"Coach Li, there is a beautiful woman over there who has been sizing you up!" Wu Feng whispered to Dai Li.
Wu Feng was the police officer who had retired from the special forces. His intuition was much stronger than that of others, so he immediately felt that Xiao Yunan was looking over here from afar.
"Maybe he's looking at Coach Li, maybe he's looking at me!" a police officer next to him said with a smile.
"Old Wu used to be a sniper in the special forces unit. His eyesight is much better than yours! He said that if someone is looking at Coach Li, he must be looking at Coach Li." Another police officer said.
Dai Li looked in the direction Wu Feng said, and he did see Xiao Yunan, but it was a little far away. Dai Li couldn't see Xiao Yunan's specific facial features clearly. He could only see that she was wearing sportswear and a peaked cap. Judging from her skin and tall figure, she must be a beauty.
The next second, Dai Li discovered Liu Baogang.
"Isn't that coach Liu Baogang of the marathon team? He really came to compete! I heard a few days ago that he took an annual leave to prepare for this marathon. Wait a minute, his competition clothes, It seems to be the same as the surrounding participating teams. I remember that the national team did not form a team to participate in the competition. Did Coach Liu join an amateur team?"
Dai Li thought of this and said to Wu Feng: "Officer Wu, you have good eyesight, help me see which team is over there."
The eyesight of the special forces snipers is indeed very good. Wu Feng just glanced at it and said, "Those people's clothes have 'Dingtian Real Estate' written on them. They should be from the Dingtian Group!"
"Dingtian Group, a big company! How come Coach Liu got mixed up with Dingtian Group? He must be doing private work to make extra money!" Li Dai immediately thought of this.
"This is very likely. Liu Baogang was originally a marathon coach. He spends all day on the training ground. If he really wants to do pre-match training, he can just train with the athletes. There is no need to take annual leave."
Dai Li knows that Liu Baogang is a very high-level coach. He has taught the marathon team for many years. Although he has not achieved decent results in international competitions, it is undeniable that the marathon level of the national team has been steadily improving.
"With the level of coach Liu Baogang, he is more than enough to guide ordinary people. After taking such a long annual leave, he should be able to train a good team! But no matter how good Coach Liu is, he cannot be compared to My team members are all police officers, and they are not comparable to those of other teams."
When Dai Li thought of this, he felt much relieved.
"Hey, isn't that Squad Leader Zhao of Class 1? It turns out that after he was discharged from the army, he went to the Dingtian Group!" said a police officer next to Li Dai.
"Officer Wang, have you met someone you know?" Dai Li asked immediately.
"Well, over there, in the Dingtian Group's participating team, there is an old comrade of mine. We joined the army together and were in the same platoon. He was the first squad leader and I was the second squad leader. Coach, I went over to fight with him. Say hello." Officer Wang took a leave of absence from Li Dai and walked towards the Dingtian Group participating team.
After a while, Officer Wang returned to the team.
"Sorry for wasting everyone's time. I met several old comrades." Officer Wang continued: "I thought only Squad Leader Zhao was there, but I didn't expect there were two more behind me. They were in the same unit as me..."
"Are there many veterans in the Dingtian Group team?" Dai Li suddenly became wary.
A police officer surnamed Sui looked at the team of Dingtian Group: "There should be quite a few. These people who have served as soldiers, especially those who have just left the army, can tell at a glance that they are soldiers in terms of their behavior. I It feels like they are all veterans.”
This police officer Sui is a criminal police officer. Not only is he well-informed, but his observation and analysis skills are also top-notch.
"They are all veterans!" Dai Li suddenly took a breath of air. At this moment, he also felt that it was getting tricky.
"I originally thought that the physical fitness of the people on my side was strong enough, but I didn't expect that the Dingtian Group's team was not much different, and they also hired Liu Baogang as their coach. In this competition, the Dingtian Group team is a strong opponent. Be more careful! Let’s detect their abilities first!”
Soon after, all the contestants stood on the starting area, and Li Dai also took the opportunity to test the personal abilities of the Dingtian Group contestants.
"Sure enough, we are really strong. If you look at the ability value alone, the level is basically the same as mine. However, I have the bonus of endurance aura. I think if we really compete to the end, Dingtian Group should not be our opponent." Dai Li let out a sigh of relief.
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"Does that Xiao Li know how to train for a marathon?" Liu Baogang kept mumbling in his heart.
If it were another coach of the national team, Liu Baogang might feel more confident. After all, Liu Baogang is also an old man in the national team, and he must know the ins and outs of his colleagues who have worked with him for many years.
