football's number one madman

Chapter 741 Decisive Battle!Marathon God!

4 month 28 day.

9:45am.

Cudicini is leading Chelsea's players through a morning training session at a training ground in the Manchester area.

But the acting head coach was somewhat uneasy.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, he will lead his team to participate in the 36th round of the league against the host, the Red Devils Manchester United.

Manchester United, which also has no official head coach, does not worry Cudicini.

What worried him was that Lee Polo, the soul of the team, was still in London at the moment!

[If this game is not won, Chelsea's record of winning the season will come to an end! 】

[Li Polo, Lee Polo, what kind of marathon are you running at this critical moment? 】

[Even if you win a gold medal, it's only a bonus of 3 pounds, which is not as good as your appearance fee for a game at Chelsea! 】
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In the sports world, it is said that there are two "Joe Gang Leaders".

One is the well-known basketball god and old Chicago hooligan, Michael Jordan.

The other one is relatively small, and it is only circulated in the track and field circle, that is the famous Kenyan player, Erud Kipchoge.

Born in 1984, Kipchoge is 10 years older than Lee Polo.

Like many black Africans, he was brought up by his mother, and his father only exists in the photo.

At the age of 16, he entered a local running training camp through his relationship. The director of the training camp was once a student of his mother...

After two years of systematic training, the 18-year-old Kipchoge has emerged in the world: the world youth 5000-meter record, the IAAF Super Series 5000-meter champion, the World Championships 5000-meter champion... Various honors have come one after another. In just two months, he became a world-renowned track and field star!
Prestige and fame are growing day by day, Kipchoge has both fame and fortune, and as he grows older, he has gradually shifted from 3000-meter and 5000-meter events to longer marathons.

2015年4月，他第一次参加伦敦马拉松，就以2小时4分42秒夺冠。

A year later, he was more prepared and successfully defended his title. His score was 2 hours, 3 minutes and 05 seconds, a full improvement of 1 minute and 37 seconds.

In 2018, after a lapse of two years, he challenged the London track for the third time, with a slightly lower score of 2 hours, 4 minutes and 17 seconds.

Today is his fourth time participating in the London Marathon.

He knew a long time ago that in today's arena, there would be an opponent he had never met before.

This opponent will be unprecedentedly terrifying!
At the age of 27, he started to participate in marathons. Kipjog knows better than anyone what it is like to run within 2 hours.

Before Lee Polo appeared, 2 hours was considered the limit of a marathon!
In May 2017, Kipchoge once launched a challenge called "running into two hours". Under the witness of the whole world, he stimulated his full potential. In the end, due to sudden rain, the road surface was wet. Slippery, running becomes more difficult, and the challenge can only be declared a failure in 5 hours and 2 seconds.

Instead of being discouraged, he became more and more courageous, and has been making more comprehensive preparations, including special training like an ascetic monk, maintaining his personal physical condition, choosing a professional accompanying running group, grinding the team's tacit understanding, and choosing the most suitable track... Ready to challenge your limits again.

Two months ago, he had chosen the best time to challenge, which was October 2019!
The location is Vienna, Austria!
His spirit has also won the strong support of the richest man in Britain, petrochemical tycoon Jim Ratcliffe. The billionaire directly waved his hand and gave generous sponsorship!

This huge amount of sponsorship allowed him to invite 41 active professional players to serve as accompanying runners, and he was equipped with two speed cars for piloting.

In order to ensure that there was no rain that day, they even made preparations for artificial rain removal!

For this "1" challenge, Kipchoge is full of confidence.

But... With Lee Polo's shocking run on April 4, everything changed.

Kipchoge had prepared so carefully for so long, but in front of Li Polo's super record of "1 hour, 53 minutes and 39 seconds", it all became a meaningless joke!
Yes, he had to invite so many helpers and prepare for so long before he had the courage to launch the challenge.

