A marathon you shouldn’t participate in-2018 Berlin Marathon

After running the London Marathon in April 2018, I started to feel pain in my left knee during running after returning to Taiwan. A Baker's cyst was discovered in the knee socket, and he went to the hospital for an MRI. It was found that the meniscus was suspected to be damaged, so he underwent surgery in mid-June. Being in the medical field, of course I looked for a doctor who was relatively good in the relevant field. The attending doctor said that I could basically return to work within a month, but in fact this was not the case. More than a month later, I still feel pain when going up and down stairs. It would be suicide to stop running. There happened to be a colleague who was also very fond of sports. He had ruptured his cruciate ligament while playing football. After various rehabilitation efforts failed, he found a gym run by a physical therapist and returned to the court. This gym, whose main business is sports rehabilitation, may be my last hope. Many of my running friends have never been able to recover from their injuries, whether they go to famous rehabilitation doctors on the Internet or famous physical therapy centers. People in the industry know that Taiwan’s orthopedic surgery technology is basically as good as any other country in the world. . There is really nothing to say about Taiwan's surgical technology, but for post-operative rehabilitation, doctors have not mentioned it, and it is very difficult to find resources. This means that we have good surgical treatment, but there is no way to allow most amateur athletes to return to their original sports fields. There is still a very big gap in the postoperative rehabilitation of athletes. I started receiving sports rehabilitation treatment at the beginning of August. I discussed with the physical therapist that it usually takes 3 months before I can start running exercises. However, I got stuck in the Berlin Horse in the middle. I had to go no matter what. Anyway, I just had to walk back in the end. Just the end. The evaluation before treatment found that my physical fitness was very poor overall even if the injury factor was deducted (flexibility was one of the items. I had never touched my toes when I bent forward since I was a child, and the difference was at least one palm's distance away. ). They were surprised that I could run several marathons with a body like my own, and believed that only by improving my physical fitness could I avoid injuries. Different from general rehabilitation, which is a relatively static treatment, this fitness center allows the body to begin to accept limited activities and gradually strengthens the range of motion training. The pain in going up and down stairs also began to disappear, but although there was some progress in one month of rehabilitation, it was not enough to play. After a month, it can be found that this fitness center really has a lot of patients who are undergoing rehabilitation after surgery, but the demand must be greater than the supply, and it is conceivable that there is a shortage of such institutions. (The publicity seems to be insufficient) A marathon you shouldn’t participate in-2018 Berlin Marathon

Why do we share this article? If you haven’t recovered from a sports injury, how should you face the next competition? This is the number one problem many runners face. Dr. Chen Baichang realistically recounted how he completed the Berlin Marathon, the fifth major race in the world's six major marathons, despite unrecovered injuries. From his impressions of the conference before the race, to the facilities for running between races, and the recovery conditions after the race, he described everything in a realistic and realistic manner. We seem to have gone through this painful and joyful horse racing experience with him, and through his eyes, we feel like we are immersed in the 2018 Berlin Horse Racing scene. ?Berlin Marathon EXPO

The Berlin Marathon EXPO is held at an old airport, and you have to walk from the airport entrance to the tarmac. The scale of EXPO is not big. After running so many foreign horses, EXPO is only a place for me to pick up bib numbers and buy an official jacket. The number of other stalls is no longer important to me. I was a runner who entered EXPO not long after it opened on the first day. It took more than 20 minutes to put on my runner’s bracelet on the tarmac and collect supplies, and I didn’t visit any stalls along the way. The place where you get the bib number is also very confusing. There is no code to tell the runners where you need to line up to receive the supplies. Finally I figured it out and he printed it out on the spot. Then because I chose to criticize after the game, after putting the chip in my hand, I was not given any bag to put things in. I had very important things in my hand, but there was no bag to put things in, WTF. What's even more ridiculous is that generally well-run competitions usually just give you the entire bag of supplies. In Berlin, you need to book in advance whether you want a finisher T-shirt, but it will not be given to you at the place where you pick up the bib number. You have to pick it up somewhere else. However, Berlin Horse has two stalls where you can pick up pre-orders, one at the airport entrance and one on the tarmac. However, the items you pick up are different. It takes about 20 minutes to walk, and there is no one to guide you where to pick up the items. . After I went to inquire, I was told by the staff that this was not the place. I just got off the plane and my head was still in retarded mode, so I gave up on collecting it because I was not sure whether I had a reservation. I only confirmed that I had a reservation when I returned to the hotel and saw the bib number. , but what happened a few months ago, I couldn’t figure out whether I ordered it myself or the travel agency sent it. After getting out of the place where you get your bib number, you will find the official merchandise stall. Adidas merchandise is out of stock. It has only been open for less than an hour, and this is the first day. I can guarantee that this is the worst EXPO among the five I have run in the Six Majors. ?VOUX tries out running equipment

