Chen Yanbo has achieved good results in the cross-country competition recently, and he also revealed the hardships of the competition. (Photo/Flipping Chen Yanbo’s Facebook page, the same below)
After 10 years, Taiwanese ultramarathon player Chen Yanbo competed once more in the 700-kilometer polar crossing in Yukon, Canada. He finished the race in 10 days, 6 hours and 4 minutes, and won the fourth place in the overall ranking and the third place in the hiking group. I fell asleep for 4 days, and woke up with nightmares every night, and my muscles were eaten by my body.
Chen Yanbo is inFacebookHe posted that he fell into a coma for 4 days following the game, and would wake up every night. “After opening my eyes, it was completely dark around me. I mightn’t tell whether it was a dream or reality. The sound of footsteps on the snow still came from my brain, and my body was involuntary. I’ve been walking”, thinking that I haven’t finished the race, I don’t know if I’m on the track or a refuge tent, “I’ll suddenly get scared, then scream, and sweat all over my body, until following a few minutes, my brain slowly returns to normal. “
Chen Yanbo said that he competed in a dangerous environment, accompanied by high pressure for a long time, and it may take some time to recover, “I lost weight, the muscles of my legs, buttocks, and waist were eaten by my body, and I lost a lot of weight. Frostbite and sore joints all over my body. I spent several years preparing for this event and put a lot of time into training. Because of the epidemic, I mightn’t transfer training to snowy countries, so I moved 4 large boxes of luggage and purchased equipment for early testing, as well as the photography team. It took a very, very huge fee, and at the end, there was no prize money, and there were not many spectators, only this medal.”
Chen Yanbo said that he would put the medal next to him before going to bed, because it represents all efforts, “how to overcome, how to regain hope on the brink of collapse, how to manage myself, how to learn to be alone, I only now understand, This is the only truth. For me, this 700km polar crossing is not like a race, but like our life.”
