The 63-year-old blind man started running: he wanted to know what it was like to run

Source: Chengdu Business Daily

At the age of 63, the blind uncle began running

"I want to know what it's like to run"

"Shiling is a famous massage master." "I often see him buying vegetables alone." "Uncle Luo is completely blind, and he has been circling Qinglong Lake every day for several years." "He's a fierce guy and he's addicted to exercise." ......

As soon as the video was uploaded to Douyin, people nearby came to comment after seeing it. They recognized the uncle running with a blind cane in the video: Luo Jiuxing, 63 years old this year, who went blind around the age of 24.

During the Spring Festival of 2018, Luo Jiuxing went to Qinglonghu Wetland Park for the first time and spent more than an hour from home to the entrance of the park. He went there more than a dozen times and finally had a map in his mind. After hiking in the park for more than two years, in the middle of last month, Luo Jiuxing decided to run, "I want to know what it's like to run." ”

For the first time

Went to the park from home and walked for more than an hour

If it is located near the Qinglonghu Wetland Park, opening the vibrato may be pushed to such a video: someone in the park is running, and a jogging uncle comes to the opposite direction, holding an umbrella in his left hand, holding a coat that has been taken off because of the heat under his arm, and a blind cane in his right hand, making a friction sound when he probes the ground and grass.

"Uncle, are your eyes bad?" The photographer asked. Uncle stopped: "Hey, hello. The photographer encouraged: "Keep running." In this video more than ten days ago, when the photographer and the uncle talked, the uncle was calm and self-assured. Soon, people who knew Uncle Grandpa came to leave a message. "Uncle Luo is completely blind, and he has been circling Qinglong Lake every day for several years." "He's a fierce guy and he's addicted to exercise." ......

"My name is Luo Jiuxing, I am 63 years old this year, and my eyes are not good." Sitting in his own massage parlor, Uncle Luo glanced at the reporter and said. He told reporters that because of diabetes, the cornea of his eyes fell off, "I couldn't see anything since I was about 24 years old, and I was completely blind." ”

As soon as he mentioned the topic of parks, he became excited. "When I was running that day, someone said hello to me and said he was going to take a video for me and post it online, hahaha..." He told reporters, he was only running for more than a month, "It only started in the middle of last month." "Earlier, he just went for a walk in the park.

Luo Jiuxing grew up in Shiling, "The area around the Shu King's Mausoleum and Qinglong Lake used to be farmland, and we went to school nearby. "Time has changed, and in the Spring Festival of 2018, he is ready to go to Qinglonghu Wetland Park for a visit." He inquired about the route and walked from home to the subway "Chengdu University" station, with a traffic light in the middle - the road on Shiling Street was too familiar to him to be familiar with. "Then cross the subway station to the wetland park opposite." Luo Jiuxing told reporters that when he arrived at the subway station, a security guard found him, "escorting me to the exit at the other end." ”

"Ask people all the way." Luo Jiuxing entered the park, "I don't know how to walk in the park, fortunately there are many people during the Spring Festival, so I walk with the crowd and ask when I don't understand." Luo Jiuxing also remembered that although there were many enthusiastic people to help, it took him more than an hour to go from home to the park.

The Qinglong Lake explored by the blind cane was no longer what he looked like when he was a teenager. He groped back and forth more than a dozen times before he finally had a new "map pack" in his mind. "Out of the subway station to the left, take 180 steps to the park entrance, first go over 6 steps, go forward, then go up 6 steps, enter the gate and walk 10 meters to explore the lawn... When I get to Dam No. 1, I can go up the road along the Qinglong Lake and circle the lake..."

This time

He decided to run: "I want to know what it's like to run"

"I have to walk at least 3 times a week." Luo Jiuxing told reporters that the store would open at 9 a.m., so he would come back before then. "I went out after 5 o'clock, because the subway station opened after a while." When I got to the park, I walked around the lake quickly, "more than 7 kilometers, more than 140 minutes." Such an early morning walk lasted more than two years, and Luo Jiuxing made a decision last month: running.

"I'm just curious: can they run, can I run? What's it like to run? Luo Jiuxing recalled the first run, "My heart was nervous. Considering the faster speed, he lengthened the blind cane by about 40 centimeters, "so that it probes farther." He said that the use of blind canes when running is not the same: I slid forward and left and right, exploring possible obstacles, and tapping on the right side from time to time, "I heard the sound of the hard road, and I also had to hear the muffled sound of hitting the lawn, otherwise it would mean that I was running in the middle of the road and needed to lean to the side." ”

"When you're tired of running, take a break, turn into a quick walk, and run again." After a lap like this, "120 minutes, 20 minutes faster than usual, sweating all over my body." Luo Jiuxing said that since then, as long as it does not rain, he has to go to Qinglonghu Wetland Park every morning to run a lap.

Several neighbors also told reporters that Luo Jiuxing did often go to Qinglonghu Wetland Park to run, "all go alone, he can run, that is, run slower." ”

"The fast and slow pace is also adjusting." Luo Jiuxing said that he wanted to run faster, "but in the end, he couldn't see it, if there was someone or an obstacle in front of him, the speed couldn't stop..." Luo Jiuxing said, showing reporters the bump on his calf, "A few days ago, I hit the bicycle in front." ”

Very happy

"I can run too!"

"It's really comfortable to run." Luo Jiuxing said that his mental state has also improved a lot, "I think I can also run, very happy!" "When running, Luo Jiuxing can often meet other runners who come to him," everyone greeted me: 'Teacher Luo, run up.' 'Haha..."

"I'm going to keep running in the future and keep going." After 12:00 noon, Luo Jiuxing said goodbye to the reporter. He closed the roller shutter door of the massage parlor, grabbed his blind cane and fumbled home. He lives alone, his home is a few hundred meters away, he walks along the blind road to a junction, and he has to turn 3 turns.

"I met him on a run, and I admire people like Uncle Luo." Below the vibrato video on the Internet, someone left a message.

Chengdu Business Daily - Red Star News reporter Peng Liang