2024-04-26 13:21:52
Mr. Cao, an avid Chinese runner, ran the entire marathon with his 9-year-old son. He was later sentenced to a two-year ban by the marathon organizing committee for participating in violations. (Illustration/photo taken from Pixabay)
Recently, Mr. Cao, a Chinese running enthusiast, took his 9-year-old son to challenge the Zhengkai Marathon held in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, and completed the entire marathon. Subsequently, Mr. Cao was reported by netizens for violating regulations. After investigation by the marathon organizing committee, it was confirmed that he had violated relevant regulations and was banned for two years.
According to mainland media “Upstream News”, Mr. Cao is a sports self-media. The father and son are famous for running in Pingdingshan where they live. On March 31, he took his son to register for the Zhengkai Marathon. Tao parent-child fun run, but I ended up running the whole marathon. It took his son more than five hours to complete the race, but he “collapsed” due to uneven distribution of physical strength. He only picked up his son from among the volunteers at the finish line.
Mr. Cao revealed that his starting point was simply to take his son to experience the marathon atmosphere. Because minors mightn’t register for the marathon, he signed up for the parent-child track. But when they actually arrived at the starting point, they found that the place was filled with official half marathon and full marathon runners. The father and son were stuck in the crowd and might not return to the parent-child starting point. fun race, so they just started with the crowd of participants.
Mr. Cao said they did not intend to finish the race early, nor to obtain a ranking. They just wanted to run as much as they might and take their son to experience it in an unexpected way when they came back. halfway, his son felt that he “can still run”, so I took my son to challenge the whole distance.
Mr. Cao said his son ran 3 kilometers every day for three years, from age 6 to 9, and his physical strength was very good. At the start of the race, I might still take care of my son, but following 30 kilometers I “ran away” first. Instead, my son ran farther and farther and eventually reached the finish line 30 minutes earlier than him. Thanks to the volunteers who helped guide him, then quickly brought his son back.
As for the two-year suspension sentence, Mr. Cao admitted that he was willing to accept it. But he also proposed: “On such a wide road, top athletes have finished running. We don’t want rankings or medals. Can we run? After all, minors can participate in rock climbing, skiing, and other sports as long as they do so. because they are accompanied by a guardian.
The marathon organization told the media: “According to the regulations of the Chinese Athletics Association, minors are not allowed to participate in the marathon. Currently, you must be over 20 to participate in the full marathon, and you must be over 20. 16 years old to participate in the half marathon and 10 kilometers.”
Sports medicine expert Lin Sheng also said that minors are not suitable for running a marathon, because marathon is an extreme sport that requires high cardiopulmonary function and requires long-term exercise before running. participate. Juveniles’ bodies are still in the developmental stage and running a marathon will overload their bodies, which can lead to various developmental problems.
As for Mr. Cao’s inability to outrun his 9-year-old son, Lin Sheng analyzed that it might be related to the minor’s lack of inhibitory function. Adults will have obvious discomfort reactions following physical fatigue, but minors’ reactions are relatively slow, which also leads to the situation that children do not know that they are tired when running.
However, Lin Sheng emphasized that “not knowing that being tired does not mean that the body is not tired.” Therefore, he strongly advises minors not to run the marathon. If you really enjoy running, you can run a few miles with healthy running. Wait until your body is almost mature between the ages of 16 and 18, then gradually start running long distances.
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