Run Out of My Life - Chapter 340

    July 16, 2007.

    Rethymno, Crete, Greece.

    This is a tourist city that still maintains its old aristocratic appearance, with buildings dating back to the 16th century, a small Venetian harbour and narrow streets, tall arched ornate porticos, full of The stone staircase with the baptism of the years, as well as the many Byzantine and Greco-Roman ruins, attract many tourists from all over the world.

    Among them, the Minoan civilization centered on Gidonia in the east of Rethymno is known as the Museum of Modern Antiquities and is surrounded by many academic researchers.

    As a tourist city, the scenery of Rethymno is self-evident. The whole city has only a population of more than 40,000. Living conditions.

    However, in such a slow-paced city, at this moment, in the city’s most modern stadium, there is a competition at the limit of human speed.

    Vardinogianneia track and field competition, a track and field competition for international players held every year in Rethymno. , a small event belonging to the ninth level.

    In the Rethymno Stadium, before the men’s 100-meter starting line, eight sprinters from all over the world are gearing up for their final preparations.

    Because of the low level of the game and the limited local population of Rethymno, the number of spectators watching the game in the stadium was only a few hundred people, and the seats in the large spectator seats were empty.

    But in the face of such a deserted stadium, among the eight players waiting for the game, a tall black young man who was much taller than the other players had an extremely serious expression, his lips moved lightly, and he seemed to be chanting.

    “10 seconds 30, 10 seconds 30, hey, buddy, you can definitely do it, let’s say goodbye to the **** 400 meters from the beginning of this game!”

    “Let’s switch to the short-distance 100-meter event, look, this is the one worth pursuing and become a sprint superstar!”

    “But, don’t be careless, if there is a slight mistake, hey, buddy, what awaits you will be endless pain next season. You are now a man desperate for honor!”

    The head of the black youth was high, and his eyes seemed to pierce the space, looking at the finish line in the distance.

    He felt the excitement of his body, and this excitement, since he made a bet last year, made him train harder and harder!

    He knew what this game meant to him, and not far from his game, his coach Glenn Mills was waiting for him with a scrutiny play of this game.

    That promise, that promise to run 100 meters, is about to start here!

    The first goal set for him by Glenn Mills, a Jamaican national record, was achieved at the National Championships in Kingston on June 24.

    19.75, he broke the Jamaican men’s 200m national record set by Don Quarry at the age of 36. The first condition has been fulfilled, and it is time to implement the second goal that he will achieve.

    “Onyourmarks!”

    The voices of the starters have already sounded, and the game of Rethymno is coming!

    “Come on!” The black youth said to himself silently when he stepped onto the starting line, his eyes were firmer than ever before, this is a short-distance event field that he only occasionally warms up for a run , he had accidentally thought about it when he was young, but was quickly reversed by all the coaches.

    Everyone said he should run 200 meters and 400 meters to become the next “Forrest Gump” Michael Johnson, and he himself always thought so.

    However, the pain of 2003 and 2004 is too unforgettable.

    “Usain Bolt, you have no way out today, never return to the 400-meter track to die!”

    He said to himself fiercely again, strode onto the starting block, bent over and squatted down, looked up at the sky, made a ten on his chest, and the necklace pendant on his neck fell silently.

    Then, lean over, head down, and listen to the gunshots!

    Pop!

    At the moment when the starting gun sounded, he suddenly started to accelerate and rushed out of the track. His long and powerful legs gave him no advantage in starting. At the moment of starting, his speed was not fast. One thing he knew very well.

      In time, he has already taken four steps, and the starting acceleration surpassed him.

    But he didn’t panic at all, this was what he knew early on, even when he ran 200 meters.

    But he knew that soon enough, he would regain the advantage of those who started faster than him.

    His stride started getting bigger and faster!

    Thirty meters, forty meters, fifty meters…

    He ran all the way on the track, he didn’t have time to think about anything at all, he only knew to run hard, move his legs desperately, swing his arms desperately, forget his height and leg length The disadvantage is that all he can think about is the terrifying scene of the coach staring at the stopwatch to supervise his terrifying 700-meter ultra-distance training.

    The 700-meter ultra-distance training, the pain, as soon as he thought of it, he felt like the back of his **** was on fire!

    The distance of 100 meters, under his huge stride, has already crossed the finish line in an instant!

    And in this one, the black young man suddenly discovered that he ran first!

    Slowly slowing down before the finish line, I couldn’t believe I was the first to cross the finish line. Although the other competitors were not the top few in the world, but There are several people he has heard many times, and he even had a confrontation in the 200-meter race.

    They were clearly good at the 100m level, and one even ran under the 10s mark.

