"Marathon? Tomorrow? ”

"Yes, and internationally." Seeing that the two were familiar with each other, Natasha also felt very happy, and answered Chen Peng's question with a smile. "These are my friends here, and we heard that there is a marathon tomorrow that is still recruiting volunteers, so we came over."

"Then tomorrow is the official start, what are you doing here in advance?" Pan Luyao asked.

"First follow the organizers to familiarize yourself with the route and determine the locations where to distribute drinks to the players, and tomorrow we will set up a platform here to distribute drinks, water and towels to the passing players."

Chen Peng looked in the direction that Natasha was pointing, and there was a police car swaying not far away, stopping on the side of the road from time to time, and a few people came down and pointed around, looking like they were indeed making some plans.

"By the way, didn't you say you were going to London? What do you think? When to go? After a few words with her friends, Natasha turned around and asked very enthusiastically.

"It's only been a few days, and when the time comes, I will go directly to Paris by train." Chen Peng retracted his gaze and turned his head to look at Natasha.

"I really envy you, it's a pity that my vacation is almost gone, otherwise I would go to Paris with you, how interesting it would be." Natasha just sighed slightly, and then regained her spirits, "Then if you don't leave tomorrow, you might as well come to participate in this marathon." ”

"Volunteer like you? You don't need so many people. Chen Peng said with a smile.

"Yaoyao follow me as a volunteer, you can go to the competition, in addition to the professional players, there are many amateurs to participate, similar to the carnival. Very interesting. Natasha began to indoctrinate the two of them about the benefits of the marathon, but it looked like she was memorizing a textbook, and it was probably not long before she was poured this information.

Chen Peng looked at Pan Luyao on the side, and saw that her face was a little moved, and thinking about it would not affect their future plans. I nodded and agreed.

"Natasha ......"

At this time, not far away, several of Natasha's friends began to call her. Seeing that she was a little busy, Chen Peng was not ready to continue to bother her.

"Goodbye."

"Well, I'll call you later evening."

The two sides said goodbye to each other, and Chen Peng and Pan Luyao continued to walk forward for a while. Natasha's energetic figure is no longer visible.

"Are you really going to run a marathon tomorrow?" Pan Luyao looked at Chen Peng suspiciously.

"Sure, a fun event, isn't it?" Chen Peng replied with a smile: "I have never participated in similar activities before, and it is also a good experience to be able to participate in person this time." ”

"Hmm. Then I'll run with you, I've also participated in our city marathon there before. ”

"That's right, then it's up to you what you need to prepare."

"Hmmm......"

The two talked while shopping around the street.

When he returned to the hotel, he had prepared all the gifts that Chen Peng wanted to buy, such as pure woolen scarves and cloaks, enamel gold and silver utensils, all kinds of nesting dolls, and the most distinctive Russian military supplies, etc., which Chen Peng did not plan to take with him, but simply packed and mailed them. Because you don't need to carry it yourself. So Chen Peng didn't control it for a while, and bought a lot, including a lot of various special souvenirs for young women. There are also all kinds of fashion, but obviously they are not prepared for Pan Luyao, who is close at hand. Regarding this situation, Pan Luyao saw it in her eyes, but did not take the initiative to mention similar topics, but silently helped Chen Peng sort it out, and Chen Peng did not take the initiative to pick it up for the time being.

The next time I met Natasha was at noon the next day.

The marathon starts at 2 p.m. That is, he avoided some cold mornings in Moscow, and was at the stage where he almost finished digesting what he had eaten at noon.

When I saw Chen Peng and Pan Luyao, who were already wearing sportswear. Natasha snorted twice, "You two are really unremarkable." ”

"We're specialized in running. I'm not here to juggle. Chen Peng said with a smile, his eyes swept in the distance, and soon he saw several very conspicuous so-called features in Natasha's mouth on the street that had been isolated with strips of cloth as a race road.

There are those dressed as vampire counts, there are medieval warriors, and there are simply carrying a huge cross estimated to be two people high, Chen Peng doesn't know how many meters he can run in such a dress, anyway, he thinks that if they can win without falling.

"It's the spirit of entertainment, you know?" Natasha glanced at Chen Peng disdainfully.

"Yes, yes, I'm outdated." Chen Peng smiled indifferently, looked at the sky, the sun was already hanging in the sky, and the people who were shining were warm, "It only started at two o'clock in the afternoon, there is still more than an hour, do you want to eat something?" ”

"Thanks, there's a nice burger joint nearby, just bring me a few." Natasha said generously.

"Okay, you wait, it'll be fine in a while."

