2023 is coming to an end, and many runners have already entered the rhythm of winter training, but the marathon is still hot.
This past weekend, the men's and women's half-marathon season best was refreshed in the East of the Tour, and Wang Wenjie and Liang Tiantian showed us the rushing power of the younger generationWang Hongwei and Xia Yuyu Hangcheng raced and picked out a group of foreign elite players;The model workers gathered in Fuzhou and harvested PB one after another.
The excitement of the race was not diminished by the cold weather and the arrival of the end of the season, and when the competition came to an end, 98 Run selected the highlights to reminisce with everyone. Through this weekend, we can get a glimpse of a lot of things.
The 2023 China Marathon has a wonderful story. Wuxi and Fukuoka have two national records, and the first gold medal in the history of the Hangzhou Asian Games, when the time of 2023 enters the countdown, everyone hopes that this ending will be more happy. Therefore, when the high-speed track is superimposed on the East of the high-speed track, Dong Guojian, Peng Jianhua, Yang Shaohui, and He Jie, the arrival of the four top players in the East of the High-speed Circuit is not small.
But we all know the end of the story, in this record-breaking game, the perfect script was not staged as scheduled, and the four most promising players failed to bring surprises, but there are still some as always, that is, the big brother Dong Guojian.
In this record-breaking race, Dong Guojian still ran a time of 63 minutes and 17 seconds, although he admitted that he was not satisfied with this result. But as spectators, it's hard for us to find fault with his play.
From Seoul at the beginning of the year to Xi'an and Hefei in the follow-up, or from a larger perspective, after nearly 20 years in the industry in 2004, he still maintains a top-level strength, how can he not be admired. He may be the longest-running runner in the history of Chinese marathons to maintain a top-level performance. He is diligent, self-disciplined, and a role model for other athletes.
He tells you that if you train hard and if you maintain discipline, then a long career has just begun, and the peak of your life is far from coming.
Obviously, the limit belonging to Brother Dong is far from being reached, and we also look forward to the fact that in 2024, the 20th year of entering the industry, Brother Dong can surprise us again.
Looking back at the Tour of the East Half Marathon, the brightest ones are the young riders, who are the absolute stars of the race.
On the men's side, 19-year-old Wang Wenjie from Tsinghua University accelerated in the final moments of the race and finished with a time of 62 minutes and 34 seconds.
Wang Wenjie studied under coach Cao Zhenshui, he is the younger brother of Xia Yuyu, the champion of Hangzhou and Malaysia in the later text, born in 2004, and currently focuses on the field, occasionally part-time road running. Not long ago, he won the championship with his teammates Chen Zhongping, Ma Rui, Yang Xin and Zhang Yue.
All of its PBs were created this year. In April, at the Athletics Grand Prix Rizhao Station, he ran 14:07.01 and 29:09.99 in the 5,000m and 10,000m meters respectively, and then won the championship in the 10km China Road Run Elite Race in 29:48.
Although the results were explosive, this was only Wang Wenjie's second half marathon, and his first half marathon was 1:06:15 at the National Half Marathon Championships (Shaoxing Shangyu Station) on March 26, 2023.
According to Wang Wenjie himself, in 2024, when he reaches the age of 20, he will try to do a full marathon, what will be the height in the future?It is worth everyone's infinite reverie.
As for the women's side, the brightest player is Henan teenager Liang Tiantian. She studied under coach Dong Junfeng and is the younger sister of Wang Hongwei, the Hangzhou horse champion mentioned in the article. As the winner of this year's 10,000m championship, she had high hopes before the race.
She herself said before the game that she would hit the score of 70 points in the competition. The final result was to meet the pre-competition goal as scheduled. She finished the race with a time of 70 minutes and 49 seconds, which greatly refreshed her personal PB by nearly 4 minutes.
Wang Wenjie and Liang Tiantian, both 19 years old, both set the best half-marathon results for a Chinese athlete this year. The power of youth is coming.
The prosperity and development of China's marathon events have given birth to model workers, from Li Zicheng in the early days to the current Guan Yousheng, Cen Wanjiang, and Yin Shunjin, all of whom are good at back-to-back races.
At this weekend's Fuzhou Marathon, three model workers gathered together, among which Yin Shunjin, who was in the eighth week of the eight races, continued to run in the training session and ran a time of 2 hours, 13 minutes and 35 seconds, which can be called the Chinese version of Kawauchi Youhui.
Guan Yousheng and Cen Wanjiang ran 2 hours, 11 minutes and 59 seconds and 2 hours, 12 minutes and 27 seconds respectively under the drive of each other.
The former has returned from a slump, while the latter is the first international athlete to reach the standard. Regarding Guan Yousheng's mental journey in the past year, you can click on 98 Run's tweet yesterday.
As for the latter, Cen Wanjiang once confided in us that after breaking through to 213 in the first half of the year, the summer training was very well prepared, and the goal was to reach the international elite in the second half of the year.
