Born to Run

June 3, 2005, Eugene, Oregon, USA.

As the nation's "city of track and field", the Hayward Stadium of the University of Oregon hosts numerous track and field events here every year, attracting many track and field athletes and enthusiasts from the United States and even the world.

The 2005 IAAF World Grand Prix Eugene Race was held at the Hayward Stadium at the University of Oregon. The original name of this event was the "Pulifontaine Classic" to commemorate the history of the legendary long-distance runner who passed away. A track and field event named after Tiff Plyfontein.

At the same time, it is also the founding place of sports goods giant Nike. Since 1978, Nike has been the most important sponsor of the "Prifontaine Classic".

Although the game is still tomorrow, the Hayward Stadium of the University of Oregon, at this time, in the huge auditorium, there are already twos and threes of spectators sitting in the stands.

The Eugene Grand Prix will officially start on the afternoon of June 4th, but because there are many track and field enthusiasts around, many people will appear in the auditorium of the University of Oregon one or two days in advance, admiring people from all over the country and the world. The famous people from all over the world will be trained here for adaptability.

Yechin stepped on the runway of Hayward Stadium and felt the quality of the runway at Eugene Station. It was obvious that it was better than the venue he used for training and competition in China.

Moreover, Eugene is close to the Northwest Pacific Ocean and has the characteristics of a Mediterranean climate. The current temperature and humidity make people feel very comfortable.

After encountering Victor Conte at Baylor University, Randy Hunter led Yechin and other team members, did not stay longer, and directly switched to Eugene to start preparing for the game.

Although I heard that the local scenery in Eugene is very poor, Yechin did not go for a stroll during this time, but seriously implemented Randy Hunter's training plan.

Randy Hunter was inspired by Clyde Hart and Michael Johnson, and he was much more clear about the goal of the 400-meter training route after Yechin.

In fact, Randy Hunter once considered changing Yechin's main event to the men's 200m. After all, from the current situation, Yechin's 200m performance is better than 400m.

But Clyde Hart dispelled Randy Hunter’s idea. There is only one main point. 400 meters training will help athletes’ basic physical fitness. It is bigger than 200 meters and more capable of handling dense schedules. .

In the 2003 World Junior Championships and the 2004 World Youth Championships, Ye Qin encountered the situation of rolling the schedule. The reason why he was able to achieve good results in this situation was not without his first practice of 400 meters. relationship.

In terms of training intensity, physical coping, and body muscle tolerance, the 400-meter requirement is even higher. I often run 500 meters or 600 meters at a time when practicing speed tolerance. After a long time training, athletes will not talk about others, at least compared with athletes who run 200 meters. Basically, there will be nothing in the second half. A situation where Cheng's physical fitness is not enough.

One of the biggest problems that young athletes face when they are not fully grown up is physical fitness. Many young athletes who run 100 meters will drift off in the second half after 60 meters, not to mention events like 200 meters.

The 400-meter training method, at least to a certain extent, can make athletes' physical fitness and endurance more antagonistic when dealing with dense races.

However, in the Eugene race this time, Yeqin still ran 400 meters with only one shot.

Yeqin wanted to run two races, but the schedule is the same as the Grand Prix at Eugene Station and Osaka Station. There was no 200m event. Yeqin would have to run 200m and have to wait until the Grand Prix in New York on June 11. Have.

After an afternoon of adaptive training at Hayward Stadium and familiarizing himself with the venue, Yechin did not stay longer.

The entire stadium is tomorrow's home. There are many athletes who come to adapt for training today. There are many black men and women who Yeqin doesn't know. You can see howling figures passing by on the runway.

When I walked to the other side of the field, there were hurdles more than ninety centimeters high on the straight, where the formal hurdle warm-up was located.

"Brother Yangyu, it's almost done!" Ye Qin greeted Liu Yangyu, who had just finished his adaptability training and was sweating before the starting line of the 110-meter hurdles.

"Wait for me, I will run twice!"

Liu Yangyu beckoned to Ye Qin and returned to the starting line, hurrying to prepare to boast a few more hurdles to find the feeling of the game.

Compared with other sprints, the adaptive training of hurdles is relatively more troublesome. The main thing is to set up the hurdles. If athletes need training, they must cooperate with the staff of the venue to seize the time.

In international competitions, sometimes the venue conditions in some places, such as sprint events, are better to say, there are walkers and tracks, basically there is no problem in adapting to the venue connection, but if it is like a 110-meter hurdle, it needs a lot of hurdles Sometimes it is necessary to communicate with the organizer.

Moreover, the height of the hurdles of male and female athletes is different, and the height of the hurdles of the 400-meter hurdles and 110-meter hurdles is also different, and the distance of placement, etc., requires special attention.

