossing the finish line, Chen Pengbin said that the movements during training could not be done at all, and he was adapting to this pair of freshly waxed snowboards all the way, "I know now, waxing well may not work, but another pair of snowboards will be better." ”
More than a year after the transfer, Chen Penbin's real snow training time is not long, and the snowboard is rarely waxed, "waxing is a technical job, too exquisite, not that you can skate well if you play fast, you must be able to control the snowboard." ”
At several bends in the snow track, Chen Pengbin was somewhat toe,but fortunately it stabilized again. At a distance of 1.1 kilometers, Chen Pengbin finished in 3 minutes 31 seconds and 34 seconds, which ranked 55th among all 58 finishers, 1 minute and 21 seconds slower than the men's champion Andrei Paranov.
After the race, Chen Penbin has been looking for his name and ranking on the big screen, such an experience is the first time, he said that he had counted how many kilometers he ran before, and probably knew that he could get the first few.
Chen Pengbin, who will also participate in the Hangzhou leg of the City Cross-Country China Tour tomorrow, said that Tianjin was a tuition fee.
The first time chen Pengbin participated, the results were not ideal. Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang photographed
Trail running is very different from cross-country skiing
In the athletes' lounge of the WaterDrop Stadium, when a staff member learned that Chen Pengbin had participated in cross-country running before, they asked him if cross-country running was similar to cross-country skiing? Chen Penbin laughed, "Too much difference! ”
After years of exercise, the 41-year-old Chen Pengbin still maintains a strong body, but he says this is only the most basic condition, "Physical fitness is like a car engine, snowboards and poles are like wheels." No matter how good the engine is, the wheels are square, and you can't walk. ”
Before running in the lap, Chen Pengbin's physical fitness was one of the best, and after coming to the cross-country ski training team, he found that although everyone was transferred, they were excellent team members in various provinces and cities before, and the physical conditions were also very good.
Chen Penbin admitted that he promised to transfer the project before, and indeed thought it was a bit simple, "Running was groped out by me, and I thought that watching the video should also be able to learn to ski, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult." ”
Chen Penbin admits that it is very difficult to switch to cross-country skiing. Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang photographed
When he first practiced skiing, Chen Pengbin asked an old team member where to move first when skiing? The other person's answer is simple - the brain moves first. Chen Penbin thought to himself, "You are playing with me." "But when he started skiing, he knew that when he made the movements, he had to go through it in his head." Chen Penbin said that after he had the technology in his head, he could move forward. Otherwise, just by practicing deadly, no matter how good the physical fitness is, it is useless.
"It's not enough to do these actions a thousand times, ten thousand times, and when you do them a hundred thousand, two hundred thousand times, your muscles will have memories." Chen Pengbin said that he neglected the flexibility of his muscles when he exercised before, which made him very painful when he first started practicing skiing, "Skiing has high requirements for muscle softness. If the muscles are very hard, many movements cannot be done. In this regard, I have to work hard to solve it before I can do anything else. ”
When participating in the Tianjin race, Chen Pengbin had the opportunity to warm up on the slopes with high-level european and American athletes before the competition. Watching people hold up a snow pole and slide far, Chen Pengbin was a little envious, "I also want to be like them, but it is really slippery." You see people's muscles are relaxed, and the accumulation of lactic acid is much less. ”
Before the game, Chen Pengbin said to himself in the warm-up area, "The legs are first powered, and the snow pole is hung on the snow pole through the body after landing, the body is pressed down, and the hand goes down again." Chen Penbin silently read the technical essentials over and over again, but when he arrived on the field, these actions were difficult to make.
In the team, the 41-year-old Chen Pengbin is older than many coaches, which is also an important factor affecting his training. "The older you get, the slower your muscles recover and the much worse your muscle mass. When the movements are not smooth, the muscles are easily stiffened and the blood flow back is slower. Fortunately, Chen Penbin said that he has found a solution and believes that the next promotion will be very fast.
Chen Penbin is confident of getting promoted. Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang photographed
Technical deficiencies should be compensated for through training
In the past few years, Chen Pengbin's influence has been booming in the running circle. After switching to cross-country skiing, Chen Pengbin became a small white one again, and everything had to start from scratch.
Chen Penbin and his daughter. Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang photographed
"(Psychological) gap, you have to say that there is no that is false." In October last year, Chen Pengbin decided to change the project, and the next month he went to Finland with the national training team to train. Although the members of this training team are all cross-discipline, it seems that everyone is on the same starting line, but Chen Pengbin has not received professional team system training after all, which makes him feel a lot of pressure.
Chen Pengbin worked very hard, getting up at 6:30 every morning for 3 to 4 hours of technical training. In an interview, Chen Pengbin repeatedly said that he hoped to learn from a few more coaches, "When the technique is practiced well, there is no gap." ”
If you want to make up for the technical deficiencies, you must increase the training time on the slopes. "The coach told me that everyone started skiing at the age of five or six, and it was really difficult for you to start skiing at this age." Chen Penbin's hometown is Yuhuan County, Taizhou, Zhejiang, and he never saw snow when he was a child, and he couldn't imagine that one day he would be associated with skiing.
"A small downhill scared me to death, it was really a fall all the way." Chen Pengbin clearly remembers the situation when he first went on the slopes. Chen Pengbin's right eye had a clear abrasion on the outside of his right eye, which was left over from training in the snow cave some time ago, and there were more than a dozen similar abrasions on Chen Pengbin's body.
Chen Penbin (right) competes with his opponents in the competition. Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang photographed
Chen Bonbin's main project is cross-country skiing 50 kilometers, known as the snow marathon, of which uphill, downhill and flat distance account for 1/3 each, such a snow track for Chen Bonbin is a great challenge, "downhill when a little scared, uphill and tired half dead, flat land a lot of actions can not be done." ”
Even so, Chen Penbin was still insisting, saying that he had a national flag printed on his chest. In the past, when participating in various running events, Chen Penbin would embroider the national flag on his clothes, but his status as a "self-employed person" made him feel less formal.
On December 15, after representing the Chinese team for the first time in the International Snow League, Chen Penbin pointed to the national flag on his left chest, "This is really representing the national team, certified." ”
Chen Penbin is very aware of his mission, he said that when the leaders of the General Administration of Sports looked for him last year, he also knew that it was difficult to get a good ranking at this age, and what he had to do was to contribute to the participation of 300 million people in ice and snow, "Through my influence, to drive everyone to participate in ice and snow, this is my greater mission." Not to say that I have to get a medal, and that I can't get a medal at the moment. ”
Chen Penbin's current goal is to be selected for the ultra-long distance group of the national cross-country skiing training team, "There are still two years to go before the Beijing Winter Olympics, take your time, I will train hard." After that, Chen Pengbin said that he would also put his focus on running, after all, this is his main sport.
Beijing News reporter Sun Haiguang
Edited by Zhang Yunfeng Proofreader Li Ming