Voux manufacturers invite people to try out their running equipment in the Berlin Marathon group. The manufacturer provided a long-sleeved hat T-shirt and a pair of sports shorts. In terms of horse racing season, the 2018 London Horse Racing and Berlin Horse Racing are both very hot. Although Berlin is cooler than London in April, it still has a high temperature of over 20 degrees.

(The temperature suitable for horse racing is around 10 degrees). Since I didn’t conduct any training throughout the summer, I opened the materials provided by the manufacturer after taking them to Berlin. Although the temperature of around 20 degrees is not suitable for horse racing, you can still feel the coolness. Wearing long sleeves for horse racing is something I have not done in the past 4 years, and it is obviously not feasible in relatively high temperatures. plan. But it is relatively comfortable to wear when going to tourist attractions. Voux also provides a pair of running shorts. In theory, they should be tried on before the race, but they have not been run since the surgery, and they only plan to walk through the race. Before the race, I found that these shorts are a good choice for easy running, but if you need to pack about 6 pairs of energy gels for a marathon, there will be some problems, because they only have hidden pockets, so they are not suitable for competition clothing, so In the end, it is expected to use the original old equipment. The fastest track

No marathon is easy. People who have run marathons will more or less agree with this. The finishing time was more than 3 hours. Due to injury, I have not practiced running since May. Although I went swimming to maintain my physical fitness, it is obviously unrealistic to expect a good race. I ran the Berlin Marathon for 6 For half an hour, it can be proved that running slowly is more tiring than running fast. It is a pity that the opportunity to compete on the "fastest track" was lost. The Berlin Marathon was my fifth of the six major marathons. When I entered the starting area of ??the race, there were very few toilets, and I did not see any water or food or other supplies provided. The restrooms and drinking water or food in New York, London, and Chicago. They are obviously well prepared; although there are not enough toilets in Tokyo, they are obviously much more than those in Berlin. After entering the starting point of the zone, you can see the wheelchair group preparing to start. After they started, they hurriedly opened the control area in Zone A to let the runners in. I think this is relatively disadvantageous to the fast runners because there is not enough time. Prepare to warm up and start running. When I signed up for the Berlin Horse in March, I expected to be able to run around 315, so I was assigned to Zone C. Injury afterward is an unpredictable situation, but it is better to start in the first wave. If the weather exceeds 20 degrees, the second half will be very painful, so you need to leave a little more time for the rest. After starting, just stay behind and let those who want to run faster run first. If you run slowly, you can still reach a 6-minute speed. I thought that there should be a chance to finish the race at 530-600. After running for 8 kilometers, I began to feel muscle fatigue and started to lose speed. At this time, I was gradually overtaken by the second wave of runners. Because I was really slow, people kept looking at my bib number. How much was it? Shameless to fill such a front position.

