My Nishikawa cross-country run

The first time I heard about Xichuan Danjiangkou International Cross-country Race was on the way back to Changzhi after attending the Dazhai 30 km mountain marathon from Xiyang on10.6. I heard that runners strongly recommended this competition, and when I saw that the registration fee was still 50% off, I signed up without any worries. The registration fee 149 yuan is the lowest in all cross-country races, which can be said to be over-valued.

Running for more than a year, from 5 km, 10 km, half horse, whole horse, mountain marathon, running 15 marathons a year. There are many things at work, so I am embarrassed to ask for leave, so I have been afraid to sign up for cross-country running.

After watching the propaganda film of Xichuan Cross-country Running, I realized that Xichuan, called Danyang in ancient times, has a long history and splendid culture, and is the birthplace of Chu culture. During the Spring and Autumn Period, Danyang, the capital of Chu State, was home to a generation of historical figures such as Shang Sheng Fan Li, historian Ye Fan and materialist thinker Fan Li. Danjiangkou Reservoir, the largest artificial lake in Asia, is also the water source of the South-to-North Water Diversion Project, and there are cultural and historical attractions such as Zen Valley, Shenxian Cave and Xiangyan Temple, but the ancient town of Jingziguan, which is located in three provinces, attracted me the most, and I even arranged a tour after the game.

China 20 18 China Xichuan Danjianghu International Cross-country Race was named "China Fresh Cold Chain". China Outdoor Network introduced Montagn'hard Cross-country Race held in Mont Blanc, the main peak of the Alps, and one of the most influential cross-country races in Europe to China. The first stop was in Xichuan, which allowed us to feel the original taste with the world's outstanding cross-country runners.

Xichuan county is a national poverty-stricken county. This competition is based on the development model of "sports+tourism+poverty alleviation". It is to give full play to the comprehensive driving effect of sports, promote the development of local tourism, drive local poor families to increase their income and become rich, and turn green mountains and green hills into Jinshan Yinshan for local people.

165438+1On the morning of October 23rd, I took a train from Changzhi to Zhengzhou, then took a bus to Xichuan in Zhengzhou, and arrived in Xichuan at four o'clock in the afternoon. Out of Zhengzhou, on the vast land of the Central Plains, cars seem to have wings, and trees, houses and viaducts on the roadside seem to have legs and run back at high speed. I didn't see the mountain until Lushan. The car began to go uphill. The farther south, the higher the mountain. Get off at Nanyang and go to Xichuan via Zhenping and Neixiang. After getting off the bus, navigate to Xichuan Cultural Center Square, check the ID card and compulsory equipment inspection, and get the number cloth and competition bag and a box of exquisite gifts. Book a hotel and have a rest. Seeing that it was getting late, I went out to a restaurant and asked for a plate of cooking, a small bottle of wine and a big bowl of Huimian Noodles. Three people on the opposite table are talking about running. I joined in as soon as I heard that I was a runner. They heard that I was also a runner, so they invited me to have dinner together. I sat down and asked three runners in Wuhan. Runners in the world are a family. The same hobby makes us suddenly clink glasses in Tan Xing, and leave WeChat contact information for each other to meet tomorrow's track.

Back to the hotel, I washed up and got into bed, but I couldn't sleep. I turned on my mobile phone to watch tomorrow's track and fell asleep after watching it.

At 4: 30 in the morning, the alarm clock rang. I drank a cup of camellia oleifera, ate two eggs and a loaf of bread, and then walked to the cultural center square in the night. At 5 o'clock, the streets in the county town are quiet, except for the faint street lamps on the roadside that emit red light on cold nights. As we approached the Cultural Center Square, there were more and more people. At first glance, they are all runners dressed like me. Line up for the bus ferry, and arrive at Wafang Village, the starting point of surprisingly cross-country running, one and a half hours later. This is a place where volunteers, athletes and nearby villagers gather. When you get off the bus, take off your clothes first and then go to the toilet directly, but there are too many people waiting in line to go to the toilet, and it takes ten minutes to solve it.

