Run Out of My Life

"Instructor Li, Instructor Li..."

Zhang Pingqiu shouted at Li Zhizhong who was a little dazed from the side of the track and field after the men's 100m rematch started.

The 80,000-90,000 spectators in the Bird’s Nest National Stadium, even if they don’t shout, cheer for the players, it’s just some whispering discussions with each other, or a few light coughs, The sound of drinking water and chewing. With so many people, there is still a huge humming noise in the stadium like the roar of a machine running in the end.

"Huh?! What's wrong!"

Li Zhizhong seemed to be awakened by Zhang Pingqiu's voice, so he recovered slightly and turned to look at Zhang Pingqiu.

"It's time for us to go back."

Zhang Pingqiu pointed to the middle of the arena, the men's 100-meter five-group rematch has ended, and the women's 3000-meter obstacle course is about to start on the track. At this time, there are already many staff busy starting to arrange Barrier racks and pools.

"Oh, good!"

Li Zhizhong nodded and followed Zhang Pingqiu along the side of the court to the direction of the corridor, but before leaving the arena, he looked back at the track and the crowded stands with a slightly complicated expression.

"Xiao Zhang, was Su Zu the first in the semi-finals just now?" Entering the mixed area of ​​the corridor, Li Zhizhong seemed to have separated from the noisy emotions in the arena, and asked Zhang Pingqiu casually.

It is said that he knew about the first round of the rematch.

"Hmm, alright."

Li Zhizhong replied calmly, looking at the athletes who came in and out, the two of them didn't walk almost, and then listened to him at the beginning and asked: "Xiao Zhang, have the arrangements for the semifinals been made? ?"

"It will take a while, the organizing committee will check the results, and we will be notified when they come out."

Zhang Pingqiu had already seen that something was wrong with Li Zhizhong at this time. Although his expression was normal, there was obviously a bit of anxiety and trance in his eyes.

He has worked with Li Zhizhong for many years, and he knows a little about Lao Li. Although he is a coach from the bottom, he is indeed worthy of the words shrewd and strong, and he has arranged Su Zu's life, training and competition in an orderly manner. Rarely has there been such a feeling of being so stubborn as today.

"Director Li, are you all right?"

Zhang Pingqiu looked at Li Zhizhong's expression, and asked again, after all, this time is August, and the imperial capital is in a period of high temperature, so heatstroke and cold are still very easy to occur.

"Ah? No...it's okay...what can I do?!"

Li Zhizhong waved his hand a little embarrassedly, and took the lead to walk through the mixed passage area.

Zhang Pingqiu pursed his lips and shook his head gently, he would know what happened to Lao Li.

The two walked a few corridors and soon came to an athlete's lounge.

In the room, Su Zu was lying on the massage bed, and the physiotherapist Jiang Daheng was giving him post-match muscle relaxation.

The competition that Su Zu will participate in this Olympic Games is the same as that of the last Athens Olympic Games. There are men’s 100m and 200m and 4×100m relay races. It's still a massage to relax after the game, Jiang Daheng is basically in a state of being on call at any time.

The importance of a good physical therapist to athletes is self-evident, especially in the case of participating in competitions, coaching assistants can not have anything, but physical therapists are indispensable.

After Li Zhizhong entered the room, he didn't say much, just found a seat and sat down, too quiet.

"Cough!" Zhang Pingqiu coughed lightly, walked to Su Zu's side, and touched him lightly.

Su Zu looked up at Zhang Pingqiu and saw that he was pouting in the direction of Li Zhizhong.

Su Zu turned his head again and looked to the other side, and suddenly saw Li Zhizhong sitting in a chair in a daze, and immediately got up and said to Jiang Daheng: "Master Jiang, I think I'm almost relaxed. Trouble. You and Brother Zhang go out and wait for us first, and I will have a few words with Master."

"Ah?!" Jiang Daheng waited and glanced at Su Zu with his big eyes, and then glanced at Li Zhizhong, he immediately came over, clapped his hands and said, "Okay, Xiao Zhang and I will leave first. ."

When Jiang Daheng and Zhang Pingqiu both left the lounge, Su Zucai turned to look at Li Zhizhong, "Hi, Master, what are you thinking, so melancholy?"

"Are the two of them gone?" Li Zhizhong raised his head to see that there were only two people left in the room, and asked a little strangely.

Su Zu went directly to Li Zhizhong and sat down, rubbed his shoulder, and said, "Master, are you still worried about me?"

