Run Out of My Life

“Coach Li, congratulations!”

"Old Li, you are a blockbuster!"

"Coach Li, I heard that you are about to go up a level soon, remember to eat clearly then!"

From the moment he stepped into the Xinzhuang training base, Li Zhizhong kept nodding and smiling all the way. All the coaches and staff who did not know each other seemed to suddenly become enthusiastic, all scrambling for the first greeted him.

"More than half a month." Li Zhizhong sighed inwardly, he really didn't dare to think about it, it was so exaggerated that it was unreal, and he still felt a little light when walking.

"Champion Coach", "Knowing Bole", "National No. 1 in sprint training" and so on, some series of titles came to the head so unexpectedly.

In the more than a week since I came back from Athens, from the General Administration to the Field Management Center, leaders from all walks of life who were rarely seen in the past have also appeared, and one praised the other.

Attend various conferences one after another, some of them have high status, like the group photo of all the members of the Great Hall of the People. There are also some who came to congratulate from relatives and friends in private.

Not to mention all kinds of reporter interviews and the like, the spotlight flashed so much that I couldn't open my eyes. It used to be only economy class, but now it has become first class. In a short period of time, almost all of a sudden, people were on the cloud, light and fluttering.

The name is good, the profit is good. At work, the newly proposed deputy head coach of the track and field team has also talked to him, and it is estimated that the new head of the general bureau will be finalized when he takes office in December.

But why is this not so at ease?

Li Zhizhong occasionally wakes up in the middle of the night these days and asks himself, what is the reason for this half-life?

A man in his forties, he always felt that he was mediocre and lonely in the first half of his life and fell to the bottom of the valley, but he suddenly saw the mountains, and faced the overwhelming flowers and applause.

"I think this is Fan Jinzhong."

Old Li sighed with a wry smile. Thinking about the experience of the few days after returning to China, he couldn't help shaking his head. In this situation, should he go to the old man to get a few slaps? Once you are popular, you will forget about it.

After thinking about it, I quickly understood what I felt. I left the field, the training ground, and the players he led. Even with flowers and applause, I was still a little empty. swing.

"Hey, that little Zhang, they're all back, right?" After staying in the administrative office building for a few minutes, Old Li put aside the thoughts of humiliation in his mind and turned to face him. asked Zhang Pingqiu, the assistant coach of Yu Liwei, who was originally Yu Liwei's assistant.

He didn't go to the report performance of the athletes in the past in Xiangjiang, and there were a lot of things in front of him that couldn't be avoided.

"Come back, Su Zu just arrived last night." Zhang Pingqiu replied with a smile, "I guess it may be that I haven't gotten up yet."

Zhang Pingqiu was very happy to be Li Zhizhong's assistant coach. He graduated from Beijing University of Physical Education and wanted to take the coaching path, but he has been with Yu Liwei in the past few years. All kinds of communication and reception chores, although it is also training people, but he is still not sure that he wants to take the administrative route, and if he has the opportunity, he still wants to lead the team to make some achievements.

"Okay, let's see."

Li Zhizhong looked at his watch, it was 8:30 in the morning, according to the usual training rhythm at the base, this time was the end of the morning training, after breakfast, the formal training in the morning.

However, just after the Olympic Games, the team members just came back last night, and the coaches may not care about them for a while.

"It's gotta beat."

Li Zhizhong said something silently in his heart, turned around and went out with Zhang Pingqiu, and walked towards the dormitory building of the base.

In the past few days, he himself felt adrift, a little dazzled, like Su Zu's age, he couldn't let go of that heart. This honor and applause are what athletes deserve, but they can also confuse people the most. When he was studying in the United States before, he had heard a lot of what happened to those European and American sports stars after they swelled up.

In the past few days, he heard that Liu Yangyu has resumed his training rhythm and began to prepare for the IAAF All-Star Game in Yokohama, Japan on September 23.

Many people don't realize that a track coach is as important to a track and field athlete as a football coach is to a team. The great thing about a great coach is that they know how to be a mentor to an athlete, from life to mental state, especially when his athlete is in the early stages of his career and the beginning of his success.

In the early stage, the coach needs to take him step by step to train, correct various bad habits and hobbies, and build confidence in the competition. After becoming famous, this is the most critical time. Many athletes start to swell here. They can't listen to the original coach's words and let themselves go. Splintering your time and talent at the best of times is pretty much everywhere in the world of sports.

Li Zhizhong is also thinking about it in his heart. He knows Su Zu well enough, he is less dull, restrained and self-disciplined. Except for acquaintances, he rarely jokes, and his personality is more like an old man than him, but things like people always It's hard to say.

