Born to Run

"Oh, I really want to go with them!"

At noon on August 8, Zhuang Wei glanced at the rain that fell from time to time outside the indoor training ground of the athletes village, then looked back at the two figures who were doing warm-up training, and said with sigh.

"Brother Wei, I think you should ask Ye Qin to treat you to a few meals when you look back. If he didn't want to go, you must have eaten it at the embassy now."

Standing beside Ye Qin, Yang Yao, who was doing warm-up with a raised leg lift, couldn't help but burst into laughter when he heard Zhuang Wei's emotion. His inner nervousness was relieved a bit because of the upcoming match.

"Isn't it, if you didn't go there, I should have Chinese food at the embassy. These days steak biscuits are really uncomfortable for my stomach."

Zhuang Weiyuan's face was a little helpless, and it rained heavily in Helsinki early this morning. This is the rainiest day since the start of the World Championships. Fortunately, today's game was all concentrated in the evening, and the Chinese team had a full break because there was no game.

At noon today, the entire Chinese team was invited by the Chinese Embassy in Finland to visit the embassy as a guest.

"You can be content, Brother Wei. The western food here in Finland is considered delicious. It is much better than what I ate when I was in the United States. If you don't believe it, ask Brother Yang."

Ye Qin stood up from the yoga mat and couldn't help laughing as he listened to Zhuang Wei's complaint. He has just completed a set of prone angels and supine angels. The sitting postures alternately raise the legs and the sitting straight legs quickly open and close. This is a dynamic activation exercise of the body. Because of the rain, it is not possible to train outdoors and can only be performed indoors. Basic body warm-up.

Yang Yao let out a few sighs of relief next to him. He heard Ye Qin name his name, and then said: "Wei Ge, Ye Qin is really right. Although there is no Chinese food here in Finland, Western food is indeed better than that in the United States. It's so delicious."

"That won't work. I am so tired of eating every day. You haven't noticed that I have been in Helsinki for a few days, and my stomach has grown." Zhuang Wei shook his head with a sorrowful expression on his face.

Ye Qin and Yang Yao both laughed, especially Yang Yao laughed so much that he couldn't even warm up, and said again and again: "Wei Gewei, we two are not going, it's not the same if you go with the others. Well?"

Since joining Ye Qin's team for training, I found that the atmosphere in this team is much more harmonious and comfortable than before. After contacting him recently, he knew that although the physical therapist Zhuang Wei was a bit funny, there were more such people in a team, and the atmosphere was better.

Zhuang Wei's physiotherapy level is naturally top-notch, and he is not slack at work, but his personality is good and playful, talking funny, and occasionally saying a few innocuous jokes, but it can relieve the dullness of training and the tension before the game.

"This is different." Zhuang Wei shook his head again and again, "If you don't go, I'm sorry."

For Zhuang Wei, who has been eating steak and cheese for several days, originally thought that he should be able to go to the embassy together to have a good Chinese meal, but it was Ye Qin and Yang Yao who had a game tomorrow, and today they had a match at noon. There is no past.

As a member of the delegation, he was also qualified to go to the banquet and have a good Chinese meal, but Yechin did not go there. Randy Hunter and Chen Zhongzhou were also standing not far away discussing the next thing. For the details of the game, he is Ye Qin's physical therapist, how can he follow with that cheeky.

"In fact, the conditions of the sports village for the World Championships are very good." Yang Yao looked at Ye Qin and Zhuang Wei next to him, and chuckled. He had participated in the World Championships in Paris, but the World Championships in Paris was a single room at the time. But the bathroom is shared, which is still a bit troublesome.

On the Helsinki side, there is a room for two people. The bathroom is in the apartment. The room has TV and broadband, Internet access, and the surrounding environment is also good. It can be regarded as better conditions since he went out for the game.

"Well, it's actually almost the same as the Olympic Village for the Athens Olympics last year." Ye Qin nodded as he followed. He has very low requirements for the quality of life and can adapt to various conditions.

Ye Qin and Yang Yao spent some time warming up in the indoor training ground of the athletes' village. Athletes from other countries have appeared one after another and performed simple warm-up training here.

The August 8th race schedule is held in the evening. In addition to the heavy rain today, most athletes from all countries in the athlete villages are basically unable to move, and can only do a simple body warm-up indoors for a period of time to keep in shape.

Athletes in competitive sports do not necessarily say how much exercise is required every day, but the competition is just around the corner and it is necessary to maintain a good physical condition all the time.

Ye Qin and Yang Yao mainly practiced strength in the indoor training ground, and then mainly used the activation exercises to maintain the physical state to maintain the physical machine at a relatively high level.

