I have had a tradition for myself: every Summer Olympics, I would run a half marathon each week during the three weeks of game time. Watching athletes competing really gets me excited and inspires me to do something to challenge myself.
Doing sports is part of my life since I was very young. When I was ten years old, I was selected by the coaches to play volleyball at the Beijing Eastern District Youth Physical School, 东城体校. They came to observe us during our physical exercise class and selected two tallest girls and I was one of the two. Actually, I was only tall early, lucky me ～ I am 5"6', not very tall. So I played volleyball after school from 4pm until 7pm everyday since ten and this lasted until high school. I continued to play in college for another four years and was the captain of the Women's Volleyball team.
I did and loved many other kinds of sports: tennis, swimming, yoga... Running is a relatively new hobby for me (since 2009) and it is so easy to do, just put shoes on and out you go. There in nature, I become a happy kid again, sweating, competing, observing the beauty of the natural world. Many of my poems came to my mind during those lone,peaceful hours.I used to think running was boring and was for those who couldn't play ball sports well. I later found out that it was not the case at all: running is addictive, and a good addiction, I may say.
During last Summer Olympic (August 5, 2016-August 21, 2016), I ran three half marathons each week, and interestingly, in three different cities. The first week, I attended an academic conference in China. I ran one in my hometown Beijing, along the Chang An Avenue. During that run, I even bought an egg scallion pancake from a street peddler and ate it,and waved at the stone-faced soldiers in front of 中南海,haha.So cool to tour hometown on foot that way. The second week, I was in Chicago visiting my sister. I ran one along the Lake Michigan. A beautiful course, very vibrant running crowd. Free water and Gatorades along the road sponsored by Chicago companies, very nice. The third week, I was in Grabby, Corolado, for a family vocation. So I ran one in a 18-hole gulf course nearby. This third one was the hardest due to the high altitude condition. I didn't feel sick but I felt a little harder to breathe. I managed to finish it anyway. Now I understand why the national teams take the team to train in Corolado. Once they come down to the normal altitude and breathe with the normal level of oxygen, they perform extremely well ～
Now, five years later, it is the summer Olympic game time again. I plan to follow my own tradition and run a half marathon each of the three weekends. Would my body still be able to take the challenge? I am not sure. I am five years older. We will see. I ran the first half marathon yesterday. I felt great. After a hottub soak and some rest, I was able to bounce back to normal, and even did some cooking, penne pasta with meat sauce, hahah. Below I share with you some of my photos. Marathon is a lone affair. I am used to not having any audiences. On a second thought, it might be fun to share my adventure with a friend or two, like you : )
Male Red-winged Blackbirds fiercely defend their territories during the breeding season, spending more than a quarter of daylight hours in territory defense. He chases other males out of the territory and attacks nest predators, sometimes going after much larger animals, including horses and people.
每次看到这种红豆，总想起王维的诗，我的后院河边有一棵。
《相思》
[唐] 王维
红豆生南国，春来发几枝。
愿君多采撷，此物最相思。
全湿透了，你能看到的几块浅粉色，是唯一没湿的地方。我自己也很惊讶，今天太闷湿了，赶紧吃了一片 salt tablet,补盐和钾，以防流汗多缺盐引起腿抽筋。以前发生过一次后，就随身带盐片了。
Thanks! I wrote it in a conversational tone while I recovered
from the race. Glad that you like it and you are a runner too!
Wow, running everyday, that is a commitment. I run every other day since some days are just too busy.
Yes, that was what I meant. I was thinking to use the verb "got" then decided to keep it assuming people know what I was talking about. Yours is clearer.
Thanks for stopping by and chat! Happy running! : )
【我这样参与庆祝夏季奥运会】（1）I have had a tradition for myself: every Summer Olympics, I would run a half marathon each week during the three weeks of game time. Watching athletes competing really gets me excited and inspires me to do something to challenge myself.
Doing sports is part of my life since I was very young. When I was ten years old, I was selected by the coaches to play volleyball at the Beijing Eastern District Youth Physical School, 东城体校. They came to observe us during our physical exercise class and selected two tallest girls and I was one of the two. Actually, I was only tall early, lucky me ～ I am 5"6', not very tall. So I played volleyball after school from 4pm until 7pm everyday since ten and this lasted until high school. I continued to play in college for another four years and was the captain of the Women's Volleyball team.
I did and loved many other kinds of sports: tennis, swimming, yoga... Running is a relatively new hobby for me (since 2009) and it is so easy to do, just put shoes on and out you go. There in nature, I become a happy kid again, sweating, competing, observing the beauty of the natural world. Many of my poems came to my mind during those lone,peaceful hours.I used to think running was boring and was for those who couldn't play ball sports well. I later found out that it was not the case at all: running is addictive, and a good addiction, I may say.
