" at that time Chairman Mao proposed to "develop sports to enhance the people's physical fitness", and called on you not only to study well, to work well, but also to be in good health, and I began to run in response to the call. " The old man recalled the reason for running. In
1952, Huainan held the first games in Huainan, when the 25 year old was in the 10 thousand meter race. All the others had finished, and he had 3 laps left. All the people around him were laughing and laughing. He did not pay any attention to it.
later, the mayor gave the encouragement award to Zhang Liangyou who insisted on running the last three circles. He hoped he would keep exercising and run well.
from then on, he insisted on the street every day. In the Huainan coal mine as a miner, the factory in the early, middle, late three class system, in order to be able to run, he chose to go to the night shift, the first thing after work morning after work is to go running, run home and take a bath and sleep, wind and rain.
by May 1953, when he held another sports meet in Huainan, he ran second.
Shang Diane took photos of the 1988 Beijing international yuan old marathon invitational tournament.
[b] letter to marshal He Long's letter [/b]
1955, Zhang Liangyou as the Huainan coal mine staff representatives to Shanghai sports delegation to Shanghai to participate in the National Games, and with 33 minutes to win the men's 10 thousand meters long race champion. After
in a bookstore in Shanghai, he found a book on the marathon published by the Soviet Union and bought it for 5 cents and returned to his home.
he allowed his apprentice to read to him, and according to the book, he added the length of running practice and began his scientific marathon training.
at that time, he ran 50 kilometers every day, and he also started a "run errands" business.
"at that time, the vegetable was tense, Shouxian County's bean sprouts were good, and sold cheap, from the Huainan chase to Shouxian County. The journey back and forth was just more than 50 kilometers, so I went running every day to help the neighbors buy the bean sprouts, and each time I could bring five or six Jin back." Zhang Liangyou said in an interview with "Huainan net".
, according to the Xin'an evening news, after two years of marathon training, Zhang Liangyou wrote letters to marshal He Long three times, suggesting that the marathon should be established. Finally, the National Sports Commission sent people directly to Anhui to investigate the marathon.
Zhang Liangyou showed his medals in the marathon at home.
1957 December 22nd, Feidong County, Hefei, held the first marathon test competition in Feidong County, Hefei, and Zhang Liang won the first marathon record with 2 hours, 52 minutes, 34 seconds, and 6.
this result, even today, can kill a lot of Marathon amateurs, and what's more, Zhang Lao was wearing a family of cloth shoes to finish the match under the soil road, which was not easy to imagine.
in 1959, marathon was established as the National Games, and the first Beijing international marathon was held in 1981. Decades of changes, such as Zhang Lao's predecessors hope, China ushered in the marathon's "flourishing age".