On August 8, 2021, at 7:00 a.m. local time, odori Park in Sapporo, Japan, the men's marathon of the Tokyo Olympics was shot on time. The 200 elite runners of the highest caliber are on the olympic stage at the highest level to the supremacy of honor.
Tokyo Olympic Marathon First Group
At 16 kilometers, Dajie adopted a follow-up strategy and hid in the first group. At 25 kilometers, Dajie is in 19th place, still saving physical strength. At 28 km, it began to accelerate, and at 30 km, it chased to ninth place. Speeding up again after 10 kilometers is the usual race strategy of Dajie, and this time is no exception.
At 37 kilometers, it was chased to the sixth place, and Kipchoge in front of him rode in the dust and led the way. At 40.9 kilometers, the marathon has entered the final sprint stage, and the big forced Jie has a fork in the gas and begins to press the abdomen with one hand. The big forced Jie to fight too fiercely, high pace brings high consumption, coupled with a long period of high heart rate has made his physical strength approaching the limit, the only support for running at this time is willpower.
Physical fitness has reached its limit
The moment we crossed the finish line, the time was frozen at 2 hours, 10 minutes and 41 seconds, and the sixth time was completed. As the first person in Asia to cross the finish line, Dajie did not suppress his emotions in the post-race interview, choking: "Although I did not win a medal in this final battle, I believe that someone will be able to do it in the future."
There are regrets but I have tried my best
He has regrets, he has unwillingness, he wants to make history in the final battle on the doorstep too much, because under the african talent, he has been suppressed for too long, and he wants to turn over. Dajie has done the ultimate and done his best, and this achievement is dazzling enough to win glory for Asia.
At the peak of his career, not everyone can choose to retreat at this time. His reason is that after so many years of training and competition, he owes too much to his family, and he needs more time to spend with his wife and children, and focus his work on the cultivation of future marathon talents.
Communicate with the coach
Never accept defeat, the great forced Jie, who ran alone for 20 years, also created a series of records with hard work. In 2018, he ran 2 hours, 5 minutes and 50 seconds, successfully entering the 2 hours and 6 minutes mark, setting a new Asian record. Two years later, it set a new record again with 2 hours, 5 minutes and 29 seconds. Although he was broken by Kengo Suzuki a year later in 2 hours, 04 minutes and 56 seconds, this person did not qualify for the Olympic Games.
Joy after winning
Dajie's running career is dazzling and brilliant, and there is inherent in his perseverance behind it, but a spark of eternal first place in his youth has long been deeply buried.
01. The first place is fun
When he was in elementary school, he began practicing japanese favorite baseball, but because he often ran hardball, he accidentally discovered his running talent. In his book "Running, Worrying, and Discovering Things", he once recalled: "When I was in the fourth grade of elementary school, sprinting competitions were first place, and once I ran second, I was very unwilling. Since then, I have been writing the first on the palm of my hand, and when I get up in the morning, I will write the first on the palm of my hand before going to school, and my attachment to the first has not changed so far. ”
I was competitive as a child
02. Leave Japan only to become stronger
Dajie, who is already the top long-distance runner in Japan, realizes that the gap between himself and the high-level athletes in Africa is still very large, it is not interesting to be the first person in Japan, and being the world's first talent is the ultimate goal. So, in 2015, he traveled to a foreign country and joined the Nike Oregon program, training with Ethiopian competitions and Kenyan masters.
Train hard and lonely
In 2017, Dajie turned to the marathon and chose Boston for the first time, and finally finished third with 2 hours, 10 minutes and 28 seconds. In the same year, he won the third place in the Fukuoka Marathon, ran 2 hours and 8 minutes, and successfully became one of the world's top marathon runners.
In 2018, Daisuke continued to shine on the field, breaking the Asian record of 2 hours, 6 minutes and 11 seconds set by his compatriot Yuta Shiraku half a year ago and the domestic record of 16 years in Japan, and he ran a time of 2 hours, 5 minutes and 50 seconds.
In 2019, the state of dajie fluctuated, and in March he retired from the race in East Malaysia due to heavy rains and lack of temperature. At the end of August, the Japanese Marathon Grand Prix only finished third, but because no one broke the 2 hours, 5 minutes and 50 seconds, Daisuke automatically won the third place to qualify for the Olympic Games.
2019 East Horse Folding
In 2020, the Tokyo Marathon, the big forced Jie made a comeback, but also the first half of the dormant, once fell out of the first group, 38 kilometers also appeared forked, and finally came down, constantly overtaking the opponent, 2 hours 5 minutes and 29 seconds, broke their own record two years ago, won the fourth place, the first place in Japan, officially announced the return of the king.
2020 The Return of the King of East Malaysia
03. Running is the refraction of life
DaJie once said: "Running is a very lonely and hard thing. Sometimes, you can worry about the long road that follows, but because of this, the joy and sense of accomplishment at the end of the line is even more special. It's the same as life. ”
"Things that can only be discovered after running and worrying"
In the interview, he also gave the following advice to the runners: "Don't be too anxious, the more you train, the faster you run, not necessarily faster on the track, set reasonable goals step by step, train solidly, and look forward to your next performance." ”
Dajie has a lofty goal, the courage to constantly break through himself, and a firm attitude towards life. He loves his family, takes care of his family, and treats everyone around him well.
Write at the end:
Sometimes I wonder what is the point of running a marathon? Tired to death, what is the picture? When I actually started running, from 3 km, 5 km, 10 km, to 35 km, I slowly began to understand.
Running is hard, and I especially want to give up when I can't hold on, but the end point is there, and running past is...
Never give up!