During last Summer Olympic (August 5, 2016-August 21, 2016), I ran three half marathons each week, and interestingly, in three different cities. The first week, I attended an academic conference in China. I ran one in my hometown Beijing, along the Chang An Avenue. During that run, I even bought an egg scallion pancake from a street peddler and ate it,and waved at the stone-faced soldiers in front of 中南海,haha.So cool to tour hometown on foot that way. The second week, I was in Chicago visiting my sister. I ran one along the Lake Michigan. A beautiful course, very vibrant running crowd. Free water and Gatorades along the road sponsored by Chicago companies, very nice. The third week, I was in Grabby, Corolado, for a family vocation. So I ran one in a 18-hole gulf course nearby. This third one was the hardest due to the high altitude condition. I didn't feel sick but I felt a little harder to breathe. I managed to finish it anyway. Now I understand why the national teams take the team to train in Corolado. Once they come down to the normal altitude and breathe with the normal level of oxygen, they perform extremely well ～
Now, five years later, it is the summer Olympic game time again. I plan to follow my own tradition and run a half marathon each of the three weekends. Would my body still be able to take the challenge? I am not sure. I am five years older. We will see. I ran the first half marathon yesterday. I felt great. After a hottub soak and some rest, I was able to bounce back to normal, and even did some cooking, penne pasta with meat sauce, hahah. Below I share with you some of my photos. Marathon is a lone affair. I am used to not having any audiences. On a second thought, it might be fun to share my adventure with a friend or two, like you : )
这里还是个自然保护区，有不少野生动物。鹰在捕猎，不少鹰在这里，我还亲眼见过美国的象征白头鹰，飞起来翅膀宽大，很美，很酷。
这里的鹿很多，一直觉得鹿是很优雅，干净的动物，喜欢它们。它们在吃 Sunday Brunch.
我跑过来的时候，把小梅花鹿吓得跑到了草丛里。过了一会儿，小鹿的妈妈觉得我比较友好，只是在拍照，便出来呼唤小鹿。也没发声，不知用的什么心灵感应，小鹿就出来，跟着妈妈吃草去了。经过我的时候，还看了我一眼，呵呵
这种鸟叫 Red-winged blackbird，这只鸟总喜欢站在这个椅子上，发出很好听的叫声，也不怕人，跟我都熟了，有段时间了，我走到很近很近，它才飞走。
Male Red-winged Blackbirds fiercely defend their territories during the breeding season, spending more than a quarter of daylight hours in territory defense. He chases other males out of the territory and attacks nest predators, sometimes going after much larger animals, including horses and people.
每次看到这种红豆，总想起王维的诗，我的后院河边有一棵。
《相思》
[唐] 王维
红豆生南国，春来发几枝。
愿君多采撷，此物最相思。
全湿透了，你能看到的几块浅粉色，是唯一没湿的地方。我自己也很惊讶，今天太闷湿了，赶紧吃了一片 salt tablet,补盐和钾，以防流汗多缺盐引起腿抽筋。以前发生过一次后，就随身带盐片了。
如果减去跟鹿玩，摄像的十多分钟，与热天跑步的速度差不多。我半马最快的纪录是两个小时八分钟，但那是十年前了。如果天气好，我可以两个半小时跑完；如果天气闷热，像昨天八十六度，一般两个小时四十五分钟完成。气温和风非常影响运动员的发挥。跑马不怕冷，最怕热。有一年芝加哥马拉松，正当那天97度，明智的人就不跑了，会有生命危险的。
三万步。
为俺立下汗马功劳的腿，呵呵。为了这次挑战，专门去买了双新鞋。本来跑三百到四百迈就应该换一双新鞋的，因为看着新，就没在意。刚去网上查了一下Garmin表给我做的记录，从九月份到现在，已经跑了728迈！早该换鞋了。不能因为鞋看着新就不换，否则会受伤，出各种问题的。
几天前照的。整个的夕阳真美，多么美好的结束 ～
期待着下周的第二个半马拉松。。。
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全马，如果有很美的路程，或有特殊意义的马拉松，我才会训练跑。那个对身体，营养，训练，时间，要求都比较高。
每个人身体状况不一样，自己最了解自己。但有一点我感受很深，如果有好的训练，人身体的潜力是非常大的。
谢谢！
训练不好跑，可以死人的。。。
红卫兵啥意思？：）哥们隐晦的幽默
这次参赛者跑全马的时间，2:26:00
不比不知道啊，哈哈哈
不过，咱这个年龄，能这个速度，就不错了，top 15% VOX, fitness age 20, 还求啥呀，我等会赶紧约个按摩，
犒劳一下我的身体 ：）
你锻炼吗？
黑色红肩是雄鸟, 雌鸟与雄鸟差别特别大, 羽毛类似麻雀, 一只雄鸟有一片领地, 可有10几到20 雌性伴侣,
1
两只雌鸟, 难以想象吧,居然是一种鸟, 雌与雄
五个小时四十一分钟，nonstop running, that is what a human being's body can do : )
速度是随着年龄变慢的，这是自然的，我能一直保持同龄人的15%，大概就是我的目标了，我的表会告诉我的
拍到一只红卫兵坐在一只红尾鹰头上搭顺风车. 总之别惹他, 惹急了会跟你拼命
beautiful sport!
good, it is hard to do it inside : )
不过真是挺快乐的，认识不少人，跑马的过程也很激动人心，cherishble life experience
我参加year round tennis clinic 六七年，后来教练去佛罗里达当教练了，就没打了
Tennis is fun! 不过很多快速停顿，起步，对膝盖有点损伤
I'm jogging every day, your article resonates with me.
You wrote "I was only tall early", do you mean you grew tall earlier than other girls?
心的
网球是技术性很强的运动，对身体素质要求也比较高，慢慢来吧 ～
谢谢！
你锻炼吗？
from the race. Glad that you like it and you are a runner too!
Wow, running everyday, that is a commitment. I run every other day since some days are just too busy.
Yes, that was what I meant. I was thinking to use the verb "got" then decided to keep it assuming people know what I was talking about. Yours is clearer.
Thanks for stopping by and chat! Happy running! : )