He, a coach, has been in a fog for the past half month. A young man of seventeen or eighteen years old, no matter how calm he is, it is difficult to not shake his mood.

"It depends on whether you can control your heart!" Li Zhizhong sighed silently.

And Zhang Pingqiu came out of the administrative building, and the two walked for a while. Zhang Pingqiu found that the road was wrong, and asked a little strangely: "Coach Li, is the dormitory over there?"

"I know." Li Zhizhong nodded, "Go to the indoor comprehensive training ground first."

In addition to the regular track and field track, the Xinzhuang training base also has a special indoor training ground for the track and field team. The place is not small, the 200-meter circular track can hold 60-meter indoor races. In addition, there are many kinds of training equipment such as barbells, dumbbells, etc. The athletes usually spend most of their time in this comprehensive training ground.

Before entering the training ground, a burst of fast footsteps came out.

Li Zhizhong smiled slightly after hearing this, and in Zhang Pingqiu's rather unexpected eyes, the two entered the indoor training ground and saw a figure already sprinting around the 200-meter taxiway run.

After the fifth group of Su Zu ran two laps of 400 meters, he slowly stopped and lay on his back on the track, breathing violently up and down.

The speed endurance training of 100 meters is generally 150 meters-200 meters, and the speed endurance training of 200 meters is generally running 300 meters-400 meters. The benefits of special overtraining are self-evident, which can greatly improve the speed and endurance of athletes.

It has only been half a month since he left the track and field, but he has become very nostalgic.

Compared to attending various events, conferences, dealing with people he doesn't know, and facing media reporters, he still feels comfortable on the training ground and on the field.

He has been training for nearly three years, both physically and psychologically, he is completely used to it, and he is fully in love with it.

The feeling of running is so fun, so nostalgic.

After returning from Athens, the first week was basically not my own. Although he didn't have to play or train, he felt much more fatigued and almost lost his spirits.

After the second week's performance in Xiangjiang, Su Zu took the time to go back home, and probably explained some things to his parents. He seldom has a home all year round, and it is certainly comfortable to live at home. But there was no way to stay any longer. Various relatives and people from local governments at all levels came to the door. After staying for two days, they left and flew to the imperial capital.

One is an athlete's home, and now he has funds, he can start to expand and open several stores. Specifically, the elder brother named Lv Zhikui, a retired long-distance runner who Zhang Qunwen had looked for, was in charge.

The other is the training institution planned by Zheng Wei at the beginning, Su Zu inquired about some European and American business methods at this Olympic Games, one of which is a famous one is the runner track and field in Glen Mills club.

His 100m opponent, Kim Collins, trained at this club. When it comes to Glenn Mills, most people may not know it, but Suzu is very clear that the black lightning that lost in Athens this year will soon be under the door of Glenn Mills, thus starting his legendary journey.

The Runners Track and Field Club of Glenn Mills is to train elite sprinters. The idea is high-end competitive sports, attracting outstanding athletes from all over the world to come to train, so as to obtain sponsorship and realize profit.

Su Zu changed his conception and learned from this method. But with his own influence, he slowly promoted it and took the route of mass fitness and sports. This is not a temporary thing, but a long-term plan. It may not be very effective until he retires, and the probability of losing money just from this training center is very high.

But the business model of the sports industry is very interesting, because it may not be able to make much money, but it can create enough jobs. Moreover, sports have its own industrial chain. The training center itself is not profitable, but his surroundings are not necessarily. Upstream and downstream matching, sports cultural product attributes, etc.

Just like a sports game, tickets may not be profitable, but various commercial advertisements and event broadcasts allow him to recover the cost and realize profits.

The things to do are a little naive, and there is a long way to go, and Su Zu is not in a hurry. It will take at least four or five years for him to do these things before he takes the stage. It is also good to test the waters to gain experience now.

On the last day, because the training center had some of the classmates who were introduced by Li Yulin as part-timers, it was naturally impossible not to find a senior. They gave Li Yulin some gadgets brought back from Athens, and the two spent a day strolling around the streets of the Imperial Capital. After that, Su Zu returned to Xinzhuang's training base.

Others don't know, but he knows.

100 meters within 9 seconds 70, 200 meters within 19 seconds 30, this is the goal of the next stage.

He can't and won't let go!

When an athlete has reached his level, it can be said that it is much more difficult than before without a little improvement, and the time left for him is four years.

"Hey, don't lie down, how many times have you explained it, get up and take a few steps!"

When Su Zu was thinking about his life for half a month, Li Zhizhong had already walked up to him and kicked his leg with a smile on his face.