king of sprint

Chapter 148 Marathon

Pengcheng held the Pengcheng Marathon on February 2005, 2.

The original intention of preparing for this competition is to prevent Yangcheng from holding the National Games. Although the scale and influence are definitely not as large as the National Games, the marathon is a global competition with a large number of participants. Thousands of people started running at the same time in the Civic Center Square.

Although Rousseau is a sprinter and is not good at marathon, what he thinks is that compared with a bunch of non-professional runners, it is still possible for him to hang a "little white horse" to run the whole distance, fight for his physical fitness, and win a championship, right?
Anyway, it's okay to be idle, try it.

Rousseau could only participate in the "half marathon" of the competition, which is 21 kilometers in length. The reason why he could not participate in the "full marathon" was because the full marathon requires participants to be over 20 years old, and the half marathon is over 16 years old.

Then Rousseau asked Lu Jinrong to go through the back door and ran the whole distance, because there was no award for half of the race.

On the day of the race, Rousseau realized that this was not a good situation when he saw a few charcoal-skinned black brothers in the crowd starting with about 3000 people.

"Why are there black people? Are there any black people who look so professional in Pengcheng?" Tian Shiwei didn't come to participate in the marathon, but to watch the excitement. When he saw those black runners whose bodies were as tough as bamboo poles, Tian Shiwei knew Rousseau Ruined.

That's right, in the end, Rousseau's score was 2 hours and 15 minutes, ranking fourth. Two of the top three were athletes from Ethiopia, and the other was from Kenya. African buddies have unique talents in the world in marathons .

But Rousseau still got 1 attribute point.

Because he was the first Chinese male holding a Pengcheng ID card, he won a special award.

After the race, Rousseau found out that the organizer of the Pengcheng Marathon had invited ten international runners to participate, five men and five women, all of whom were professional.

"My fellow citizen, are you happy to have won the first place?" A very young-looking female reporter came to interview Rousseau with a big camera.

"Very happy." Rousseau smiled happily holding the special award trophy that had just been handed out.

"May I ask what your usual job is? Have you ever practiced a marathon? Why can you achieve such a good result? Can you introduce your experience to the audience in front of the TV?" The reporter asked again.

"I usually do a lot of exercise, and I mainly rely on exercise to achieve results. As long as everyone exercises consciously and purposefully, they can have a healthy body." Rousseau said with a smile.

"Thank you very much for accepting my interview. By the way, what is your last name?" The female reporter remembered to ask Rousseau's name.

"My name is Lou." Rousseau said.

"I hope that the citizens of Pengcheng and the audience friends can have a healthy body like Mr. Lu." The female reporter said.

Rousseau, who serves as the background board, raises his arms in a gesture of a bodybuilder.

……

Puchi~

When this episode was broadcast, Juno saw it in the cafeteria, and both she and Zheng Ni burst out laughing.

……

"You are really good. You don't even know Rousseau when you run the sports gate. He is the champion of the 100m, 200m, 400m and 4X100m relay in the National Games. I also wish the citizens and friends have a physique like 'Mr. Lu', People are professional, do you think you can have it?"

The reporter was reprimanded by the director at the TV station.

……

This interview report has been circulated as a classic joke on the Internet for many years to come.

……

Rousseau now has 2 spare attribute points.

But he was too late to get 'Strength' and 'Agility' to 49 and it's still '48/49'.

26 number.

Rousseau has flown to Luxembourg to participate in the Luxembourg Athletics Grand Prix held here.

The game time is the 28th.

However, there is no direct flight from Pengcheng to Luxembourg, and it is necessary to transit in Zurich or Frankfurt. If you think of Zurich or Frankfurt, you have to pass through Abu Dhabi Airport. The whole journey takes more than 22 hours, which is simply torture.

And airfare is extremely expensive.

Especially first class.

The last time Rousseau went to Hiroshima for a competition, he didn’t feel that going out of the country was much more troublesome than going to Pengcheng. This time in Luxembourg, Rousseau completely understood why those internationally renowned sprinters seldom participate in various competitions around the world. .

The first is cost, the second is time, and the third is energy. There are too many things to consume in a game.

Waiting for Luxembourg to appear in Rousseau's sight.

Rousseau had a sense that the journey was worth it.

This is a small landlocked country located in the northwest of Europe, surrounded by France, Germany and Belgium. It is the only remaining Grand Duchy in Europe. It has been painstakingly managed, so it is also known as the country of a thousand castles.

Taking the train all the way, Rousseau saw a completely different scenery from that in China. There are large forests everywhere, which are very beautiful.

"Luxembourg... Rousseau... hey? Old Lu, I heard that this country is a constitutional monarchy. Could you be their long-lost prince?" Tian Shiwei suddenly had a brain hole.

This brain opening almost swallowed Rousseau, and Rousseau was really in no mood to talk nonsense with him.

……

The location of the Luxembourg Grand Prix is ​​located at the Josie Bartel Stadium in Luxembourg City. This stadium is also the permanent venue for the UEFA Champions League and has very complete facilities.

The hotel where Rousseau and others stayed is also well-equipped. There is even a private fitness room for each athlete. .

Rousseau and Lu Jinrong roughly estimated the total cost, and then asked Tian Shiwei to confirm it.

"My dad said that if I continue to prodigal like this, he will kick me out of the house." Tian Shiwei said cheerfully, "I'm stingy, isn't it only a few hundred thousand, it's not enough for him to lose at the poker table all night .”

"...Fortunately, it can be reimbursed." Rousseau and Lu Jinrong sighed together.

The Hiroshima race made Rousseau feel that the cost of playing on the tour was nothing more than that.

This time in Luxembourg, Rousseau fully understood how expensive it is to support a worldwide sport.

"I have to run well." Rousseau muttered while eating thousands of big meals. It wasn't that he ate so expensive on purpose, but that this set meal was stipulated by the organizer of the conference, and athletes could only eat this.

"I'm sorry for the money from the Sports Commission if I don't run well." Rousseau said.

"That's right." Lu Jinrong said.

"I also have to be worthy of my dad." Tian Shiwei said.

Si Rou looked at the three with a smile.

This time the leader is still her.

Watch her communicate with the hotel waiter in a language that none of the three can understand.

Tian Shiwei couldn't help feeling: "Miss Si, you can also understand Luxembourgish, which is amazing."

"There are more than [-] words in Luxembourgish from French, just like the majority of Korean characters come from Chinese. My French is not bad, so I can communicate normally here." Si Rou said with a smile.

All in all great!Tian Shiwei gave a thumbs up.

Si Rou smiled back.

Rousseau felt that the two of them seemed to be having fun.

　One more~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)