Ye Qin heard Liu Yangyu once said that he was participating in a certain indoor track and field competition in Europe. There are a total of 5 tracks available on the indoor 60-meter track. Male and female athletes are crowded together. Three of them are used for 60-meter sprinting. For athletes, the other two are provided for the 60-meter hurdle.

Outdoor grand prix sites like Eugene Station, naturally, will not happen to the situation just mentioned, but coordinating the field fence and so on, relatively speaking, it is still much more troublesome than Yechin.

Standing on the sidelines, Yeqin calmed down and didn't bother to go up. Liu Yangyu and the others arrived at Eugene the day before yesterday. In order to prepare for tomorrow's Eugene station game these few days, they all went to the stadium to train together.

This is also the last training at Hayward Stadium before the game. The stadium will be closed tomorrow morning to debug the equipment, and then open until the afternoon after the official game.

"I heard that you went to Baylor University. How about there? I haven't seen Yang Yao for a long time."

Ye Qin just walked to the sidelines, not far away a middle-aged man with a high forehead walked towards him and asked with a smile.

The question was not someone else, but Liu Yangyu's coach, Ye Qin's familiar coach Sun Chaosheng.

Ye Qin still remembers the advice given by coach Sun Chaosheng to let him participate in more competitions and practice by competition instead of being trapped on the one-acre three-point land in China.

At that time, Nie Fangping didn't have this condition with him, but going round and round finally took an important step towards various competitions abroad this year.

"It's pretty good. Brother Yang is stronger than before. In addition, Coach Cai and several other coaches are pretty good. My coach said that Clyde Hart's coaching level is very high, and he has learned something from him. Less inspiration."

"That's good." Sun Chaosheng nodded. He is from Shenghai. Yang Yao had known him before he joined the national team. He also supported the strategy of "going out" promoted by the Tianguan Center this time.

In his opinion, Yang Yao's talent is not low, but there is no strong pressure to delay the finish line in the domestic arena. This time I hope that Yang Yao can be improved again by accepting the guidance of famous teachers.

After the new generation of athletes grow up, Yang Yao will face more and more challenges. If they can't find their position, they will soon be replaced.

Yeqin has swept the domestic men's 200 meters and 400 meters, which is very exciting for many athletes. Sun Chaosheng had already heard that when he returned to the national team this time, another young 200m athlete from the Yanjing team was about to enter the national team.

The two waited on the sidelines for a while. After Liu Yangyu finished the last run, he didn't linger, and went straight to the sidelines and met.

"Let's go, Ye Qin, first go back to the hotel and take a shower. I will take you to dinner tonight."

"Eating?" Ye Qin glanced at Liu Yangyu curiously, "Will you not eat in the hotel?"

"There are guests coming over tonight, oh, no, it's the host." Liu Yangyu smiled, then turned to look at Sun Chaosheng, "Master, we young people are gathering and chatting tonight, but we won't be with you anymore. "

"Smelly boy, it's so rare for me to say yes." Sun Chaosheng seemed to have known Liu Yangyu's arrangements, and smiled disapprovingly.

The group first returned to the hotel not far from the University of Oregon. Yeqin took the time to wash up in the hotel and greeted Randy Hunter and Chen Zhongzhou. It didn’t take long to see Liu Yangyu had been waiting. outside.

Randy Hunter does not interfere with going out. As an American coach, he is more open in this regard, but he also emphasizes time and will also give Yeqin some necessary common sense of life. But Eugene is relatively safe here, and it's not a big problem. On the contrary, Chen Zhongzhou and the others were somewhat nervous, but after seeing Liu Yangyu together, they didn't say much.

Ye Qin was still a little confused about where Liu Yangyu wanted to take him. As soon as he walked out of the hotel door, he saw a very spacious and tall luxury SUV parked at the door. Seeing Ye Qin and Liu Yangyu coming out, the door of the back seat of the SUV slowly opened, a big hand stretched out and waved at them.

"Let's go!" Liu Yangyu saw the SUV's back seat door opened~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and walked over.

Ye Qin followed the other side, feeling somewhat surprised. The car was very big. After pulling the door, I could find that the two rows of the rear seats of the car were sitting opposite each other. Ye Qin was following Liu Yangyu and was about to get in the car. When he saw the person who had just waved at him clearly, he was stunned.

Founder's broad face, even the very spacious and tall SUV looked a little cramped in the back seat of the opponent, even if the whole person was sitting there, his head seemed to be slightly lowered, as if he was afraid of being booked on the roof.

"Dayao?!" Ye Qin couldn't help but exclaimed.

If Liu Yangyu has become the hottest media darling in the domestic sports industry after the Athens Olympics, then the tall man sitting in the car at this moment can be regarded as the media of China and the United States since 2002. Focus.

"Haha..." The hearty laughter came from the huge crowd in the car, beckoning, "Yechin, right, get in the car first, I wanted to see you last time at the Shenghai Station of the National Indoor Athletics Championships. But I returned home late at the time, and I finally saw it this time."