Zeal : 2015 . 4 . 12 國家地理頻道世界地球日路跑賽 - 食在未來 3rd National Geographic EARTH DAY RUN

連結 Link :
http://www.fictw.com/event/ngc/2015earthday/
新聞搞 Press Release :
http://www.wownews.tw/article.php?sn=24963
http://www.ettoday.net/news/20150402/487738.htm

地點 Location :
中正紀念堂, 台北市 Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall, Taipei City

距離 Distance : 12.5 Kilometers

紀錄 Record : 49 mins 44 sec
(3rd Among the Group)

報名費 Entry Fee : NTD$ 750

路線 Route :

"Taiwan ROC political division map Taipei City (2010)" by LuuvaThis vector image was created with Inkscape. - Own work. Licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 via Wikimedia Commons - http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Taipei_City_(2010).svg#/media/File:Taiwan_ROC_political_division_map_Taipei_City_(2010).svg

系列電視節目推廣 TV Programs Promoting the Importance of Food :

中文介紹

http://www.fictw.com/event/ngc/2015earthday/pgm_1.php

English Introduction

http://channel.nationalgeographic.com/eat-the-story-of-food/

1. 舌尖上的故事：無肉不歡 Eat: The Story of Food – Carnivores

2. 舌尖上的故事：食物革命 Eat: The Story of Food – Food Revolutionaries

3. 舌尖上的故事：甜蜜誘惑 Eat: The Story of Food – Sugar Rushes

4. 舌尖上的故事：戀上海鮮 Eat: The Story of Food – Hooked on Seafood

5. 舌尖上的故事：罪惡歡愉 Eat: The Story of Food – Guilty Pleasures

6. 舌尖上的故事：穀物糧食 Eat: The Story of Food – Baked & Buzzed

攝影展 Photography Exhibition Reflecting upon the Future of Food :

http://www.fictw.com/event/ngc/2015earthday/exhibition.php

4月12日!!!

等待已久啦 ~

從前年的第一屆開始，

這已經是第三次報名參加這個路跑活動了。

覺得國家地理頻道一直以來都很用心經營這個活動

不管是路跑本身的基本元素，還是配合推廣的重要議題，甚至是附帶的娛樂效果，或是有些人很在意的贈品裝備，每次參加下來都覺得恰到好處 ~ !

而看過有關去年比賽文章的你，也會發現歷年來的路線跑起來其實都蠻舒服的，很適合想要在成績上進步的跑者們 :

http://raineriosumarathon.blogspot.com/2014/04/2014-4-19-2nd-national-geographic-earth.html

另外

今年活動推廣的理念對我自己而言也是意義匪淺!

從大學的時候就慢慢地發現自己未來的方向，會是在確保糧食安全跟避免浪費的方向努力...

因此當看到今年的標題的時候立刻就被吸引住了 ... 這種興趣跟理想的完美結合怎麼能錯過呢!？哈哈!

也因此這次想要嘗試邀請更多朋友來參加這次的活動!

不過請假來台北拜訪朋友的這幾天，天氣一直都不是很好...

坦白說前一晚也是頗擔心的

雖然對最近一直很乾燥的台灣而言是一個大好消息

但畢竟傾盆大雨還是很恐怖的大魔王 ~~~

很快地來到了禮拜天清晨

既期待又怕受傷害地拉開窗簾 ...

... 果然還在下雨哭哭

但是也無法放棄了哈 !

拎起背包就出門去

撐著我的藍色小傘，騎著小黃UBike在微雨的台北清晨奔馳著

準備跟朋友們見面、迎接挑戰 !

很幸運地

五點左右到達會場之後

發現雨勢其實沒有變大的跡象

而且貌似會持續減弱

這其實也是一種理想的跑步天氣呢 ! 哈 !

五點四十分左右 ~

終於跟柏迪一行人成功會合之後

一群人迅速整裝

跟著人群從捷運五號出口來到了會場

『請準備好的跑者們現在陸續網起跑拱門移動，第三屆世界地球日路跑要準備鳴槍出發囉!』

...... 蝦密 !

難道我們快要趕不上了!？

我還要擠到人龍的最前方欸!!!

因此『NCHU FRIENDS』隊一行人甚至含來不及做好萬全熱身 ...

立刻以極慌張的表情向前衝，尋找我們寄放物品的地方 =.=

... 過了五分鐘左右

還好並沒有造成太大的遺憾

再起跑前一分鐘我跟育宣哥哥終於成功到達隊伍的最前方

準備爭取最好的成績 !!!

三 ~ 二 ~ 一 ~ 碰!

喔喔喔緊張緊張刺激刺激 ~

由於這一次的目標真的是設定在爭取前三名的獎金(好想換新跑鞋哈哈)

所以一開始就陷入排位爭奪戰!

... 很快的我就放棄爭取總排名前三名的慾望了哈哈

似乎由於每一屆越辦越大

吸引到的精英跑者也是越來越多 ~

爭奪戰實在是如火如荼 ~ 無比激烈。

不過當然還是不能放棄任何希望...

跑一步算一步 ~

希望還是可以有不錯的成績

延著兩旁植滿大樹的大馬路向前~

其實心情還不錯舒爽

再搭配上為與的天氣跟隨身佩帶的隨身聽播送的 It's My Life

每一個向前的腳步其實都蠻踏實的

也不會說在與其它跑者前後拉鋸的時候落居下風呢!