As the afternoon came and the number of indoor training grounds increased, Randy Hunter and Chen Zhongzhou waved to Ye Qin and Yang Yao and stopped training.

There are a lot of training equipment in the indoor training ground. People are using barbells, dumbbells, and stretchers for strength training. There are many people running in front of a 60-meter track. It is unavoidable that there will be stumbling collisions, interference or interference. The accident happened and everyone was ready to leave first.

Tomorrow is the start of the competition. This time is a critical time. The general strength and speed of athletes are much higher than that of ordinary people. If they break out, if there is no control, unnecessary troubles will easily occur when there are too many people.

Yechin also understands this. Why did Yousei Bot be eliminated in the first round of preliminaries at the 200m in the Athens Olympics last year? It is said that someone suddenly appeared in front of his runway during outdoor training and was unable to dodge. Although the muscle sprain did not seem to be a big problem at the time, it eventually led to his performance on the court.

After packing up their things, a few people were ready to walk out of the indoor stadium.

On the way, Randy Hunter talked a little about Yechin’s two projects. Although at present, Yechin may not be realistic to run two projects. Physical fitness is one aspect. Such a weather environment Not adapting to the next is also one aspect.

Ye Qin knows this too, but for the time being, he hasn't directly said which one it is. He wants to wait until tomorrow's pre-race is over.

On August 10th, the men’s 200-meter semifinal and semi-final will be the first, and the 400-meter semi-final will be at the end. His plan is to give up the 400 meters if physical problems do occur by then.

Having prepared such a 400-meter tempo and pace, if he gave up the project like this, he would still be unwilling in his heart.

As soon as a few people arrived at the door, they suddenly heard Zhuang Wei cried out in surprise, "Where's the umbrella? Where is our umbrella?"

Ye Qin and Yang Yao were also a little strange. When they went out, they brought umbrellas from the station and placed them on the umbrella stand at the entrance of the training base.

Although the indoor training ground is not too far away from their apartment building where the Chinese delegation is located in the Athletes Village, it is definitely not possible to go back under such pouring rain.

Not to mention that Ye Qin and Yang Yaogang have finished their warm-up training. They are not suitable for a soak. Even if other people are under such heavy rain, there is no need for them.

"It should have been taken away." Several people took a look, probably all guessing.

On such a heavy rainy day, the indoor training ground is a public place, and many people come and go. It is estimated that others will just go with them.

"Excuse me...you...are you looking for your own rain gear?"

Just as Yeqin frowned, they were about to stand at the door and wait for a while, when suddenly a girl in a blond ponytail stammered and asked them. The girl seemed to be a little introverted, bowing her head when she spoke to several people.

"Hello, we need to go back to our apartment, but the rain gear was taken away." Ye Qin listened to the girl's stumbling English, and then explained to the other party.

It can be seen that the other party should be a volunteer working in the athlete's village. To be honest, only after leaving the country will you know that many people in Europe can speak English, but not everyone has a good command of it. The official languages ​​of Finland are Finnish and Swedish.

"Okay, I understand." The female volunteer nodded beside her, expressing her understanding, and quickly took out a Nokia mobile phone and started making calls.

Not long after, Ye Qin and others saw a passenger car similar to a van slowly approaching the door.

The female volunteer first apologized to Yeqin and the others, and then invited them to get on the bus, saying that the vehicle would take them directly to the station. In fact, the total distance was only 700 or 800 meters, but such a heartwarming move Unanimously ushered in everyone's praise.

In the car, Chen Zhongzhou talked about his previous experience of traveling in several Nordic countries. Among them, he had a very bad impression of Sweden and had the experience of being driven out of the hotel by poor communication, but he had encountered extremely bad experiences in Finland. Something humane.

An Asian tourist took a family to travel in Finland and took a train from Helsinki to Rovaniemi. Because he was not familiar with the place, he accidentally took the station. The next stop of the train was a small station about 40 kilometers away. There was no waiting room. The outdoor temperature at that time reached minus 21 degrees. And because of the tourist forgetting, even if it reaches the next stop, it is difficult to find a place to stay in the middle of the night.

A skilled salesman, thinking that the train from Rovaniemi to Helsinki will soon meet with his own car, he immediately contacted the train attendant of the other side and obtained the approval of the Traffic Management Bureau to serve the Asian tourists and his The family changes cars.

At night, in the snowy forest in northern Finland, two opposing trains met and stopped. The flight attendants braved the severe cold to help the whole family of Asian tourists quickly switch vehicles.

This made everyone in the car feel that Finland feels good. The Finns seem to be introverted and not good at socializing, but they are really enthusiastic.