    However, the black youth are a little stunned, I won! It was me who won!

    His heart was screaming.

    At this moment, he came back to his senses, and he wanted to see his running results!

    He glanced at the timer with hope and prayer, and then, he was completely stunned!

    The first place, Usain Bolt, scored 10.03 seconds!

    In an instant, the black youth almost raised a huge ecstasy on his face, waved his long arms, and gestured to the not many spectators in the stadium.

    “My little life saved!”

    The first thought flashed in the black youth’s mind, and after running such a good result, he will never have to go back to the 400 meters to suffer again.

    A huge stone that was squeezed on the chest seemed to fall heavily at this moment, the whole person was extremely relaxed and happy, and the body seemed to become lightened.

    “Thank God, I met a great savior!” The black young man thanked silently in his heart.

    On the sidelines, when Glenn Mills saw this result, an expression of disbelief appeared on his round face, and then he also turned into ecstasy.

    “Usain, you really surprised me!”

    From the moment he accepted this apprentice, Glenn Mills discovered the distinctive characteristics and super-long talent of black youth, although he was plagued by injuries and scoliosis at that time , when running, the upper body is not stable enough, and too much energy is lost by shaking from side to side.

    But there is no doubt that he is the best student he has ever brought up in his coaching career.

    From 2004 to now, the third idea, under his training, this sprint rookie who briefly attracted the world’s attention at the World Youth Championship has finally grown into a qualified and The strength to challenge the current top athletes who are talking about a few people.

    10.03 seconds is an unimaginable result for a tall athlete who is six feet five inches tall, and this is just the beginning.

    In the 100-meter training, Glenn Mills is very clear that he has hardly done much targeted training.

    Poor starting reaction, starting acceleration too slow, and the absolute speed of running on the way is not fully developed, but even so, he ran 10.03 seconds!

    If… If further training…

    Glen Mills felt his body tremble slightly, excited and hot, at this moment a brand new road was opened to stand in front of him.

    The greatest and most eye-catching track and field event in the world is undoubtedly the 100-meter event. Compared with the 100-meter, the 200-meter and 400-meter, which are also in the sprint sequence, have a combined popularity. Can’t keep up.

    Only 100 meters will be called the World Trapeze War!

    And now, Glenn Missell seems to see something beckoning, beckoning to him, the coach, to the black young man with a cheerful smile.

      The accumulated heat is now being expelled through sweating.

    “Usain, I never thought you could run in ten seconds and a few.” Glenn Mills grinned and smiled brightly, “I thought you could run in ten seconds. Ten seconds and two…”

    “Then we agreed before, Glenn, you won’t regret it, right?” The black young man looked at Glenn Mills’s smile, and still asked worriedly.

    Glen Mills just smiled and didn’t answer.

    At this moment, he seems to have passed through the river of time, seeing one year later, two years later, three years later…

    But before that, the challenges faced are also not small, ten days ago in Paris, the Golden League…

    …

    The time line rewinds to the first 10 days of Rethymno, in Paris, France, thousands of miles away from Rethymno, the second leg of the 2007 IAAF Golden League in France The Paris competition is in full swing, and the men’s 100-meter trapeze battle that has attracted worldwide attention is about to begin.

    “Director Li, is Powell having a shadow on the Golden League? It’s a bit abrupt to retire before the game!”

    Zhang Pingqiu relaxed and said to Li Zhizhong, who was standing by and waiting for the men’s 100m runner to enter.

    Li Zhizhong’s face is not necessarily relaxed, but when he heard Zhang Pingqiu’s question, he still had a smile, “This is really hard to say, you have to say that Powell didn’t consider Su Zu, It’s definitely not realistic, but this year, Powell has won Su Zu once in New York, so he should have confidence. But it is also possible that he wants to make some reservations and wait until the World Championships!”

    Li Zhizhong regrets that Su Zu lost to Powell this year. For competitive athletes, winning and losing are more important than the sky. If Su Zu maintains a winning attitude towards Powell, Powell’s fundamentals There will be no competition for Su Zu. But let Powell win once, and that mentality is likely to change.

    However, from the current situation, even if Su Zu’s performance is obviously declining, Powell still seems to have concerns. Su Zu did not participate in the Golden League in Oslo Station, and Powell won the championship with a score of 9.94 seconds , and raving about to get the million dollar prize and the world championship.

    And when Suzu of the Golden League in Paris confirmed his participation, Powell suddenly announced his withdrawal. Although the organizers of the Paris race said that Powell was injured at the Jamaica track and field championships last month, he will miss the Rome race that starts on the 13th, but it will not affect his participation in the next month’s 25th in Osaka, Japan. World Championships.

    The meaning here is very intriguing.