Before I came to the starting arch, I warmed up and looked around at my running friends. Some of them actually wore shorts and vests, which made me tremble. The leader spoke at 7: 30, and the game officially started at 7: 45.

I originally focused on fitness tourism, not pursuing ranking and speed, just working hard and enjoying the running process. Starting from the starting point is a three-kilometer cement road, and the speed is reflected here. Looking at the long running stream of people, I slowly followed. Because I was afraid of the cold, the coat I wore in the morning was sultry after running for one kilometer, so I stopped to take off my waist clothes and continued to run.

After three kilometers, I began to climb the mountain. The mountain road is narrow and winding. This is a path that climbers used to take. It is extremely difficult to walk. There are many thorns on both sides of the head, which hook the man's coat and grab the man's leg from time to time. Some runners in shorts can already see the bloody path of their legs being taken away. These are nothing, the mountain road is too narrow, hundreds of people are crowded on this mountain road, and they can only climb up one by one. There are also impatient runners who shout from time to time, "Hurry up, hurry up, it's closing." But it's no use shouting Finally climbed to the top of the mountain. I started to go downhill, but the road was still very narrow and it was difficult to run. But many runners started running, and I couldn't help it. I also run, overtaking several people from time to time.

After going down the mountain, I ran away with a beautiful girl in Nanyang. She has two red flags on her cheeks, which is very beautiful. She is also a lively and cheerful woman. I participated in cross-country running for the first time, afraid of being blocked. I comforted her. If you run with me, you can't close the door. At about cp 1, this beautiful girl probably can't run. I turned around and disappeared.

Punch in at cp 1, drink a bowl of chicken soup, eat half a steamed bread, and leave after a few minutes.

From cp 1 to cp2, passing through the scenic spot of Xiangyan Temple in Zen Valley, the scenery is really beautiful. Xiangyan Temple is located in Cangfang Town, Xichuan County, Henan Province. It is one of the four famous temples in Henan Province with a long history. Several centuries-old ginkgo trees in front of the temple have added new vitality to the ancient temple.

Ivory Temple is a national key cultural relics protection unit, which was founded in the Kaiyuan period of the Tang Dynasty. Nowadays, enthusiastic people in Xichuan also take the ancient Xiangyan Temple as a gift and open it to every contestant for free, but the contestants just hurried by and didn't dare to stay long. I saw that the mountains around Xiangyan Temple were arched. It was introduced that Longshan was in the east and Hushan was in the west. The terrain is like a lotus, and the temple is in the middle of the lotus. The stone archway, Wei Tuo Hall, Daxiong Hall, Moon Pavilion, Dharma Hall and Tibetan Scripture Hall are arranged in sequence on the central axis, and ancient buildings such as Pu Xian Hall, Manjusri Hall, Guanyin Hall and Zen Hall are arranged in sequence on both sides.

Ivory Temple has the largest painted mural in the Central Plains, three "Xiantong Temple" workshops with four columns and no columns, as well as buildings such as temples, stone pagodas and stone bridges, with unparalleled craftsmanship. The brick carvings, wood carvings and stone carvings on it are beautiful and are known as "three wonders".

In the meditation valley, a training ground for 800 Zen disciples in the Tang Dynasty, you can see rugged rocks, deep pools and lush trees in the valley. Running along the valley, you can see waterfalls, deep pools, Thousand Buddha Cliffs, cliffs on the wall and ancient plank roads coming on, which makes the runners stunned and stopped, taking pictures without exception, as if they had forgotten the race.