It's a pity that the Shanghai Marathon failed to make it, but fortunately, the sweat paid will not be in vain. In the context of the national cooling of Fuzhou, the weather has become suitable, and the PB that I have been thinking about has arrived late.
Since the beginning of this year, China's marathon has continued to accelerate, in addition to breaking the national record twice, several runners have reached 210, and the performance of professional runners (especially professional runners without professional team background) is gradually improving.
Jia Orirenga broke through 210, and Li Bo double-jumped, from 217 to 213 to 211 in a year. Now Cen Wanjiang's breakthrough again belongs to the healthy competition of China's marathon.
Here's a piece of cold knowledge: Cen Wanjiang and Guan Yousheng last PB was also on the same day, Wuxi and Seoul on March 19 faced off against PB, and today they have PB in the same game, which may be the tacit understanding of the two Guizhou players.
This past weekend, the outstanding players also included Liu Min and Xia Yuyu. Both are exemplars of multi-habitat warfare, from the 5,000 meters to the marathon.
Liu Min ran a time of 70 minutes and 56 seconds in the Tour of East this past weekend, ranking second this year, and also successfully refreshed his own half-marathon individual PB.
Xia Yuyu ran a time of 2 hours, 30 minutes and 44 seconds in the Hangzhou Marathon to win the championship, beating many foreign runners.
Her performance at the Chengdu Universiade this year was impressive, and she also won the 5,000m and 10,000m championships at the Youth Games. This year, in Seoul at the beginning of the year, she also finished second with a time of 2:29:44.
Since the beginning of this year, with the increase in the number of women's track runners, especially young runners, from 5000 meters to marathon running, this trend has become more and more obvious. This is due to the development of the road running marathon project, but we also have to think about it:
How to better balance the two events, how to improve the relevant supporting system so that athletes can impact better results, longer careers, and how to make the sports more enjoyable.
The men's side of the Fuzhou Marathon is a breakthrough for model workers, and the women's side is the return of mother runner Ding Changqin to 230. As an outstanding middle-distance runner in service, Ding Changqin won the silver medal in the marathon as early as the 2013 National Games, and won two medals in the 5,000-meter bronze medal and 10,000-meter silver medal in the 2014 Incheon Asian Games.
In this year's Fuzhou Marathon, she finished with a time of 2 hours, 28 minutes and 24 seconds, returning to the 230 level. Last month's debut was Ding Changqin's first major in eight months after giving birth, and she finished second in the domestic women's race with a time of 2 hours, 32 minutes and 26 seconds.
This Fuma is another breakthrough after she became a mother, and it is also the best result she has achieved after quitting the system. Perhaps, setting a new 2015 all-marathon PB of 2:26:54 won't be too far off.
In addition to Ding Changqin, another well-known new mother runner is Jiao Jingjing. Both chose to have children in good form, and after giving birth, they returned to the field through diligence and self-discipline, and achieved excellent results.
They show us the power and possibilities of women. I believe that their stories will also inspire many mothers, runners or sports enthusiasts to take brave steps.
In addition to the above, there are other notable results and runners to watch last week: Huang Xuemei finished the East Half Marathon in third place with a PB time of 1 hour, 13 minutes 01 seconds, and after winning the Guangzhou Marathon Half Marathon, she continued to refresh the height of amateur female runners.
In the 2023 Hangzhou Marathon, Wang Hongwei, who came from Henan and studied under coach Dong Junfeng, won the championship in 2 hours, 15 minutes and 03 seconds.
After completing the task of the Nanning Youth Association, Wang Hongwei, who was born in the field race, spent more than 40 days to adjust and prepare for the marathon under the adjustment of the coach's arrangement, and was able to successfully win the championship in his third marathon, proving himself, which is gratifying.
In addition, Wu Xiangdong, who was in hot form, broke the PB with a time of 63 minutes and 41 seconds in the Huangshi Cihu Half Marathon, and also outperformed all foreign runners to win the championship.
After winning the domestic championship in the same year, the 2023 season of the "President" ended perfectly in the form of a new half-marathon PB championship again.
Here is another piece of cold knowledge: In the past weekend's race day, the top three of the men's 5000m and 10000m in Group A of the Youth Association, Wang Wenjie, Wang Hongwei and Chen Zhongping won the championship in different competitions (Chen Zhongping won the Hangzhou Marathon half championship in 67 minutes and 20 seconds).
More and more young faces appear in the arena, and they perform well, and they have the strength to not admit defeat and dare to fight. We also have reason to believe that in the near future, it must belong to these young people who are rushing forward.
Of course, there are also many athletes we are familiar with, Dong Guojian, Yin Shunjin, Guan Yousheng and so on. Whether they are new or old, no matter how old they are, they are all opponents of fair competition on the field, and together they constitute an increasingly fast marathon China.