Chapter 485 Beijing Spring Festival Race Around the City
"Marathon?"
"The horse-drawn ox-drawn race is called the Beijing Spring Festival Race around the city. It was held in response to the above-mentioned initiative to "enhance people's physical fitness, change customs, and celebrate the festival." It has a history of several years. It is similar to the marathon abroad.
The tree has nothing to do with the robe contest."
In the factory director's office, while drinking Lai Gao broken tea, Li Donglai understood after Factory Director Yang's explanation.
Since 1956, a long-distance running competition has been held in Beijing every year before the Spring Festival.
The race starts from Tianmen, passes through Xidan, Xisi, Pinganli, Di'anmen, Tieshihutong, Mishi Street, Dongdan, and finally returns to Tianmen, with a total distance of 12,000 meters.
This social competition was jointly initiated by seven news organizations and set a precedent for early large-scale mass long-distance running activities in the country. It attracts workers, farmers, scientific and technological personnel, soldiers, government cadres, teachers and students to participate every year.
Starting in 1965, due to the large number of participants, the organizing committee had to temporarily decide to divide the competition into three competition areas: Tianmen, Workers' Stadium and Beijiao Xueyuan Road.
The steel rolling mill is located near South Tongluo Lane and belongs to the Workers' Stadium competition area. At least fifty workers are sent to participate in the competition every year.
Director Yang picked up the enamel jar and took a sip, his face filled with joy.
"This year your laboratory has won glory for our steel rolling mill and received praise from the ministry. The factory has decided to allow your laboratory to send five researchers to participate in the long-distance running competition."
A long-distance running race of 12,000 meters, wouldn’t that cost the lives of those researchers?
In the laboratory, except for him and Buffett, other researchers did not pay attention to physical exercise at all.
For such an important competition, I heard that there were reporters from TV stations and newspapers at the scene.
Other factories and workshops will definitely send elite soldiers and generals to participate.
Once they take part in a long-distance race, the researchers in the steel rolling mill laboratory are sure to finish last.
Of course, the emphasis on participation is just to comfort those losers.
Everyone who participates in the competition does not want to win the championship.
Just as Li Donglai was thinking about politely refusing, he heard Factory Director Yang continue: "In order to prove the importance we attach to this competition, the factory committee has decided that all comrades participating in the competition will be given twenty kilograms of coupons, ten kilograms
Gas stamps, a subsidy of two kilograms of meat stamps, and the rewards for comrades who get the highest ranking will be doubled."
Li Donglai swallowed his words and asked: "What if we win the championship?"
"Champion...cough, I really haven't thought about this problem." Director Yang frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then his face became relieved.
Just kidding, among the contestants who participate in the competition every year, many are from the long-distance running teams of the physical education colleges of major universities, and some even have achieved good rankings in long-distance running competitions.
for example.
In the first Beijing Spring Festival race around the city, Zhang Wei, a teacher from Changxindian Technical School, won the championship with a time of 46 minutes, 34 seconds and 6 seconds.
The second place winner was Dong Yaolu, a student from the Coal Mining Department of BJ Mining College, with a time of 46 minutes, 40 seconds and 7 seconds.
The third place was Sun Keyi from the Central Institute of Physical Education, with a time of 48 minutes, 9 seconds and 1 second.
They are all professionally trained.
It would be great for nerds like Li Donglai and others in the laboratory to finish the whole race.
Do you need to consider things that are impossible to happen?
He waved his hand and said: "If your laboratory really gets the championship medal back, starting from next year, all members of your laboratory will get 1 pound more meat per month."
....One pound of meat! Li Donglai’s eyes widened and he clenched his hands.
A pound of meat coupons may not seem like much, but conditions have been difficult in the past two years. Even if they are in "high-paying" occupations, laboratory researchers can only receive half a pound of meat coupons every month.
The energy consumption of mental workers is no less than that of manual workers.
Even though Li Donglai had tried every means to benefit the laboratory, several researchers who were already in weak health still looked shabby due to lack of nutrition.
In high-intensity work, you need a good body.
besides.
When Buffett was in North America, he was a merciful man.
These days, I am so greedy for meat that my eyes are flashing green, and once I even set my sights on Zhang Qingcui’s pet white rabbit.
On a dark and stormy night, Buffett extended his evil claws to the innocent little white rabbit...
He was bumped into by Patrol Team Liu.