But Liu Baogang still couldn't figure out Li Dai. Especially on the eve of the Asian Games relay race, Li Dai took the initiative to volunteer and won the Asian Games championship. Liu Baogang personally witnessed that game. The sharp cooperation between the four players did not look like it could be trained in one day. This made Liu Baogang feel that there was a sense of mystery about Dai Li.
"This kid Li Dai was chosen by Xue Li. He is by no means an ordinary person. But he is so young and it is not easy for him to be proficient in sprint training. He probably doesn't know how to train for long-distance running!" Liu Baogang comforted himself. .
At this moment, the starting gunshot sounded, and the crowd began to move like a tide. After all, the competition was attended by thousands of people, so it looked quite spectacular.
There is a saying that says don’t lose at the starting line. However, a half marathon is not a 100-meter sprint. Runners have to run more than 20 kilometers. Starting a step faster or a step slower will not have a big impact on the final ranking.
However, many people who participate in a marathon for the first time do not understand this truth. They desperately rush to start in the front row, and then run at the front as soon as the race begins, eager to gain a lead.
There are even some players who don't know the truth. When they see others running fast, they immediately follow them, as if they are unwilling to lag behind others. They don't know that in amateur marathons, the most important thing is to do what you can, and being able to persist to the end is the most important thing.
Seeing this scene, Liu Baogang shook his head silently.
"Those who ran at the front from the beginning will probably retire halfway through the race. On the surface, it seems that there are quite a lot of people participating, but I don't know if only one-fifth of them will be able to finish the race." Liu Baogang While thinking about it, he put the big bag with the drink on his body and got on a bicycle.
On the other side, Dai Li also carried a bag of supplies and rode a shared bicycle.
In order to ensure the smooth progress of this marathon, the roads used in the competition must be closed and no motor vehicles are allowed to pass, so the vehicles of each team cannot drive in at all, such as drinks, energy bars and other supplies. It can only be transported by bicycle.
After all, there are too many teams participating, including dozens of college student teams. If each team drives a car on the road, it will definitely affect the competition.
Of course, special vehicles such as police cars and ambulances can enter, but in order to avoid people saying that the police are special, the police department did not send a car to its own team. As a coach, Dai Li could only carry the supplies himself. Get the goods, get on your bike and rush to the next supply point.
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During the marathon, officials will set up supply points, and sometimes participating teams will also set up additional supply points on their own to provide supplies to the participants.
The first supply point of this half marathon is located at 5 kilometers. Generally, people who dare to sign up for the competition will have no problem running five kilometers. If you can't even hold on for 5 kilometers, then you really need to increase your physical exercise in the future.
At the supply point, Dai Li wrote a few notes and pasted them on the drink bottles with double-sided tape.
This is a way of conveying information during the marathon. The coach will write down the next tactical arrangements on paper based on the actual situation of the contestants and inform the athletes on the field.
In addition to marathons, road cycling races also use this method to convey messages.
The first ones to enter the first supply area are all athletes with relatively high level. Those who rush to the front as soon as they start may have fallen behind.
"Xiao Li! You are here too!" Liu Baogang's voice sounded.
There were a lot of people just before the start, and the two were busy with pre-race tactical arrangements and never had a chance to say hello. But now that they have arrived at the supply area, there are far fewer people. Naturally, it is impossible for the two to continue pretending that they cannot see each other.
"Coach Liu!" Li Dai immediately greeted him with a smile: "I saw you just now, but I had a lot of things on my hands and didn't look for you."
"To each other!" Liu Baogang then asked: "Xiao Li, these team members of yours are all police officers, right?"
"Yes, they are all police. The Public Security Bureau came to our team to hire a coach a few days ago. Everyone was busy and had no time, so I went." Li Dai continued: "Coach Liu, the team you are training this time , is it Dingtian Group?"
"Hehe..." Liu Baogang was not embarrassed by taking on a private job, but admitted it generously.
The two of them were talking wordlessly, testing each other's strength, and on the horizon, contestants gradually appeared.
"Here we come!" Dai Li saw a group of players wearing blue sportswear from a distance. They were the police representative team.
At the same time, the Dingtian Group's team also appeared in Dai Li's sight.
Dai Li and Liu Baogang got busy at the same time. They walked to the roadside with their backpacks and prepared to hand drinks to the team members.
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The second supply point was set up at a distance of 7.5 kilometers, and then supply points were set up every 2.5 kilometers.
After all, this is an amateur-level competition, and more supply points must be set up, especially after ten kilometers. Every 2.5 kilometers requires hard work and even suffering for ordinary people. At every aid station, there will be a large number of contestants who cannot persist and choose to quit.
