As the starting point of Citizen Avenue, Citizen Square is extremely lively today, with flags waving and gongs and drums noisy.
The main square was crowded with thousands of marathon runners, waiting for the official start of the race.
The Yuncheng Summer International Marathon has been held for nine times. It has a short history. In terms of scale and professionalism, it is far from comparable to similar events in super first-tier cities such as Imperial Capital and Magic City.
Super big cities like the Imperial Capital and Magic City hold the highest level competitions and the most stringent systems. Registration begins at least six months in advance, and applicants must go through numerous screenings before they can qualify.
Even so, the final number of participants can easily reach tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands.
The level of the Yuncheng Marathon is quite different, and the number of participants this year is only over 30,000.
In fact, Yuncheng mainly treats the marathon as a marketing project and strives to turn it into a business card of the city.
After all, tourism is one of Yuncheng's important pillar industries.
Just because the prize money for the first and second place was increased this year, not only the number of people who signed up broke the record, but also attracted more professional players to participate.
Gao Jing, who was hiding in the crowd, saw a dozen black figures at the front of the team.
That's a long-distance runner from Africa.
In the past eighth, seventh and sixth Yuncheng Summer International Marathon, the top three places in the men's marathon were all taken by African-American runners, and the champions of the fifth and fourth editions were also dark-skinned.
The same situation also occurs in international marathon events in other domestic cities.
There is no way, African-American athletes have always had a huge advantage in long-distance running events.
So if Gao Jing wants to win the championship today, his opponent must be those African-American contestants!
Although he knew that they were very strong, at this moment Gao Jing was eager to try and full of desire to challenge.
Before the competition, there was a ceremony as usual, during which a large group of pigeons were released, flying all over the sky.
The leader gave a speech and then announced the official start of this year's Yuncheng Summer International Marathon.
Snap!
With the sound of a gunshot, the huge phalanx of people in the Civic Square began to move.
It seemed like a torrent rushing onto the Civic Avenue!
The competition is divided into 42.195 kilometers full marathon, 21.0975 kilometers half marathon, and 6 kilometers fun run.
Among them, the fun run has the smallest number of people, but the most "monsters and monsters". The contestants dress up as various cartoon characters and movie images, such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, Deadpool, Sun Wukong, Zhu Bajie, Calabash Baby, etc.
They really focused on participation. Many people happily took photos with selfie sticks, and some even conducted live broadcasts.
However, most of the event’s prize pool is reserved for the overall marathon winner.
The marathon runners also started running first.
Of course Gao Jing applied for the full marathon, because he was not a seeded runner, so he started at a very low position.
Gao Jing didn't care, the long race of more than 40 kilometers had just begun!
This is not his first time participating in a marathon.
But it’s my first time to run a full marathon.
According to the competition plan, the contestants need to pass through the city center through Citizen Avenue, enter the Yuncheng CBD business district, go straight to the end of Wanhai Road, arrive at the bank of Yunlan Lake, and then circle the lake along Huguang Avenue.
The final destination is at Victory Memorial Square.
This route has been carefully planned, which not only meets the requirements of the competition, but also combines the bustling scenes of modern cities with natural scenery, which can play a very good publicity role.
Especially Huguang Avenue, the scenery along the way is very beautiful.
When he first started running, Gao Jing blended in the crowd leisurely, neither leading nor falling behind.
The equipment he wears is very simple. The competition uniform he wears is issued by the organizer. The bib with a built-in timing chip is hung on the clothes, and the running shoes are cheap ones from Taobao.
Traffic control has already been implemented on the spacious and straight Citizen Avenue and the surrounding areas. The pilot live broadcast vehicle is driving at the front, and countless contestants are following behind.
Both sides of the road were filled with onlookers.
Everyone waved small colorful flags and enthusiastically cheered for the contestants.
"a9274, come on!"
Suddenly, a clear and sweet shout came from the crowd.
It attracted a lot of people's attention.
Gao Jing couldn't help but turn his head and look in the direction of the sound.
Because a9274 is exactly his entry number!
There were only four or five girls of seventeen or eighteen years old gathered behind the isolation fence. They were wearing beautiful dresses. Some waved to Gao Jing, and some excitedly raised their mobile phones to take pictures of him.
Youthful smiles bloom in the summer sunshine.
Although Gao Jing was not at the forefront of the team, his height and appearance undoubtedly made him stand out among the surrounding contestants!
So he caught the attention of these girls and cheered him on.
Gao Jing smiled and waved to them.
The result was a screaming response.
"So handsome!"
Gao Jing wiped the non-existent sweat on his forehead and continued running forward.
Although it has been more than two weeks since he completed his life transformation, Gao Jing has not yet fully adapted to life as a tall and handsome man.
For example, when Gao Jing walks on the street today, the number of people turning back is at least ten times higher than before!
When taking the subway or bus, girls often secretly take photos of him.
If it weren't for his age and the fact that he didn't know how to act or sing or dance, Gao Jing would have wanted to try to be a star.
Oh!
The feeling from the copper anchor on his chest made him involuntarily slap his head hard.
Pig!
Gao Jinglai's purpose in participating in this marathon was firstly to earn living expenses, and secondly to gain faith for the copper anchor.
The copper anchor has just received several "raindrops".
Big particles!
This confidence obviously comes from those lovely young girls.
Since getting attention and love can gain the power of faith, why would he hide in the crowd and follow?
In fact, Gao Jing was influenced by his past habitual thinking.
Thinking that following along is the best strategy.
Fortunately, it's not too late to wake up now.
He immediately speeded up, stretched out his long legs, and overtook the opponents running in front of him like flying.
During this period of time, Gao Jing ate haise every day and consumed a lot of fat and sugar.
However, he has grown taller without gaining any fat, his weight is still maintained at around 70kg, and his skills are stronger and more flexible than before.
It only took two or three minutes for Gao Jing to successfully join the first echelon!
The first echelon is composed of more than a dozen African-American players, European and American players and domestic athletes. African-American players account for the majority, and their advantages are very obvious.
The distance between them and the second echelon behind them was not long, but they ran very steadily.
Under normal circumstances, this pattern will last for a long time until someone falls behind or someone catches up.
And Gao Jing suddenly appeared like a lively catfish, causing a little chaos.
Several African-American players watched speechlessly as Gao Jing passed them quickly.
The eyes of the European and American players were full of contempt and disgust.
Two domestic long-distance runners looked embarrassed.
Looking at the number on Gao Jing's back, you can tell that he is not a professional seeded player.
Rushing to the front regardless of physical strength, there is no other possibility except to try to impress people and gain the limelight.
The two felt ashamed of Gao Jing's behavior.
They have participated in many competitions and often meet similar guys.
In the end, there was no one left throughout the entire race.
Of course, no matter whether it is disgust or disgust, no one can say that Gao Jing violated the rules of the game.
These experienced players did not let Gao Jing disrupt their rhythm. They followed the established tactics and strategies and still maintained a stable pace.
Gao Jing, who rushed to the first place, immediately attracted the attention of countless people!
The camera lens set up on the pilot car was focused on him, and the crowd watching on the roadside cheered.
This is mainly because Gao Jing's current appearance is very good, otherwise it would not be possible to generate such a big response.
Handsome guys are always popular.
Gao Jing felt like it was raining lightly in the copper anchor.
Simply delicious!
The joyful mood made his steps more brisk.
Gao Jing kept the distance between him and the other runners behind him at about twenty or thirty meters, and followed the lead car closely.
After running for several kilometers, he didn't feel tired at all.
I have complete confidence that I will persevere until the end.
Then move forward.
Run forward and a new life will be born!——
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