Pan Luyao stayed to chat with Natasha, Chen Peng walked to the burger restaurant located a street away alone, bought two large hamburgers and Coke, thought about it, and bought some snacks before walking back.

When he returned to the drinking water distribution point on the track where Natasha was, Chen Peng found that in addition to Natasha and Pan Luyao, there were two more acquaintances, or people who had just known each other for a short time - Natalia and Raisa, mother and daughter.

"Hi, Chen." "Hello, Uncle Leon."

(Lyon is Chen Peng's English name.) ）

"Okay, why are you here?" Chen Peng greeted him with a smile and handed the bag with the hamburger in his hand to Natasha on the side.

"I'm with Raisa." Natalia smiled softly and pointed to the little girl bouncing next to her.

"Uncle Leon, Raisa is also a volunteer." Raisa tilted her head triumphantly, drawing Chen Peng's attention to the child's version of the sunhat on her head, which was exactly the same as the volunteer hat Natasha was carrying.

"Well, Raisa is amazing." Chen Peng praised Laisha, which made the little girl immediately smile.

Everyone got together and chatted for a while, and soon, the sun gradually became a little bigger, and more and more people began to gather on the edge of the barrier of the runway, happily holding small buntings, waiting for the official start of the race.

When the horn began to announce the amateurs to assemble, Chen Peng and Pan Luyao said goodbye to Natasha and the three, and then rushed to the meeting place, ready to start.

Because it was just to join in the fun, the runners in the amateur group were all in a mess, huddled together on the road, while waiting for the start order, while chatting with their companions at will, plus many people were wearing costume ball-like costumes, and there was a noisy and noisy atmosphere everywhere for a while, the atmosphere was cheerful and relaxed, but it was quite a festive atmosphere.

Chen Peng and Pan Luyao crowded into the crowd, looking east and west, exchanging interesting things they saw from time to time, feeling particularly interesting, and in this atmosphere, influenced by the surroundings, it is easy to have a mood of eagerness to try.

As an important international sporting event hosted by Moscow, the government attaches great importance to it, not only recruiting many volunteers to serve, but also sending a large number of police to maintain order on each section of the road to ensure the safety of the event.

A bang of gunfire came from the far ahead, and there was a slight commotion in the crowd, and many people stood on tiptoe and craned their necks to look ahead.

"The official contestants have already set off." Quite a few people in the crowd began to pass on the news of the front.

Soon, faint applause and noise were heard approaching, and unconsciously, the crowd of amateurs began to move forward, from walking to fast walking, and then to jogging, as if the floodgates were opened, and the crowd slowly began to change from static to dynamic, and before long, the whole crowd began to move quickly, like a torrent sweeping forward.

In order to avoid being rushed away by the crowd, Chen Peng and Pan Luyao ran hand in hand, neither fast nor slow, moving with the crowd.

Chen Peng felt that he was also infected, his feet moved briskly, his eyes were full of black and oppressive human heads, and he couldn't see the situation farther away, at this time, he didn't need to think about anything in his mind, just ran with the crowd, and a very relaxed and pleasant feeling arose.

Suddenly, Chen Peng remembered a movie he watched a long time ago, the protagonist named Forrest Gump just ran without thinking about anything, maybe his mood at that time was also what he felt now.

This ran for nearly an hour, and at this time, the crowd composed of amateur runners finally began to lengthen and disperse due to the difference in the physical fitness of each member, and the surroundings of Chen Peng and Pan Luyao had become sparse, and from time to time an amateur runner broke away from the running team and slowly stopped on the side of the road.

Now the crowd that is still running is already considered professionals, as the crowd disperses, the lively atmosphere has begun to weaken a lot, Chen Peng, who was running sweaty, looked at Pan Luyao, who was around and around Pan Luyao, whose breathing rhythm was a little scattered, and then took her hand, signaling that she could stop.

After all, the two of them came over just to enjoy the atmosphere of this kind of activity, and then they completely fought for their will and physical fitness, which was a little unnecessary for Chen Peng, who had a game mentality.

"It's almost time to run here, let's walk slowly for a while, and go back and change our clothes first, so as not to catch a cold."

"yes, okay."

The two walked slowly for a while, adjusted the rhythm of their bodies, and then took the path to the hotel where they were staying.

After returning to the hotel to change clothes and take the stored items, Chen Peng and Pan Luyao went to the distribution booth where Natasha was located to see how the situation was there.

Natasha's stall was very close to the end of Red Square, and when Chen Peng and the others arrived, the main force that happened to be running had already arrived there, and bursts of excited screams came and went, which was very lively. (To be continued)