Back in the dormitory of the Qinglian Sports School, Yi Dun was just about to change his clothes and go out for training, when someone pushed the door into the dormitory.

Yi Dun guessed that it should be a student of the Youth Union School who originally lived in this dormitory, after all, this double dormitory is not a single room, and it is normal for someone to live in it.

What Yi Dun didn't expect was that his temporary roommate was a little surprisingly tall, and he looked a little taller than himself.

After the other party saw Yi Dun, he was also nervous, he heard the teacher in the department say that someone would come to this dormitory to stay for a few days, but he didn't expect it to be so big.

"Hello, my name is Fan Zhiyi, it's a pleasure to meet you."

"My name is Eden, and I'm glad to do it."

Hearing Yi Dun's name, the other party was flustered again.

"A ton?"

"Zhou Yi's Yi, Urging's Dun, Yi Dun." Yi Dun explained with a smile.

Judging from Fan Zhiyi's dress, he should have a good family background, and the whole person looks confident.

After the two sat down, Fan Zhiyi spoke: "Dude, you are also a basketball specialty, right?" ”

Yi Dun shook his head and told Fan Zhiyi the purpose of his visit to Qinglian City this time.

Fan Zhiyi's face was strange, because judging from Yi Dun's appearance, he really couldn't be connected with the marathon.

……

Both of them were young people, and they soon became acquainted, Fan Zhiyi took Yi Dun to the cafeteria for dinner, and then took Yi Dun to the playground.

There were only a few days left before the start of the marathon, and Yi Dun didn't dare to train too much to prevent training strain.

I only practiced for more than half an hour in the evening to maintain my competitive state.

……

Before I knew it, a few days had passed, and it was the race day of the Qinglian International Marathon.

The starting time was eight o'clock in the morning, Yi Dun got up early in the morning, smeared some parts of his body that were easy to rub and injured in the dormitory, and then set off early to rush to the competition site.

It's the middle of November, and the weather is getting colder.

However, for a marathon, 5 to 15 degrees Celsius is the most suitable temperature, and it is just right at the moment.

At about half past seven, the queue before the start of the race has begun, and Yi Dun came relatively early and was in a relatively high position.

This queue position actually has little impact on the results of the race, but there are definitely some benefits to being able to get to the front of the line.

Standing in the middle of the crowd and looking around, Yi Dun really made Yi Dun find several foreigners.

If you really want to find a city in Dongshan Province that can be called an international city, it can undoubtedly only be Qinglian, so it is normal for some foreigners to participate.

Yi Dun looked at a few thin black men, wondering if they were professional marathon bounty hunters from Kenya or Ethiopia.

These two East African countries are relatively poor, and there are few domestic resources to export, and participating in marathons to win prizes has become one of the important means for these two countries to earn foreign exchange......

It is somewhat similar to the export of Filipino maids to earn foreign exchange when the Philippines is poor.

……

"Are you Eden?" Not far away, someone squeezed through the crowd and walked towards Yi Dun.

Yi Dun looked at the person who came and found that he had no impression of this person in his mind at all.

"You are?" The visitor walked up to him and asked with some confusion.

"I'm from the provincial middle and long-distance running team, you don't know me normally, in the previous championship, I watched from the sidelines, and you left a deep impression on me."

"By the way, let me introduce myself, my name is Yu Huatian, and I am currently the captain of the middle and long-distance running team."

Yi Dun was stunned, this Yu Huatian in front of him turned out to be an athlete of the provincial team?

Can athletes from the system participate in such competitions?

If you get a bonus, how will it be distributed? Do you want to stay, or do you have to turn it in?

Just when Yi Dun was puzzled, three more people came over, greeted Yi Dun with a smile, and after some conversation, they were all members of the middle and long-distance running team.

In the previous college championship, Yi Dun left a deep impression on them, and learned that the province was ready to recruit Yi Dun into the team, so these people came to say hello to Yi Dun, a future teammate.

"By the way, Yi Dun, have you completed the formalities for joining the team?" Yu Huatian asked with some curiosity.

He had heard that Yi Dun would join the team within a week, but now that the week has passed, he didn't see Yi Dun at the track and field center, but met Yi Dun at the marathon in Qinglian City.

Yi Dun shook his head awkwardly, a little embarrassed to talk to these people, it was impossible to tell them that he was not going to enter the provincial team......

Maybe people will misunderstand that Yi Dun looks down on the provincial team.

Seeing that Yi Dun didn't speak, Yu Huatian didn't ask any questions, thinking that there was something wrong with Yi Dun's joining procedures.

……

Several people chatted for a while, and it was getting closer and closer to the starting time of eight o'clock.

At this moment, the competitors took off their long-sleeved shirts and threw them on both sides of the track.

Yi Dun did the same, and then waited quietly for the starting gun to sound.

"Bang......" A gunshot rang out, and the crowd began to surge.

The incomparably high prize money attracted nearly 2,000 people from Qinglian City to participate, and a large group of people started today's international marathon.

In fact, the scale of the marathon of 2,000 people is relatively small, and some large-scale marathons can reach tens of thousands.

Of the 2,000 people, about 150 ran the full marathon, about 200 ran the half marathon, and the remaining 1,000 or so were happy runners.

What is a fun run? That is, a 10-kilometer run, which is equivalent to a 10,000-meter run.

……

There are too many people, and Yi Dun is densely packed with people, even if Yi Dun is tall and big, it is difficult to break out of the encirclement in the crowd now.

At the moment, we can only look for opportunities to slowly find opportunities to lead.

After about ten minutes of running, the 2,000-strong running team was already "class-divided".

Several echelons have been formed.

Yi Dun is naturally mixed in the first echelon now, and there are about more than ten people around him, and it is expected that they should all be professional marathon runners.

As far as the eye can see, there are only three blacks in the first echelon, and no other foreigners are seen.

It seems that these three people are the rumored bounty hunters of the East African professional marathon.

In addition to the three East African runners and Eden, several members of the senior official running team are also in the first echelon.

After all, he is a provincial team player, and his strength must be quite good.

The remaining members of the first echelon, depending on their professionalism, are either provincial team members from other provinces or domestic bounty hunters.

The competition was fiercer than Eden had previously envisaged.

……

As the minutes and seconds passed, the first echelon was already nearly a kilometer ahead of the second echelon.

At this moment, some of the weaker members of the first echelon are gradually unable to keep up with the pace of the leaders and begin to fall behind.

By the halfway point of the race, Yi Dun's face was a little difficult to look at.

He couldn't hold it anymore......

It's not that I'm not physically exhausted, but I can't keep up with the pace of the East African players in front of me.

If you continue to follow, you may hold on for another five kilometers without falling behind, but if you do so, you are likely to face a situation where you will not be able to sprint in the end.