A survey on the fear of runners in Taiwan Province reveals the secret of overcoming six fears. This year, nearly 30,000 runners from 54 countries signed up for the Standard Chartered Taipei Charity Marathon. The longest runner is 93 years old, and the number of visually impaired runners has also surged. There are more than 250 groups of 3KM visually impaired runners and accompanying runners.
In response to the slogan of Standard Chartered Horse "fearless" this year, the team used the Facebook fan group of Standard Chartered Taipei Charity Marathon to conduct a "runner fear survey", which attracted nearly 3,000 runners to leave messages within 10 days. The results show that, in addition to the top three pre-competition syndrome, the first marathon and the overlord cold current; The fourth place is "kicking Opal on the road", the fifth place is "rushing too fast", and the sixth place is "can't be a visually impaired escort". The following are the answers given by the Standard Chartered Horse Expert Group to the six major fears. Pre-race syndrome is the "pre-race syndrome" that most runners are worried about, such as nervousness before the race and fear of losing, which leads to poor performance on the day of the race. Taiwan Province young men's high jump record holder "High Jump Prince" shared with Jun Xian, taking his participation in the 20 17 Universiade as an example. At that time, because it was the host venue, the pressure was relatively high and tension was inevitable, but before the game, he always told himself: "The previous preparations were all for this game, so just deal with it with a normal heart. He said that it is not easy to reach the goal he set, because the pressure is too great, and encouraged all runners to keep a normal heart and start fearlessly at 65438+ 10/3!
Runners who take part in the marathon for the first time are often afraid of lack of time, training and physical strength because they are not familiar with the events. Lin Yuandong, general manager of Standard Chartered International Commercial Bank, pointed out that many runners who have never participated in a marathon always think about whether they can finish the race, how to go to the toilet and whether there is water to drink halfway. In fact, runners don't have to think too much, because professional competition units have helped runners figure out all the details, and novice runners just need to figure out how to challenge themselves.
Encountering the overlord cold current is a nightmare for the races held in winter and the runners involved, and Standard Chartered Horse always has a "fate" with the cold current and rain. Hong Xiaoting, an elite runner of Nike Fast 42 who has a lot of overseas horse experience, suggested that you must wear a hat when running in rainy days to prevent rain from entering your eyes, while girls can avoid having their hair blown by the wind. Choose light and sweat-absorbing materials for running clothes and professional running socks. Don't try to wear new clothes. If it rains at the beginning, it is recommended to prepare a light raincoat, even if it stops raining halfway, you can throw it away directly. Vagrancy, a professional runner of Nike+ Run Club(NRC), reminded that beginners can wear long-sleeved shirts and long tights in winter; If elite runners want to pursue speed, they will wear racing vests with sleeves and running gloves to keep peripheral blood circulation.
Playing opal on the road is a potential danger that cannot be avoided in city marathon. Fan, chairman of the Road Running Association of the Republic of China, reminded that the track was upgraded this year, and 13KM, 2 1KM and 42KM surrounded the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, which was a little smoother and less bumpy. Although you can enjoy the city appearance of Taipei along the way, you should pay attention to the road conditions. Especially for visually impaired runners, if they encounter opal, they should pay special attention to remind visually impaired runners to avoid falling and being injured.
A runner who is not qualified as a visually impaired runner may be worried that he will not have a good tacit understanding with the visually impaired runner and will not be able to successfully complete the race, so he will not be able to summon up the courage to sign up as a runner. Li, director of the Taipei Sports Bureau, who escorted the visually impaired for the first time this year, said that during this training, he thought that the escort and the visually impaired were like two people and three feet, and they were also another pair of eyes for the visually impaired. The most important thing is to confirm their safety. However, he also admitted that "I will still be nervous when I am with you for the first time." Chen Ye, a visually impaired runner who challenged the Half Horse 2 1KM for the first time, shared his running skills: through empathy and voice communication, he reached a tacit understanding with the visually impaired runner.