Almighty Coach

In the Ironman World Championships, the last event is long-distance running. Athletes need to complete a 42-kilometer marathon. And this marathon is after completing a 3.8km open water swim and a 189km road bike.

Even a professional athlete with excellent physical fitness must be exhausted after completing the first two, but the world's top triathlete can still run after swimming 3.8 kilometers and cycling 189 kilometers.

Hansen-Brown ate an energy bar while running, and then he squeezed the energy drink in the supply bag into his mouth, swallowed half of it, and just gargled the other half before spitting it out.

Athletes don't want to feel bloated during the competition, so they don't drink a lot of water suddenly, they only drink half of the energy drink, which can replenish the water and electrolytes in the body, and then spit out the other half after rinsing, for the sake of Relieve the temperature of the mouth and reduce your fatigue. Athletes in sports such as cycling, track and field, and football also often rinse their mouths with carbohydrate solutions during competitions rather than drinking them.

At this time, Hansen was still in the leading position, and no one behind him caught up. He is like a lonely wolf king, running alone on the grassland.

Hansen enjoyed this feeling of being the best in the world, which made him have more expectations for victory.

But Hansen's speed is also gradually decreasing, the distance from the finish line is getting closer, and his speed is getting slower and slower.

...

Tyre Brown is waving his arms mechanically and taking steps.

The 3.8 kilometers of free water swimming and the 198 kilometers of road cycling in front of him have already bottomed out his physical fitness. Now he is running while recovering his physical strength, and then consumes the recovered physical strength.

His rhythm didn't change at all, and his speed didn't change at all, just like a robot on an assembly line, constantly repeating the previous action.

At this stage of the game, it is not easy to be able to do this. In the case of exhaustion, you can still maintain your own movement rhythm. Only Tyre Brown, the ruler of the triathlon, can do it .

Finally, Tell saw the wobbling black dot on the horizon ahead.

"It's Hansen!" Although it was far away, Tire recognized his brother's figure.

"I saw Hansen, and the gap between us is about two thousand meters! At this speed, I should be able to catch up to him!" Tire thought to himself.

If it is the Olympic Games, the final long-distance run is only 10 kilometers, so it is impossible for Thiel to catch up with the gap of 2,000 meters. But in today's competition, the athletes have to run a 42-kilometer marathon, and the gap of 2,000 meters, In the long distance of 42 kilometers, it is only a short section. Perhaps it will not take long for Thiel to catch up with Hansen.

However, Tire did not change his running rhythm. He did not take the risk of choosing to speed up the chase, because he knew that his speed was faster than his younger brother Tire. As long as he maintained the current rhythm, he would definitely be able to catch up with and even surpass Hansen.

...

Hansen has already seen Tire behind him. Although Tire is still a little far away from him, Hansen can feel that with every step forward, Tire will approach him by a point.

"He's catching up!" Hansen felt a little anxious in his heart. He really wanted to speed up and go faster, but his legs didn't work at all.

Hansen's physical strength has long since bottomed out, let alone accelerating, even maintaining his current speed is very difficult.

"Am I going to lose to Tire again? No, I'm not reconciled!" Hansen had a ferocious expression on his face. He gritted his teeth and wanted to exert strength, but his body was already in a limit state. At this time, no matter how strong willpower is, it is difficult to transform it into strength.

Tell behind him is gradually approaching, of course, the speed of this approach is not very fast, from the time Hansen saw Tell's figure, after more than 20 kilometers, Hansen chased to a distance of 100 kilometers from Tell. Domi place.

Although Hansen still maintains an advantage of more than 100 meters, he can feel that the pressure brought by Thiel is getting heavier and heavier.

Hansen's speed also became slower and slower. At this time, he only felt that his legs had begun to become numb, and he was gradually losing consciousness. He even felt that he could no longer control his body. Every step forward was just relying on instinct .

Ten kilometers away from the finish line, Hansen's physical strength has been completely overdrawn. Now his body has already exceeded the limit load. He can no longer maintain his original speed, so he can only slow down.

Thiel also slowed down. After nearly eight hours of uninterrupted competition, most people may not even be able to stand up, but Thiel can still run, but this kind of running no longer looks vigorous. It looked a little embarrassed.

Hansen looked back, and Tyre was much closer to him.

Hansen became more and more anxious, and the pressure brought on him by Tyre was also increasing. This pressure made Hansen feel suffocated, and he even felt that his will was on the verge of collapse.

Finally, Thiel caught up with Hansen, and they were neck and neck.

Finally, Thiel overtook and left Hansen behind.

A ray of despair flashed in Hansen's eyes. In the past year, he trained hard to defeat Thiel. In today's game, he also saw the hope of victory for a while, but he was still in the game. At the end, he was overtaken by Thiel.

Hansen has tried his best, and his body has been overloaded for a long time. With his current state, once he is overtaken by Thiel, it is impossible to overtake him again.

"I'm still going to lose to him!" Hansen had an expression of unwillingness, but now he was unable to accelerate with all his strength, and he could only watch helplessly as Thiel pulled the distance away, getting further and further away from him.

Unwillingness, loss, and anger germinated in Hansen's heart and filled his body, but all of this was useless, and he could only swallow the pain into his stomach.

A sense of powerlessness struck, and Hansen only felt a sharp touch on his calf. He knew that it was a cramp in his calf.

During long-term exercise, the body is always in a state of overload, and the body lacks electrolytes. In this case, cramping is a normal phenomenon.

Hansen staggered and fell to the ground. Regardless of the pain, he tried hard to break his toes, hoping to relieve the pain caused by the cramps.

A sense of exhaustion hit, and Hansen suddenly felt that it was really comfortable to fall on the ground like this, and he didn't even want to get up again.