The Berlin Marathon is known as the fastest track in the world

As I was running slowly, I started to feel slight pain in my left knee where the surgery had been performed. In fact, now I have begun to focus on slowly completing one kilometer through the small goal of passing one street corner after another. I can no longer enjoy the city's scenic spots and the performances of roadside bands. But every time I passed the water station, I stepped on the plastic cups on the ground, and the sound of the whole place made me very happy inexplicably. I met my wife around 13 kilometers, and I told her directly that there would be a big explosion later on, so I could take a break and chat. In previous races, I was always scrambling for time, but this time I just wanted to finish the race, so it didn’t matter. Later, I met my wife again at the half marathon. At this time, I ran for about 2 hours and 15 minutes. It seemed that I could finish the race in 5 and a half hours. The race isn’t about math, it really hits the wall starting at 25 kilometers and turns into a run-and-go strategy. At this time, I started to see stations on the side of the road to help runners, and there were quite a few of them. I really wanted to click on them. But I don’t know if I can run again after lying down and relaxing my muscles. I can only look at him with envy. The ground near the water station was full of plastic cups

After 25 kilometers, in addition to hitting the wall, spectators on the roadside began to shout that the record was broken. At this time, I didn’t know who broke the record, but I could probably guess. The person who arrived was Eliud Kipchoge, and it was later confirmed that it was him. The next day, many people rushed to buy newspapers for collection. It was not easy to push the record forward in such relatively hot weather. If the weather was more suitable for horse racing, I wonder how much faster it could be? But there are no assumptions in life. Then I gradually entered a state of amnesia. I only remember that the proportion of walking was getting higher and higher, and I was getting hungrier and hungrier (I didn’t eat lunch). I hadn’t eaten solid food on the track for a long time, so I had no choice but to eat bananas. . The finish line seemed farther and farther away, and finishing the race in 6 hours seemed increasingly impossible. In the last 1 kilometer, when everyone started running, I could only walk to the finish line. No matter how painful it was, I finally finished the 5th race with six major horses and only Boma was left. Afterwards, I was sore for more than a week. After being a walking dead for more than a week (Editor's note: The Walking Dead, also refers to zombies), my shoulders and neck were very sore. I had exhausted all the methods I could use to climb to the finish line. Runners on the side of the track *** Station

Four months ago in the London Marathon, I could still finish in the top 20%. Four months later, I returned to the finish line in seventh place in Taiwan. After returning to Taiwan, I was evaluated by a physical therapist. It seemed that there was no excessive compensation. I continued to rehabilitate according to the original plan. I will wait for the physical therapist to give the green light before starting to run again (probably in January next year). The competition will also wait for the actual event. Be able to run before starting registration. This time I bought a spot from a Singapore travel agency. Their charges are much cheaper than several travel agencies in Taiwan, and they have a variety of plans to choose from. When I checked into the hotel, I was given a Berlin wele card.

In the afternoon before the Expo, the boss of the travel agency took everyone to the Expo in front of the hotel (I went there by myself). You can see the boss chatting with everyone in the restaurant every breakfast. Before the finish line, you can also see the boss cheering everyone on. This travel agency has cooperation with the other six major Malaysians except Boma. It is not easy for Singapore, a small country, to be able to afford a travel agency specializing in sports tourism (it must not be easy to obtain the qualification of a travel agency in 6 Malaysia). If you have any questions, you can get answers to them on the same day, unlike before. Other operators have been wandering around and cannot find the person in charge, or they are confused about the situation. The overall service is pleasant and surprising. It is no wonder that it has become the travel partner of major marathons. I'II be back soon. Before reaching the finish line of the Berlin Marathon

About Dr. Chen Baichang's experience． Pose Method? Level 1 Certified Coach． Garmin Asia Pacific running coach training. RAD International Instructor of Self-Myofascial Release. Passed the medical college entrance examination. Specialist appointed by the Ministry of Health and Welfare. Personal profile: Amateur runner who loves running, pursues the latest running knowledge, and aims to challenge the six major marathons. Currently, he has completed the Chicago Marathon (2014), Tokyo Marathon (2014, 2015, 2017), New York Marathon (2017), London Marathon and Berlin Marathon (2018); he is working hard to use his spare time to use scientific period training to strengthen himself. Qualified for the Boston Marathon and hopes to complete six major marathons by 2020.

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