Buffett didn't touch a hair on his rabbit, had a big bump on his head, and wrote a 500-word review that cost him his life.
If there was a pound of meat every month, Buffett might not have to steal rabbits...
After Director Yang finished speaking, Li Donglai stood up and nodded heavily: "Director, we have participated in this competition. The rewards are not important. What is important is to respond to the call from above, strengthen your physique, change customs, and celebrate the festival.
The important thing is to show the spirit of our steel rolling mill workers who are not afraid of the severe cold, work hard, and strive for progress."
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Factory Director Yang looked at Li Donglai and was silent for a long time, then said: "I am very pleased that you have such ideological awareness..."
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Back to the lab.
Li Donglai immediately asked Zhang Qingcui to invite all the researchers to the conference room.
He told the story of the Spring Festival race around the capital, and then his sharp eyes flashed across the faces of the researchers.
"Director Yang has instructed us that we must do everything we can to win the championship. If we can win the championship, we will issue one more meat ticket every month in the future."
"A meat ticket!"
"hiss...."
The researchers all became energetic and stood up suddenly.
"Rush..." Buffett, who had been dozing off, suddenly woke up.
Seeing the enthusiastic performance of the comrades, Li Donglai nodded with satisfaction: "We have five places. Comrades who are good runners can sign up. We will try to win the championship."
"Meat, meat... When I was in college, I practiced long-distance running. I signed up." Buffett lived up to his high expectations and raised his hand first.
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! To Li Donglai's dismay, no one raised their hands except Buffett.
But this is enough, only one person is needed to be the champion.
With the blessing of the Barefoot Doctor System, Li Donglai's physical strength far exceeds that of ordinary people, and his durability has also been greatly extended.
Although I have not specifically tested my long-distance running level, when I exercised with Ding Qiunan, I clearly felt that I was several times better than the average person.
He is still a little confident about winning the championship.
"Zhang Qingcui, Professor Wang Yang...and Professor Liu, you three will participate in the competition with us."
After randomly selecting five people, Li Donglai took the five people to the empty playground behind the steel rolling mill.
It was originally planned to be transformed into a gymnasium, but later because the steel rolling mill might have to be relocated, the renovation project was stopped, leaving only a half-repaired track.
The crude runway is more like a relatively flat path than a runway, and the path is overgrown with weeds.
The 12,000-meter running race was considered a long-distance running race in later generations.
The running distance is equivalent to a quarter of a marathon.
In particular, the competition format is very similar to a marathon, with thousands of people starting off at the same time and sprinting towards the finish line.
Li Donglai decided to pass on his marathon experience to them.
"Before long-distance running, you should do "warm-up" activities, take deep breaths, and do squats to make the joints and muscles of the upper and lower limbs relaxed and elastic to prevent sports injuries."
Zhang Qingcui and the others were a little confused. Isn't running something you are born with? Just open your legs and run. Is there so much emphasis on it?
Buffett's eyes lit up. He had received professional long-distance running training and knew that what Li Donglai was talking about was scientifically verified experience.
Seeing that Buffett followed Li Donglai in doing "warm-up" activities, Zhang Qingcui and others also followed suit.
Li Donglai taught them and explained: "When you start running, don't accelerate suddenly. You should start slowly and then quickly. During running, you should take deep breaths and breathe rhythmically. You can use the two-step-one-breath method, and the three-step-one breath method, that is,
Take two or three steps and keep breathing in, take another two or three steps and keep breathing out."
"The weather is cold now. In order to prevent the cold wind from pouring into your stomach, do not open your mouth wide to breathe when running. You should open your mouth half-open and touch the upper teeth with your tongue."
Zhang Qingcui was amazed when she heard this: "I didn't expect that a simple running has so many details."
After the activity, Li Donglai also felt warm, stood up, took a breath, and said: "There are no simple things in the world. One thing seems simple, but if you want to achieve it to the extreme, it will take a huge amount of energy."
"Next, I want to talk about what formation we should use in the game."
"Formation?" Zhang Qingcui looked confused.
Li Donglai pointed at Buffett: "Old Ba, you have to learn a lesson from Comrade Qingcui."
Ever since Buffett stretched out his claws on the little rabbit, his relationship with Zhang Qingcui has become tense.
Buffett knew that Li Donglai specially gave him the opportunity to explain in order to ease the relationship between himself and Zhang Qingcui.
