On the afternoon of February 14, we arrived in the imperial capital.

Under Zhang Pingqiu's arrangement, the group left the airport and went straight to the Training Bureau of the General Administration of Sports of China. This is the earliest comprehensive national training base in China.

Lu Jianming found a dormitory for Su Zu in the living area of the sports team of the West Courtyard of the Training Bureau, and then led him straight to the Athletics Management Center of the General Administration and the Athletics Association.

In the subsequent announcement of the 2003 national track and field team athletes and coaches, the names will be officially listed. In the future, the training plan and preparation plan of athletes need to be carried out in accordance with the plans and regulations formulated by the Athletics Management Center of the General Administration.

It just so happens that the national team has not issued a training notice, and most of the athletes follow their respective head coaches or train in the original provincial and municipal sports teams.

They stayed in the sports team living dormitory of the Training Bureau of the General Administration for one night, and early the next morning, Lu Jianming and Su Zu got on the bus arranged by the Tianguan Center to go to Jinmen.

Today is February 15th, and the National Indoor Track and Field Championships will start on February 17th, and the time is relatively short. Fortunately, the imperial capital is not far from Jinmen, at this time, because the high-speed rail bullet train has not yet opened, counting the distance between the city and the expressway, the car can be reached within two hours.

In addition to Su Zu and Lu Jianming, who participated in the competition with Southwest Institute of Technology, there are more than a dozen coaches and athletes who participated on behalf of the Beijing Sports Institute, Lu Jianming and most of the coaches are familiar with it, and the track and field team of the Beijing Sports Institute has always been known as the reserve team of the national track and field team, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a family.

It was already more than 10 o'clock in the morning when I arrived at Jinmen, and I settled in the hotel arranged by the organizer. In the afternoon, Lu Jianming and several coaches from Beijing Sports University, taking Su Zu and several other male and female athletes, went to the Tianjin Sports Center for simple adaptation training.

The Tianjin Sports Center was built to hold the World Table Tennis Championships in 95, and the scale and facilities of the venue are relatively high-end and complete. Because it is an indoor competition, the gymnasium in the stadium is not closed at this time, the temperature in the imperial capital of Jinmen at this time is relatively low, there is occasionally some snow, the venue is slippery, and if you really want to train outside the field, it can only be a simple warm-up long-distance run.

"Coach Zhuang?!"

Su Zu entered the indoor gymnasium and was just about to take off his coat and start training, when he suddenly saw a big man next to him walking in front of him. When I looked closely, it turned out to be Zhuang Tao, who had not been seen for more than half a year after leaving the sports school.

"I just looked a little like it from a distance, but I didn't dare to admit it, you have changed enough." Zhuang Tao smiled and patted Su Zu's shoulder, he was almost one meter nine tall, with broad shoulders and a round waist, ordinary athletes looked small in front of him, and now Su Zu was standing in front of him, he was already a little big, and the gap was not as big as before.

"Coach Zhuang, it's really been a long time, are you okay now, last time Quan Shan told me that you were in the provincial team?" For his first professional track and field coach in Jianping Sports School, Su Zu was taught by Zhuang Tao, and Zhuang Tao spent a lot of effort to recommend him to the provincial team, although it didn't go well in the end, Su Zu was grateful from the bottom of his heart.

"The head coach of the provincial second team, do you say it's good?" Zhuang Tao patted his chest and said with a smile, "I heard that you were pushed from Hedao City to join the national team academy, is it really fake?" ”

The two used to be teachers and students, but when they met again, the relationship seemed to have been pulled into a lot, and there was less estrangement when they spoke.

Su Zu said with a smile, "I just joined the team and am a member of the track and field youth team. ”

"Good boy, not bad." Zhuang Tao was pleased, "I said that Lao Shen had a problem at the beginning, and he insisted on pushing you out, but now you are in the national team." By the way, you're here to compete? ”

"yes, yes." Su Zu nodded, pulled off his coat, revealing the sports vest inside, and pointed to the icon on the clothes, "I'm here to run 60 meters this time, and the plan given by the coach for this year is to participate in more competitions and accumulate competition experience." ”

"The plan is good, I also watched your track and field championship competition last time in the Central Five, and the progress has far exceeded my expectations. However, you're here to compete in the indoor competition this time, you kid is not authentic. Zhuang Tao raised his eyebrows and sighed, "You are from Ronghai, from Jianping Sports School to Hedao City Team, not all of you are training in Ronghai, and your personal relationship is still in Hedao City." What's the matter with wearing a technical sports academy uniform? ”

"Uh...... Coach Zhuang, this is not a big deal. "Su Zu didn't know why.

Zhuang Tao lowered his voice and said: "You are now an athlete of the track and field youth team, which is not a big deal, but after communicating with your head coach in the future, you will also be named on the provincial team." It is still necessary to pay attention, otherwise there will still be some trouble in the City Games and the National Games. ”

This is also Su Zu does not know much about the competition mechanism of domestic competitions, basically most of the competitions are based on provinces and cities, and they are all competing with each other, and he is not a complete immigrant athlete, and the unit to which he belongs must be clear, otherwise it is impossible to say if he blames each other later.