    Whether Asafa Powell gave up the Golden League in order to prepare for the World Championships, eager for a championship, or because of Su Zu, he could not avoid the war, and it is unknown to outsiders.

    There are many people who want to win against Suzu, and there is no doubt that one of them is Asafa Powell. Although he has won a game this year, he is almost as good as facing Suzu last year. Complete defeat is nothing.

    But up to now, Li Zhizhong, Zhang Pingqiu and others can only think about it like this. After all, whether Powell is really a groin strain is not easy for outsiders to judge, and compared to Asafa Powell, next Su Zu’s own situation is the most important part.

    With the sound of the live broadcast, on July 6, 2007, the men’s 100-meter race of the IAAF Gold League in Paris, France kicked off.

    Su Zu stood on the fifth track in the middle of the nine tracks, standing in the middle of the arena, and the noise was warm.

    At this time, the eyes of countless people at the scene fell on him. As the first non-black player to set the men’s 100m world record, he won the gold league in six races last year.

    Although many media in Europe and the United States are questioning Su Zu’s achievements with various voices at this time, some media with ulterior motives or want to make big news are not absent, but as long as Su Zu stands on the track and field, he will Naturally, it will be the center of attention for all media and audiences.

    Whether it’s a TV broadcast in France or a live big screen, almost after the 9 players appeared on the track, more than one third of the time has been capturing Su Zu’s expression .

    Some of the abnormal media opinions mostly come from Su Zu’s consecutive defeats in recent Grand Prix races, and doubts that he did not run the 10-second mark.

    But in fact, this is simply not tenable.

    In the Golden League in Oslo on June 15th, except for Asafa Powell who ran 9.94 to win the championship, other players such as Obikviru, Fasuba , Mark Lewis and other players are also in 10 seconds 06, 10 seconds 25 away.

    The reason why Su Zu became passive is that after the 2004 Olympic Games, his performance was so unbelievable that he basically did not drop 10 seconds. After Su Zusan broke the world record, he almost became the target of global attention.

    From the perspective of the media, you can attract people’s attention. From the perspective of concern, especially from the perspective of domestic concern, what they hope at the moment is that Su Zu can continue to run faster, win the championship, break the world record, and cannot bear the decline in his performance.

    “There was a time when we thought about when the national record would be broken. The Asian men’s sprint record is Chinese, but when you get the world record, the performance has dropped a little bit, and people will I can’t forgive you.

    We see you, all victories, championships, records! And when you fail to realize people’s hopes, many people forget that an athlete is not a god, no matter how talented he is, no matter how stable his performance is, there will eventually be a day when his performance declines.

    Su Zu’s coach Li Zhizhong said that this was the reason why Su Zu took the initiative to adjust the rhythm, but everyone didn’t understand, so one day Su Zu couldn’t run, was injured, and his grades declined Now, after retiring, everyone still has to force such expectations on one person…? “

    A domestic netizen once commented on Su Zu’s harsh requirements recently, and many people clicked the support button.

    At the moment, Su Zu doesn’t know the remarks of some black trolls on the Internet. In other words, even if he really knew, he would not pay attention to it.

    What he is thinking about at this moment is how to continue to run well in the next game after game, until next month’s World Championships, use the game as a substitute, and thoroughly familiarize himself with the new The rhythm of all the skills into the body’s instinct.

    Only in this way can he keep improving and surpassing.

    The 2007 World Championship is undoubtedly the most important game in his career. For Su Zu now, he is going to run this Osaka World Championship, which is better than Participating in the Athens Olympics for the first time since 2004 was much more difficult.

    At that time, he was just a fledgling, and every step forward was setting records.

    And now he has shouldered the expectations of countless people, and a heavy burden has fallen on his shoulders.

    In more than a month, Su Zu also understands that he has reached the most critical moment. Now these rumors are nothing, but if the World Championships fails, I am afraid it will cause some damage to him in the future. influences.

    Love is deep, hate is all. Su Zu experienced Liu Yangyu’s retirement from the competition, and also learned some things about other athletes in the 1980s and 1990s from the coaches and other athletes.

    It’s not that the Chinese people are not tolerant enough, it’s just that at a certain point of time, everyone can’t accept it, but all this, over time, probably everyone can understand.

    “I’m not just running for myself!”

    Su Zu has already understood this point, and now, it is time to forget about the previous honors and play with a low mind again!

    No longer Powell, Gatlin, Tyson Gay, these players are my opponents, and everyone who is on the same starting line with me, no matter what their best results are, They will all be my competitors.

    Beat them and win the championship, that’s what I’m going to do next!

    The audience at the Stade de France was cheering with a live broadcast introducing a named athlete!