for more than three hours, the pace of Deng Mingkai's old man is still healthy
November 10th news (reporter Han Jiejie Ma Yuan) Yuan) birthday is nothing more than eating cake, collecting gifts and gathering, but the birthday of Deng Mingkai, 70 years old in Weifang, is special and environmental protection. On the 8 day of his birthday, he came to the playground of Weifang University early, and ran around the 400 meter playground for 78 years to celebrate his 78 year old birthday.
"little Deng Zi, happy birthday!" 8 at 5 o'clock in the morning, the stadium of Weifang University was already very busy. Many runners congratulated an old man on the morning running. The reporter saw that "little Deng Zi" is not a hot blooded youth, but a grey haired old man -- Deng Mingkai. His short sleeved shorts, vigorous pace, compared with a group of young runners, the speed is no less.
in the vicinity of Deng Lao, there are still more than 100 runners running with him. The impressive team has attracted many morning exercises. "Look, the uncle has already run more than 20 laps, and it's so powerful." A morning trainer exclaimed. Deng Lao responded with a smile: "I just started warming up!"
the sky is getting brighter. Most of the runners left because they hurried to work and accompanied Feng old for thirty or forty laps. 6 runners had been running along with Deng Lao. At the end of the 78 lap, it's nine in the morning. "It's very comfortable and easy, and I can run another 10 kilometers." At the end of the 78 circle, Feng didn't run enough yet.
Yu Ding, who ran 78 laps with Lao Deng, said that Deng was not simple, starting at 4:20 in the morning, running 4.5 kilometers to the Weifang University, and then running 78 laps 400 meters and a lap, plus 35 kilometers. This is equivalent to the distance from Weifang people's Square to Anqiu bus station.
reporter learned that the 78 year old birthday, Deng originally wanted to quietly, but there was a hot heart run friends on the Internet sent "Convening order", so early on the 8 morning, more than 100 runfriends rushed from the community to the Weifang University's playground, group running circles, to celebrate his birthday. "It was so unexpected that everyone bought cakes and sweets." Deng said, in fact, last year, more than 100 running friends congratulated him on his birthday by running a marathon. Last year a friend of the runners discovered that November 8th was his birthday on the application form of his first entry, and he quietly called on a group run marathon to celebrate his birthday and gave him a special birthday gift.
"last year's birthday gave me inspiration," he said, when he made up his mind to celebrate his birthday every year. He insisted on running a long run, and how many years he ran. "My family was worried that I would run too long, too far and I could not bear my body, but I knew that I would never make running a burden." He said.