**celebrity show thank you for making me stronger**
On the journey of life, we often thank our family, friends, and everyone who has helped us, but sometimes we also need to thank one more person, and that person is ourselves or even our enemies.
From childhood to adulthood, is there something you have always persisted in doing?
Statistics show that out of 100 people who start exercising, less than 20% stick with it.
I am one of those 20%. I have been running for 26 years.
In 1993, I joined the school's soccer interest class, which was my first real encounter with sports. Back then, little me had to train with the soccer and track teams every morning at 6 AM, starting with 10 laps around the 400m track.
In 1994, I represented the city in the Sichuan Province Bud Cup Soccer Tournament in Chongqing for the first time and won third place. Coincidentally, years later, my first marathon—Chongqing Marathon—was also held there. Later, in middle school, I participated in various sports meets and walked home after school. If that wasn't enough, I would run a few more kilometers. In the small town of southern Sichuan at that time, a girl who loved running was particularly special.
Once, I saw students from the sports school training on the field and was very envious. So, I paid 50 yuan for training fees and trained with them. What others saw as paying for suffering was pure enjoyment and love for me.
I still remember a senior brother saying casually, "You are so persistent now, but once you start working and have a family, you won't be." On my way home that day, I kept thinking about his words. He wasn't wrong; it might have been true for others, but in my heart, the word 'persistence' would never be lost, and time would be the best proof.
I have never missed the Chongqing Marathon for seven consecutive years.
My full marathon PB of 3:32 was achieved at the Chongqing Marathon, where I also earned my national second-level athlete certification.It was also from the Chongqing Marathon that I set a small goal for myself to run eight marathons a year. Whether participating or aiming for a PB, experiencing and feeling it is enough!
Over the years, I have averaged 10 kilometers a day, maintaining an annual total running distance of 3000-4000 kilometers.
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Because of persistence, as a mother of two, at 37, I have gained more youth and more possibilities.
I ran into an old friend on the street after a long time. Seeing his wide-open mouth and surprised eyes, I knew what he was thinking. "Do you have some health issues?" His sincere concern and slight hesitation were understandable. In less than a year, anyone would be puzzled to see the once nearly 200-pound guy turn into the familiar yet "stranger" 150-pound person before them.
I must solemnly and seriously clarify a fact: I do not have health problems.
Over the past year, I not only successfully eliminated nearly eight years of severe fatty liver but also brought my blood pressure and blood lipids back to normal levels. Despite the repetitive explanations becoming tiresome, I still want to thank everyone who cares about me. At least, this attention made me never feel lonely.
Anyone who has ever tried to lose weight has a painful past that thin people can never understand. To truly lose weight, besides controlling your diet, the more important thing is to move your legs.
Drawing from my own weight loss experience, I created a weight loss plan for those with similar troubles, starting with a daily 2-kilometer brisk walk, gradually increasing the distance and intensity. In two months, they could reach a walking speed of 6 kilometers per hour, at which point they could try short-distance jogging.
Colleagues jokingly say I am now a business card for the unit, that my persistence has inspired a group of people, passing on health and confidence to everyone I interact with, prompting them to run for their health. But I was just stubbornly following my own ideas, without broader or higher-level vision and thinking. Fortunately, the result was very good.
The future you will surely thank the present you who is working so hard.
They say one minute on stage takes ten years of practice off stage. Indeed, what I have put in is far more than you can imagine.
Sweating profusely is a daily compulsory course. I love the feeling of being drenched in sweat after training, with every pore exuding effort and upward momentum. I also love the calluses from long-term weightlifting, which gave me perfectly proportioned legs, beautiful arm lines, the abs you envy, the V-taper that guys admire, the peach-shaped butt that girls long for, the marks sculpted by training, and the persistence that many people can't achieve.
Aerobic training is done rain or shine. Morning runs awaken a new self each day and fill me with energy. On days without morning runs, I make up for the promised training with night runs, accompanied by the hourly chime of Codoon with every step.
Strength training follows a schedule: two sessions a day, each session lasting two hours, and each two-hour session is to exhaustion: glutes and legs/chest/back/shoulders/arms/core, in a cycle, with every session being an all-out effort. I record the movements on my phone and replay them repeatedly to correct my form.
The previous words may seem understated, but they are soaked with sweat and tears. It took countless gritted teeth and persistence to become the person you see now.
BecauseWhile full of energy, I want to make my life richer and more interesting.
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I think you are the same! Don't say the competition threshold is too high and you can't reach it; don't say you're too busy and have no time; don't say competitions cause injuries while you still drink, smoke, and eat skewers. So, why not give yourself a chance, set a small goal, like standing on stage and shining.