"Ah..." Li Zhizhong looked at the only two people left in the room, his body that had just sat up slumped slightly, and sighed softly, then shook his head again, revealing a few A helpless smile.

"When you broke the national record for the first time, I thought that we might have a chance to participate in the 2008 Olympic Games. I didn't expect to see you competing in the Bird's Nest today."

"Is that a little comforting feeling?" Su Zu smiled.

"Go, you son of a bitch."

Li Zhizhong scolded lightly, looked around, found two bottles of mineral water from the mineral water tank beside the seat, handed one to Su Zu and opened the one in his hand , took a slow sip, and then smacked his mouth, as if he had drank old wine.

"I never thought that we would get to where we are today. Before I took over you, I already thought that I might be an ordinary coach on Hedao all my life, and fight people. Oh, who Know…"

Speaking, Li Zhizhong drooled again, but he didn't say the rest of the sentence.

"Master, don't worry, I won't lose tomorrow."

Su Zu unscrewed the mineral water bottle, took a sip, looked at the cramped rest room, and said slowly.

Su Zu still remembers going to the National Middle School Games with Lao Li at the very beginning. At that time, Lao Li was always able to hold back and smiled with a peaceful appearance.

In fact, Su Zu knew very well that Li Zhizhong was the most nervous in every match. Earlier in the game, Li Zhizhong would always take the trouble to ask Su Zu if he would be nervous before the game, but it was just because he was nervous.

However, as a head coach Li Zhizhong is afraid of losing face in front of outsiders in order to maintain his image as a coach, and has always been strong. And in front of Su Zu, he couldn't pass on his nervousness to Su Zu, instead, he had to keep cheering for him and relieve the pressure.

However, with today's performance, Su Zu could clearly see that Old Li was a little bit restless.

In Bird's Nest, it's easy to say. But an athlete who bears the limelight, under the eyes of countless Chinese people, faces opponents from all over the world. These opponents include top athletes who have been inseparable from him, and even broke the world record he held just a few months ago. The current strongest.

If you lose? Or underperforming?

That may be what thousands of people point to.

This is the same at home and abroad.

Under such unparalleled pressure, although Su Zu can bear it, it is also Lao Li who has been protecting him and sharing a lot with him.

Under such a competition, the pressure on the coach in charge is not light at all. In addition to the pressure on and off the field, he also has concerns from the system and the athletes themselves.

In Su Zu's memory, he remembers the impact caused by Liu Yangyu's retirement. His coach Sun Pingjiang, a middle-aged man in his fifties, choked several times and burst into tears at the press conference on site.

"You..." Li Zhizhong looked up at Su Zu, shook his head slightly, and let out a sigh of admiration or emotion.

"Just be confident, don't be influenced by me, I just feel emotional for a while. Don't have any worries, let go and run! It doesn't matter how good your grades are."

"Hmm."

Su Zu held the mineral water bottle and threw it on the massage table with seriousness in his eyes.

He understands Li Zhizhong's worries and anxieties. At the beginning of this year's Olympic Games, he felt the same pressure, especially when Bolt broke the world record.

However, worrying about gains and losses under pressure and facing the fear of competitors has never been useful.

Su Zu knows how to bear and face these invisible pressures.

He has been thinking about the past from time to time recently, thinking about the trajectory of his past life that has gradually faded away from his memory.

There were countless nights of struggle and sighing, countless times of despair and pain of tossing the bed and wheelchair, at that time he had no longer thought about the value of life.

At that time, he was asking himself, what was his greatest regret?

The answer is not to make more money, not to avoid his own accident, not to all the things he has done…

It was the things he had thought about, but had not been able to put into practice.

No risks, no dreams.

Sitting in a wheelchair and looking at the sky desperately, what he thought of most was his childhood dream.

And God gave him a chance, gave him a chance to read the file again.

He chose another life without hesitation.

Become an athlete, gallop on the track and realize the dream you have chased.

It is not people who choose dreams, but dreams choose people.

When everything starts over again, he wants to desperately seize the dream that chose him.

The dream that belongs to him and touches his own.

Will the process be difficult? Yes, it's tough. There are no shortcuts, and there will be many falls.

There are no smooth mountains in the world, and whoever wants to reach the top must first climb a steep ridge.

Stressed, bored, discouraged, miserable.

But all of this will be an inevitable problem that you will encounter when you embark on the road of competitive sports and become extraordinary.

This is competitive sports, and this is life!

I have regrets once, how can I repeat the same mistakes? !