We can see the abuse of the track through the following data. From the starting point to CP 1, 12.6 km, it climbed 85 1 m and dropped 776 m. From CP 1 to CP2, it is 9.2 kilometers, climbing 526 meters and descending 447 meters. From CP2 to CP3, 1 1.7km, climbing 737m and descending 566m. CP3 to CP4, 9.8km, climbing 865m and descending 950m. CP4 reaches the finish line 13.2km, climbs 370m and descends 581m.. Going up and down the mountain is the main theme of this track. There are few tractor roads, stone roads and cement roads, and there are even narrow paths covered with thorns in the mountains. The contestants followed or pulled away, running and shouting in the mountains, and some even sang folk songs, which brought vitality to this lonely mountain. What moved me most was the volunteers scattered in the depths of the mountains. They stayed there quietly, let the cold wind blow, and stayed with them all day to send a safe escort to the runners. There are also sparse villages on the mountain, simple villagers, supply stations set up in the village, and bowls of delicious hot chicken soup, fish soup, rice porridge and steamed bread sent by the villagers. In this passionate landscape, the continuous towering mountains, and the mountain paths that may or may not be there, actually there are some roads at all, but there are signposts hanging there, which makes me feel safe to pass there. Rocks, streams, valleys and jungles, which are usually beautiful, have become barriers that are difficult to cross everywhere on the track. Although there are green leaves, birds singing, lakes, gurgling water all the way, and long white clouds blowing all the way, it is still difficult to hide the abuse of the track. Many runners were injured and retired. I am very lucky. Although cp2 sprained his left knee while running downhill, he can't run any more. In cp4, it was already dark, and we continued to March in the mountains under the night, but the scenery was blocked by the night, and the road under our feet was even more dangerous and difficult to walk. Along the way, only the reflection of the road sign was accompanied by the looming lights of the running friends in front, and several people's dogs barked from time to time in the distant mountains. At 9: 031pm, I finally arrived in Wansheng town and crossed the finish line, which put an end to the cross-country race.

Originally, I signed up for the 50 km group, but the track is actually 58 km, which belongs to the friendship gift of the organizing Committee. The scenery of the track is beautiful, accompanied by mountains and rivers. There are beautiful waterfalls in Zen Valley Scenic Area, Xiangyan Temple among the four famous temples in Henan Province, and Danjiang Reservoir, the water source of South-to-North Water Transfer Project. The scenery here is unique, but the track is very abusive. There are stone roads, wading roads and tractor roads, but the climb is very large. Looking at one mountain after another, I am really worried. I carried a water bag, filled it with 2 liters of boiling water and drank it all, but I didn't go to the toilet all day. All the water has turned into sweat, my clothes are wet and dry, and there are salt particles on my face. The competition is well organized, with abundant materials and beautiful street signs. Especially at night, reflective road signs are like relatives. Except when passing through cp2 and approaching cp3, the left leg joint is a little injured and uncomfortable, so I give up running and walk all the way down.

Xichuan is not only beautiful in mountains, water and people. This kind of beauty is not simply handsome and beautiful. It is a kind, warm and simple beauty that radiates from the inside out. If you only look at the appearance, men, women and children are out of date, which seems to be much slower than fashion, but when you run over to touch them, you can feel their beauty, which makes me feel like I am in a pure land. I really feel like I'm on the same side. Is it because the scenery is beautiful that people are beautiful, or does the beauty of people change the scenery? I thought about it for a long time, but there was no case.

In the Xichuan cross-country race, the most respectable people are the volunteers. They are all on steep hilltops, dangerous cliffs and inaccessible canyons. They are like road signs, standing alone in the depths of the mountains, being abused by the cold wind, but not moving for a day, silently welcoming every athlete and warmly sending blessings and reminders in that dialect. They are signposts of life. At each supply station, the fragrance of steamed bread, chicken soup and fish soup permeates the red wood stove, and the contestants feel the warmth of this supply station from a distance. The villagers also sent bowls of delicious hot soup and steaming steamed bread to the tired athletes, for fear of not being enthusiastic enough. During the day 16 degrees, it is zero at night, and it is even colder in the mountains. We are running and can't feel the strong mountain wind, but the villagers at the supply station seem to have forgotten the rest and cold, and completely integrated their enthusiasm and simplicity into this cross-country race. The loveliest are those children, big and small, high and low, but equally naive. They are also around the track, waiting for every player to pass, or refueling, or running with them, asking a lot of questions.

Xichuan, I will come back next year, because I am in a hurry, and I have no time to feel the richness of Chu culture and appreciate the beauty of Jingziguan ancient town across three provinces. Goodbye, surprisingly, for a better next year, I have to go!