However, Zhuang Tao also said this from the perspective of ordinary athletes, if it is an excellent athlete who can produce results, it basically belongs to the objects that various sports teams are rushing to want, but he does not have to worry about not being qualified.

Su Zu understood what Zhuang Tao meant, and he didn't think that Lu Jianming did it on purpose, Lu Jianming had already told him before, but from the perspective of the national team coach, the key is that the athlete must be eligible to participate.

And what's really unpleasant, he is the coach of the Bayi team, it's a big deal to get Su Zu over, and an athlete who can produce results doesn't have to worry too much about this anywhere.

Zhuang Tao also understood this, waved his hand and said, "Forget it, I won't talk about this matter, and it's not for you to do it." However, in the second half of the City Games, you have to wear our Ronghai team uniform, and I will coordinate with you when the time comes. If the national team doesn't have a training camp, you can also come to the provincial team to train. ”

Zhuang Tao remembered Su Zu's event, and asked: "You are participating in the 60 meters, how much can you run now?" ”

"When you train, you can have a six-second-six, six-second-seven." Su Zu replied.

"The results are okay, but you have an opponent this time. There is a newcomer in the team, and he is also from the sports school below, and if it is 100 meters, it is a lot worse than you, but if it is 60 meters, it is still very good. Last time I was able to run around 6.65 seconds. ”

"Then when I get it, if I run 60 meters, I mainly have to see how I run?" Su Zu didn't care about the rumors released by Zhuang Tao, as a professional athlete, competing with other players is the norm. It's useless to say, you have to see the truth on the track and field.

"Oh, tell me more." Zhuang Tao became interested, although he already knew that Su Zu ran 10.17 seconds in the national track and field championships last year, but his personal impression was still somewhat at the level when he was in the sports school.

"Later, when I was in Hedao, Coach Li Zhizhong optimized the 100-meter running method for me, which is a little different from before, the acceleration time in the first half of the race will be longer, and it is more appropriate to run 100 meters, but if you run 60 meters, this distance is a bit short." Su Zu briefly talked about the change in running technique.

Zhuang Tao groped his chin and thought for a while, "When I was in sports school, I practiced the basics, and it was too rough in these aspects. Now that you have a head coach, I can't say much, but now that you're focused on gaining experience in major competitions, it's okay to try a few more runs. Your current height will definitely suffer a little bit in terms of acceleration, height growth, and strength changes, all of which will be different. ”

Su Zu's current height has passed one meter eight, almost around 18283, and it is extremely rare for a yellow person to be able to start and accelerate very quickly at this height.

Moreover, in the eighties and nineties, in the new century, in the sprint events, especially in the 60 meters and 100 meters, the truly dominant sprinters in international athletics tend to be small and medium-sized sprinters. It's the kind of player who is muscular, has a fast cadence, and runs like a small steel cannon. Like the 2002 Athens Olympic champion and 60m world record holder Morris Green is 176cm tall, but his muscles are frighteningly strong. In addition, at the 2002 IAAF Grand Prix in Paris, Tim Montgomery, who broke the world record in the men's 100m, is 168cm tall.

In the 60-meter sprint event, which emphasizes the start and acceleration in the first half, short runners with strong explosiveness and fast start and acceleration are naturally more advantageous.

Of course, this discussion is also based on the fact that the men's short track event has been improving rapidly since 2004, and the criteria for selecting athletes are not the only one, but running fast is the ultimate criterion.

"By the way, Coach, didn't the whole mountain come?" The two talked again, and Su Zu looked at the players who were doing adaptive training in the field, and asked Zhuang Tao.

Zhuang Tao shook his head, "This time the main one is the provincial team, he is still far away, let's wait until he can run into 47.5 seconds." ”

"Su Zu, I'm ready to come over for training."

While the two were talking, Lu Jianming, who had already finished surveying the venue, walked back.

"Coach, this is Coach Zhuang of my former sports school, and he is now the head coach of the second team of Ronghai Province." Su Zu saw Lu Jianming walking back and introduced him.

"Coach Lu, hello, hello, I've heard of it for a long time. When I was an athlete before, you were the head coach of the Bayi team. Zhuang Tao took the lead in stretching out his hand to Lu Jianming, looking quite respectful.

"It's Zhuang Tao, right? I remember you, there was such a big man in the National Games that year. Lu Jianming also laughed.

Su Zu didn't expect the two to know each other, but they are both in the sports system, and if they have made achievements, even if the coaches and athletes are not familiar with each other, they will have a little impression on the track and field.

After greeting for a while, Zhuang Tao also said goodbye and left, he was the coach who led the team, and the athletes had to guide, Su Zu followed Lu Jianming onto the track and began to do adaptive training.