He straightened his expression and said loudly:
"Comrade Zhang Qingcui, you are also a scientist and have studied physics. You should know that the atmosphere has resistance.
When we run fast, we are subject to atmospheric resistance.
Running formation can take advantage of the formation to reduce air resistance and improve the speed and endurance of long-distance runners.
Specifically...a formation consists of a leader and a group of followers.
The leader is responsible for leading the race and at the same time opening a channel for followers to reduce air resistance and increase speed."
"In this way, players with championship potential located in the center of the formation will receive the best running environment because they will receive the least resistance."
"Especially in the winter in our capital city, the wind level often reaches level six or level seven. It is necessary to effectively use the formation in long-distance running competitions."
This time not only Zhang Qingcui, but also Professor Wang Yang and Professor Liu had their eyes widened.
Professor Liu, who has always been calm, couldn't help but admire: "...Is there anyone really studying this thing?"
Professor Wang Yang, who once undertook national key projects, frowned and had a thoughtful look on his face.
Li Donglai chuckled and pointed at Professor Wang Yang: "Lao Wang, please explain to Lao Liu why you spend so much energy studying the problem of wind resistance."
The steel rolling mill laboratory brings together professors and scholars from various subjects. As the director, Li Donglai, the most common way to improve the level of researchers is to let them learn from each other.
Professor Wang Yang wiped the sweat from his forehead and looked at Professor Liu seriously: "Professor Liu, have you ever heard of aerodynamics?"
"Of course I know this. It is a branch of mechanics. When I was in college, I studied it for a period of time with my tutor." Professor Liu hesitated: "But aerodynamics mainly studies how aircraft interact with air or other gases.
The force characteristics under motion, the flow patterns of gases and the accompanying physical and chemical changes."
"...To put it simply, it is to study the stress of the aircraft in the air, which is of great significance to the study of fighter design."
Wang Yang nodded: "Don't you think the formation design for long-distance running is also a type of aerodynamics?"
"This..." Professor Liu was silent for a moment and said with a wry smile: "I was negligent and forgot that scientific rules are universal."
Professor Liu continued: "But what exactly is this formation and what is its principle?"
He also became energetic at this time.
Over the years, Professor Liu has come to the steel rolling mill laboratory and become a researcher studying drugs.
But he still has not forgotten his dream, which is to design a fighter jet with superior performance.
Since the long-distance running formation needs to comply with aerodynamics, in the process of studying the formation, you can also draw inspiration for designing combat effectiveness by analogy.
Li Donglai saw that everyone was paying attention to the formation, and then explained slowly:
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "There are more than a dozen formations for long-distance running. The formation we are going to use this time is called "Breaking Wind Formation".
It adopts a V-shaped rabbit position, which conforms to the aerodynamic vortex principle.
The V-shaped stance will produce a greater windward effect, that is, holding the wind.
In this way, due to the difference in airflow speed between the inside and outside of the V-shape, air vortices will be generated on both sides of the V-shape.
The main player in the vortex can use the vortex to produce a boost effect similar to airflow."
This time even Buffett looked confused after hearing this.
When he was in college, he learned many formations.
However, those formations can reduce wind resistance to a certain extent.
I have never heard of any formation that can produce airflow boosting effect.
He looked at Li Donglai and reminded: "Director, are you exaggerating? Can this formation change the direction of the wind?"
"Come on, let me explain it to you." Li Donglai also became more energetic, but here was the wilderness, there was no blackboard or pen and paper.
Zhang Qingcui found a branch from the field: "Use this."
Li Donglai took the branch and started drawing on the soft soil.
"You see this is a V-shaped rabbit position. When the wind blows from the front and is blocked by the human body, it will appear in an arc direction and fly to both sides... As a result, a gas vortex is generated."
"We assume that the wind speed is 8 meters per second, and the converted gas vortex is...0.5 meters per second..."
It is only 0.5 meters per second, which seems inconspicuous, but all the researchers present understand how difficult it is to convert headwind into tailwind.
"This, this is incredible."
Professor Liu, who had studied aerodynamics, felt that the formation in front of him was a bit inconsistent with the rules of physics.
He squatted on the ground and calculated again.
Li Donglai held his arms in his arms, not worried at all.
Just kidding, another name for the V-shaped bunny position is Kipchoge's wind-breaking formation. You can't go wrong with it.