"I really want to sleep for a while..." Hansen almost closed his eyes, but he still saw Tyre in the distance, getting further and further away from him.

"I can't give up yet!"

In the next second, Hansen insisted on getting up, and staggered forward.

However, after only two or three steps, he fell to the ground again. Then, a tingling sensation came from his ankle joint. Gradually, the tingling feeling became more and more intense, and Hansen couldn't help grinning.

At this moment, Hansen finally realized that it was not just a calf cramp. He also sprained his ankle the moment he fell down, but because of being too tired, the intuition of his legs was not so sensitive, so he Just didn't notice this.

"It's over!" Hansen showed a painful expression. He doesn't know how his injury is, but he knows that with his current physical condition, after experiencing an ankle injury, it may take a long time to stand up again.

...

Thiel looked at the roadside signs, and there were still three kilometers left before the finish line. For him, this is five kilometers within easy reach.

"Come on! Tyre!"

"Tyl, you are the strongest!"

As the finish line approached, the number of spectators on the side of the road gradually increased, and they began to cheer for the contestants. Thiel even saw several fellow citizens waving Union Jacks in the crowd, shouting and clashing.

Telton felt a little excited for a while, and even his tiredness disappeared a lot.

Immediately after, Tyre glanced back, but did not see Hansen's figure.

"Has Hansen been thrown away so quickly? It shouldn't be. With his speed, he won't be thrown away by me so quickly."

Tire was full of doubts, he couldn't help but turned his head, looked to the back, and then saw Hansen who had fallen to the ground far away from him.

"What happened to Hansen? Did he fall down?" He stared at Hansen's position for several seconds, but found that Hansen still hadn't stood up.

Tire turned his head and looked ahead, then he turned his head back and looked at his younger brother Hansen.

Thiel slowed, then stopped, and then he turned and ran back.

...

Hansen tried to get up, but after several consecutive attempts, he failed.

"Damn it!" Hansen sighed, facing this situation, he could only be forced to retire.

Ahead, a person ran over.

"Is the doctor here?" Hansen thought to himself. During the competition, the players all run forward, and only the staff in charge of logistics will run in the opposite direction.

Hansen raised his head, but what he saw was his brother Tyre.

Tire trotted all the way and came to Hansen.

"Why did you run back?" Hansen asked.

"You fell down, of course I have to come back and have a look." Tire squatted down and asked, "Are you okay?"

"It should be a sprain, but the bones are not injured, and you should be able to walk." Hansen replied.

"That's good, come on, stand up!" Tire supported Hansen and stood up from the ground.

"Let's go." Tire directly put Hansen on his shoulder, and then the two walked forward together.

"I remember when I was young, every time you fell down, you always sat on the ground and cried, and you couldn't get up by yourself. You had to ask me to help you before you were willing to get up." Thiel said, with a smile on his face. A nostalgic smile.

Hansen didn't answer, he just looked at his brother with a special look, panting heavily, and listened to Tyre talking about the past by himself.

Just like that, the elder brother supported the younger brother, and walked slowly towards the finish line...

...

Hansen looked at the roadside signs, and there were only two kilometers left to the finish line.

At this time, behind them, a figure in competition also appeared.

The third athlete finally caught up.

Hansen knew that if he hadn't been forced to walk the distance because of his fall and injury, it would be impossible for the third place to catch up.

He looked at his brother and said, "You go first, there are only less than two kilometers left to the finish line, if you start running now, that person will not be able to catch up with you."

"I ran away, what do you do?" Taylor asked immediately.

"Don't worry about me, I'm already injured anyway, and the person behind will definitely surpass me." Hansen replied.

Thiel shook his head: "In your current situation, you can't walk the last two kilometers by yourself. If I leave, you can only retire, and you won't even get a ranking."

"But if you do this again, you will be implicated by me, and the person behind will overtake both of us, and you will lose the championship." Hansen said anxiously.

"So what if we lose the championship? You are my younger brother, and I will not leave you alone." Thiel said firmly.

Hansen opened his mouth. He looked at his brother, saw Tyre's resolute eyes, and said nothing.

...

With the last 500 meters left before the finish line, the runner who was originally ranked third finally ran in front of them and overtook them.

Hansen looked at the man. The man's speed was already very slow, not much faster than walking. It can be said that his physical strength was already exhausted.

"You put me down now, and then go after him. It's still too late. Your physical fitness is definitely better than him, and your speed will be faster than him. You can easily overtake him for the last 500 meters." Hansen said to Thiel said.

But Tire shook his head again: "I said, you are my younger brother, and I will not leave you alone. It was like this in the past, it is like this now, and it will be like this in the future."

"Are you really not going to be the World Championship champion?" Hansen felt rather anxious than Thiel.

"No more. The championship is not as important as my brother." Thiel grinned: "Let's go, the last 500 meters, let's walk through the finish line together."

...

Ahead, the first place finally reached the finish line.

Two hundred meters behind, Tire was still supporting Hansen as he walked forward with difficulty.

"That person has already crossed the finish line." Hansen turned his head to look at Tyre, and then asked, "Do you regret it?"

"Why regret it?" Thiel asked back.

"The champion flew away, don't you regret it?" Hansen asked.

"No regrets." Tell continued, "If I abandoned you just now, it would be something that would make me regret it."

Hearing this answer, Hansen was finally convinced that it turned out that Thiel didn't care much about the world champion. In Thiel's heart, his younger brother was more important than the honor of the champion.

But Hansen still didn't understand that this year, he regarded Tire as his competitor, and gradually alienated him. He put the honor of the championship above the brotherhood.

Hansen finally realized that he was wrong. Compared with the honor of the champion, Thiel in front of him is what he should cherish the most.

"I'm sorry, brother." Hansen leaned close to Tyre's ear and said softly...