Actually, you just need determination.
In the end, you will thank yourself for making this decision.
At the age of 9, He Yajun had a high fever. With today's medical conditions in big cities, it would be nothing, but due to his family's financial difficulties and poor medical conditions in his hometown, the fever damaged his vocal cords and took away his eyesight. Due to the lack of effective treatment, by the age of 15, his eyes, which still had a slight sense of light, completely lost their vision. He tried to slit his wrists and swallow sleeping pills, but fortunately, he didn't succeed. After enduring the initial psychological trauma, He Yajun slowly accepted reality.
In 2003, his aunt gave him 2000 yuan to go to Beijing to make a living. Like most blind people, he learned massage, found a job, opened a shop, and started a family. His life slowly got back on track. One day, a regular customer at He Yajun's shop suggested taking him out for a run. He Yajun, who couldn't see at all and had difficulty going out, thought it would be nice just to get out and walk. Unexpectedly, he ran seven kilometers on his first try.
Besides being surprised, He Yajun was more delighted. He never thought he could run so far, especially since he had difficulty even walking before. From then on, He Yajun seemed to discover his talent and developed an "ambition."
He persisted in training 2-3 times a week, rain or shine. Three months later, amid others' doubts, he participated in the Zhengkai Marathon. On March 29, 2015, He Yajun, a blind runner, completed his first marathon in 5 hours and 56 minutes.
"Currently, the average life expectancy of blind people in China is less than 60 years because they can't see and thus can't move easily. Many blind people die from chronic diseases," He Yajun now wants to do something big. "By running, my fatty liver improved, my blood viscosity normalized, and my high blood lipids returned to normal. I hope more blind people can step out of their homes and enjoy the joy and health brought by running, just like me."
He founded the "He Yajun Blind Running Group," organizing volunteers to run with blind runners at the Olympic Forest Park every weekend."Whether it's over ten degrees below zero in winter or scorching hot in summer, many kind-hearted volunteers wait for us in the forest park to run with us."
What He Yajun hopes most in his heart is that ten, twenty, thirty, or even fifty years from now, we will still hear the sound of blind friends and volunteers running on China's tracks.
After the Harbin Marathon in September 2018, an ordinary runner said to me, a 4-hour pacer for that race, "Thank you, I didn't expect I could break 4." Hearing this, I felt pulled back to October last year when I crossed the finish line with the help of a private pacer.
At the beginning of 2017, I set a small goal to become a pacer, so I was a pacer for the whole year in Wuxi, Shanghai, Yangzhou, and Sydney. But it was in October at the Nanjing Marathon that I was fortunate to meet Daodong, a private pacer, and for the first time experienced the touching feeling of being paced.
A true pacer is always observant.
Encouragement along the race route;
The warm words at the supply station, "You keep running, I'll get the supplies";
The careful reminders when you want to give up: "Our current pace is 5:10, but we have accumulated a 5-minute buffer, so let's slow down and adjust our rhythm."
After the race, when I lay in the hotel like a fool, I received marathon photos taken by the private pacer along the way...
At the supply station, seeing salt pills, the private pacer took a handful. I laughed at him for being too cunning, and he laughed at me for being too ignorant. At 36 kilometers, a runner was talking to the medical team, and we vaguely heard the word "cramp." The private pacer said, "You go ahead," and then we heard a conversation behind us, "Where is the cramp? Where does it hurt?" Less than two minutes later, the runner ran past us, saying, "Thank you, I feel better after taking the salt pills and stretching."
The private pacer was very professional, knowing that my stated goal was 3:40, but my actual goal was 3:30. When I started to slow down after 38 kilometers and began to push myself, he started rational teaching: "You have a cold today, keep this pace, it's okay. There are more marathons to run, control your speed, health is more important than pace."
With the company of such a cunning, professional, and determined private pacer, I successfully achieved my goal of 3:35 in that full marathon.
When you accompany a runner to finish a race as a pacer, you will understand that the joy of achieving your goal is not affected by speed, but itwill make us grow.
What is growth?
From March 2016, when I couldn't even complete 3 kilometers, to October 2017, when I finished a full marathon in 3 hours and 35 minutes, and now helping more and more people achieve their PBs.
This growth requires choosing, persisting, and being with people who live like you.
Let it be wonderful, let the competition be wonderful.
In the race of fate, it is because of these opponents and uncertainties that we strive, making it more exciting.
Maybe we can all say to them: Thank you.