很快的上了新生高架橋(還好坡度不是非常陡)

這個時候大概是第五名的位置

不過這次前段班跑者們的實力也逐漸顯露出來

大家的距離也一定程度地拉開了

我也只能盡量保持呼吸節奏的順暢跟著前進

過了折返點

不久後來到了八公里左右

知道自己的名次大概只能落再八到十二名之間

胸口呼吸也不是十分的順暢

因此也稍稍把腳步調整地平穩一些

期待就這樣維持到終點

... 不過緊追在後的紳士們似乎不這樣想

哈哈

再剩下約三公里左右

拉鋸戰又開始了

領先位置不斷地互換

我也只能咬著牙跟緊一些

畢竟都快結束了

沒有人會想在這時舉白旗投降呀!

步調越來越快速越來越緊張

我跟身旁的大哥很快地來到了最後一公里

他不斷地加速超越我

我也不想放棄地緊咬著

雙方互不相讓地並排著

當距離只剩下最後三百公尺

我們更是使盡吃奶的力氣跑出百米衝刺的速度

看來今天狀況調整的不錯

剩下五十公尺的時候我還保有領先

喝呀呀呀呀呀 ~~~ !!!

終點線。

我竟然贏了!

已經好久沒有在這種最後的拉鋸戰仍然可以居於上風了!

內心真是滿滿的感動

哈哈

結束之後我們互相擊掌祝賀

邊閒聊邊走回中正紀念堂

這時我也聽他提到一件令人開心的訊息:

雖然總排名已經無望

但我們好像還有機會可以拿到分組前三名的名次呢!

... 於是真的就如心中期待的一般，

我拿到了男丁組的第三名

因此在聽克群哥哥現場的小型演唱會跟參加會場四處的小遊戲之餘

拍下了以下浮誇的系列照片

哈哈!

之後就是愉快聊天的早午餐時光 ~

世界地球日路跑我門下次在見 ~

I have been kind of anxiously waiting for this event since January !!!

Thanks to great experiences around the earth day in the past two years,I've always been aware of good efforts of the National Geographic Channel to combine running marathons and issues related to environmental challenges we would confront in the future.

If you had also read the article written by me before, you could also notice that they have a great taste choosing the route we run every year :

http://raineriosumarathon.blogspot.com/2014/04/2014-4-19-2nd-national-geographic-earth.html

Besides, for me the title designed for the marathon this year means a lot to me, actually concerning the future of food, I'm also a active advocate hah! So participation in the event was just a decision without second thought.

So this way, before completing the registration online, I even feel determined to invite some more friends to enjoy the meaningful event with me!

Yet seems that weather these days in northern Taiwan has been pretty bad, so speaking frankly, we were so a bit worried about the condition on the race day, after all thunderstorms wouldn't be the desired theme everyone wish for running a marathon.

Let us fast forward the timeline to the dawn on Sunday morning,

I was quite vulnerable pushing aside the curtain at the place I stayed ...

It's still raining.

Future seems not so bright now hah!

But I still put the luggage on me and quickly on my way outside,

at last the raindrops seems not too heavy,

and soon I was on my way to the Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall on my UBike, readied for the challenges ahead.

Fortunately,

The rain seems to ease up gradually after my arrival around 5AM, well, if the weather would be like this while we run it'd be a good situation for us also, another kind of ideal weather though !

After meeting up with my guys around 5:40, we quickly got our suits and hardware readied for the race than headed for gathering place from the MRT station.

『Every Earth Runners Please be readied at the gate, we'd soon start our earth day run now !』

WHAT !!!？？？

Were we too late to catch up the rifle !？

I need to be in the first line to start the race if I wish I could be in the top five!!!

So we soon headed to the tents keeping our belongings in a flurry,

and after five minutes me and Yu-Shuan were in the first line of the throng 1 minute right before the rifle, and were trying to get our bodies warmed up a little.

Three ~ Two ~ One ~ BOOM !

I was soon been caught in a furious elite group fighting for better position in the race hah !

Because I really am looking forward to the prizes settled for the top three in the race, so I quickened my pace with the elites soon in the first l kilometer.

... Yet I soon realized it'd be a great challenge if I want to wind it up at least the third place.

The pace in the elite group was a bit bitter for me to keep up with.

After all it was still a soothing weather for me to run this morning, so I started trying to be more optimistic, kept my pace steady and smooth and just do my best.

I was pretty much the 5th place before running onto the elevated bridge, at the moment I was a little far away from the top three runners but still managed to keep around the position and the smoothness of my breath.

On the bridge all things were monotonous and we were all about the competition, I exchanged leads with couples of runners, still was confident keeping myself in the top ten, but having not so much momentum fighting for the prizes and also falling to around 8th or ninth just around the turning mark.

In addition, I started to feel a little ill at ease so started to ease my pace a little, hoped to keep myself like this until the goal.

... But other runners didn't think the same as we pass the mark indicating that we were having just last three kilometers, they fearlessly started to quicken their steps and readied at every second to overtake me, I felt a little annoying but since that my breathing function recovered a little so I'm now determined to accept their invitations.

It was like :

Paralleling the position - Falling behind - Catching the runner in front of me again -　A mere step in front - Paralleling the position - Falling behind - Catching the runner in front of me again -　A mere step in front ......

Thanks to this great competition, I soon forgot about the fleeting of time and was well focused on the changing leads between us, and after a while ......

The goal was in 300 meters !!!

Ohohohoh ~~~!!!

We all were trying to force out the last fuel inside us, last 100 meters, last 50 kilometers ......

GOAL !!!

All of a sudden I noticed that I still managed to overdid the opponent behind me.

It was really great! We shook hands and congratulated each other for great efforts, and I even heard from him that we may still managed to have trophies in our group even we were not in the top three overall !

So below are some photos before having brunch with my partners arriving later :

EARTH DAY RUN ~ SEE YOU NEXT TIME !