Li Poluo just changed careers halfway. He participated in the official competition for the first time, and he easily advanced his record by more than seven minutes!
Even if he can really break through the 2-hour mark, he is only the second person in history!
Therefore, he must confront Lee Polo head-on!
Win or lose!
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10 o'clock exactly.

In London, where it rains most, the sky is clear and the warm sunshine is just right for running.

"Snapped!"

The starting gun has sounded.

Kipchoge did not go to see Li Polo specifically, but insisted on focusing on himself, starting, speeding up, and running at a constant speed according to his long-standing training habits.

But his attention was still attracted by a blue figure.

No way, Lee Polo's start...is still so different.

Still at a sprint speed, he completed the first 200 meters of the race, and then resumed the rhythm of long-distance running.

As an experienced veteran, Kipchoge was not affected at all and moved forward step by step according to his own rhythm.

He watched Li Poluo gradually run farther and farther with the 16 accompanying runners, but there was no wave in his heart.

[These accompanying running groups... were improvised? 】

Kipchoge's eyes are very sharp, and he can see through Li Polo's fiction and reality at a glance.

A real accompanying running team needs to run in at least a few times in advance to adapt to the employer's running rhythm and habits.

But the people around Li Polo obviously just followed Li Polo's two wings, and their biggest role was to shield him from the outside spring breeze...

Moreover, after Lee Polo ran the first 10 kilometers, there were five professional runners who couldn't keep up with him!

The average pace per kilometer is 2 minutes and 36 seconds!
Li Poluo improved his rhythm a little bit without knowing it!

After running 21 kilometers, the first batch of 16 people who accompanied them stopped with relief, and the second group of 16 people took over the task of continuing to accompany them.

At this time, Kipchoge had already been left one kilometer away, and the estimated finishing time of the two was at least 3 minutes apart!

At about 30 kilometers, Li Polo arrived at the supply point he planned. His personal trainer Legg Strong had already made preparations and sent a freshly peeled banana and half a cup of nutritional drink to him with both hands. superior.

Li Boluo bit off half of a banana in one bite, and poured down half a glass of drink with his head up, but the speed of his feet did not slow down at all.

After he swallowed the food, his speed increased instead!

【Is he not human? 】

In the accompanying running group, everyone couldn't help but think of this idea:

[Even if you just ate some food, it didn't convert into energy so quickly, did it? 】

【He must not be human! 】

[Negative emotions from the accompanying running group, +2333! 】
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For this marathon, Li Poluo is confident to improve the score by at least half a minute.

Because that time in Paris, he spent at least half a minute on that beautiful and enthusiastic female fan!

This time there is no woman blocking his footsteps, he is confident to achieve new breakthroughs!

"Yes!"

Someone in the accompanying running group let out a cry of excitement.

The finish line is close at hand, only 500 meters at most.

And not far from the finish line, there is a huge electronic timer hanging.

They are still distinguishing the specific time, but they feel that their eyes are blurred!
Lee Polo... start sprinting!
Everyone was surprised!
【It turns out... this is the speed at which he can sprint with all his strength? ! 】

Hearing a "hiss", Li Polo, like a gust of wind, knocked away the brocade belt at the finish line!
The electronic timer stopped abruptly!

1 hours, 52 minutes and 26 seconds!
Li Poluo improved the world record he just set 20 days ago by 1 minute and 12 seconds! -
"call…………"

Kipchoge finally reached the finish line.

No one came to greet him, and the scene at this time was extremely deserted.

He looked up at his grades:

1 hours, 59 minutes and 57 seconds.

He successfully broke through the limit of 2 hours, but there was no trace of joy in his heart!
[From today, no one will call me "King of the Marathon" anymore! 】

【Lee Polo...he is the god of the marathon! 】

Together with marathon runners all over the world, he sent uncontrollable resentment to Lee Polo:

[It's all because of Ni's existence, our goals in this life are shattered! 】

[No matter how hard we try, we will never be able to catch up with your record! 】

【Marathon... This sport is about to lose the meaning of competition! 】

[Negative emotions of marathon runners from all over the world, +12009958! 】

(End of this chapter)