After ten kilometers, there will be fewer and fewer people continuing on the track. This situation will continue until about 17.5 kilometers. Generally, people who can persist to 17.5 kilometers are basically capable of finishing the whole distance, and 20 The aid station at the kilometer mark is only a little over 1 kilometer away from the finish line. The runners who insist on reaching that point will naturally be reluctant to give up.
At the 7.5-kilometer aid station, there were still many runners passing by, and at this time, there was a clear gap between the contestants.
Although the police force and Dingtian Group are not at the forefront, they are still at the vanguard.
At the ten-kilometer supply point, the real competition begins. In the next two supply points, a large number of people will choose to withdraw from the race.
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"Xiao Li, I'll take the first step!" Liu Baogang waved to Dai Li and rode his bicycle towards the next supply point.
Dai Li smiled helplessly. Liu Baogang was riding a high-end city bicycle with a transmission that could even be used as a quasi-racing bicycle. Dingtian Group has a lot of money and has equipped the team with several such speed-shifting bicycles.
Li Dai randomly bought a shared bicycle on the side of the road. Both the speed and the riding experience were several notches higher than Liu Baogang's urban bicycle.
"Forget it, as long as you are faster than the players and feel the supply point first, that's it." Li Dai got on the shared bicycle and rode towards the next supply point.
Along the way, Dai Li also met many players who were alone.
Although most of the participants focus on participation, there are also many marathon enthusiasts, and many of them are capable runners. Although they are not up to professional standards, they are definitely the best among amateurs.
The speed of these outstanding players is no worse than that of high-level participating teams, so they are also running in a relatively high position. Some of the truly powerful figures may even hope to compete for the final individual championship.
"Half Marathon is indeed a popular sport in the past two years. Not only are there many participants, but there are also many high-level private athletes. It is almost 12 kilometers now. People who can run at this position are all very talented. Strength. Especially those who are alone. Without the cooperation of a team, their physical strength is consumed a lot, but it is not easy to keep up with the leading group!"
Dai Li sighed as he rode forward. At this moment, far ahead, a man in a white sportswear suddenly stumbled and fell to the ground.
Dai Li looked carefully and saw that he was a man with a thin build and gray hair. Even if he was not sixty years old, he was still about the same age.
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"Director Xiao, you really don't need to ride all the way to the finish line. Our company has arranged a car for you. Wouldn't it be better to take another route, take a slight detour, and take you directly to the finish line?" Beside Xiao Yunan, a man The man said with a flattering look.
"It's okay. I'm just doing some exercise. It's just twenty kilometers. It's no big deal." Although Xiao Yunan felt a little disgusted with these flatterers, her face did not show any displeasure.
With Xiao Yunan's identity, it is normal for employees of Dingtian Group to flatter him. For example, in today's competition, she decided to ride all the way to the finish line, and immediately seven or eight people got on the bike and rode with her to the finish line. There was even a person who carried an incubator with an ice pack on her back. There are cold drinks inside.
"Hey, there's no freedom at all!" Xiao Yunan sighed helplessly.
At this moment, Xiao Yunan vaguely saw someone falling in front of him.
"Someone fell down! It seems like an old man!" Xiao Yunan immediately planned to ride over.
"Director Xiao, wait a minute!" The man next to him immediately caught up and said at the same time; "Director Xiao, observe first, don't help!"
"Why?" Xiao Yunan slowed down the car and turned to look at the man.
"Director Xiao, you have been in the United States for a long time, so you may not know much about the situation here. For this kind of thing, you should either contact the police or a doctor. Even if you really want help, please wait a moment. I will use my mobile phone. Record it first, and then help him. This can be regarded as evidence that you did not hit the person." The man said.
Xiao Yunan opened her mouth, but did not speak. She already remembered various legends about porcelain, and the joke about helping an old lady and turning her Mercedes into an Alto.
"It shouldn't be because of porcelain!" Xiao Yunan said as if talking to himself.
"Director Xiao, there are people of all kinds these days. Your identity is quite special. If someone else is blackmailing you, it won't sound good." The man said and said to the two people behind him; "Xiao Zhang, Xiao Li, You go over and help the old man up, Xiao Zhao, Xiao Wang, take out your mobile phones and record the video, although we are doing good things, don’t be blackmailed!"
While Dingtian Group was talking, Dai Li had already rushed over from behind and parked his bicycle in front of the old man.
"Uncle, are you okay? I'll help you up!" Dai Li said without hesitation.