With a rope tied between the wrists, the visually impaired runner Gary Liang and the front runner started from Beijing, along the old highways in Hebei, Henan, Hubei and Jiangxi, brushing against the big car on the bumpy road After crossing the smog and sandstorm, it took 35 days to run back to Hong Kong.
The lean Liang Xiaowei in front of him turned out to be a fat man weighing more than 190 pounds.
Over the years, he became blind due to illness, and he once gave up on himself. After sinking into running for nearly three years, he initially felt resistance and fear of being led by the leader. "I usually see the road ahead and avoid obstacles. So reassuring. But it turns out that when you are blindfolded, you have to rely on a rope to be held by the leader. Sometimes you will bump into people and halberds. If you change, you will become more and more alarmed. To protect yourself, you will not dare to rush."
With the tacit understanding between the two sides increasing day by day, Liang Xiaowei's pace has also progressed further.
He has run not only in Beijing, but also in the South Pole and North Pole. "If you want to run far, you have to let go." Liang Xiaowei said.
Gary, a visually impaired runner, has also experienced self-defeating days in the past, and has even become a fat man weighing more than 190 pounds.
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Visually impaired runner Gary has suffered from retinitis pigmentosa since he was a child, making it difficult to see in low-light places or at night.
One morning in 2009, when he woke up, he opened his eyes and saw nothing but darkness. "I couldn't even see it when I got up. After that, I didn't work and my girlfriend left, so I started to bury myself." It is an understatement, but Liang Xiaowei, who worked in property management at the time, suddenly suffered "three losses". He hid in the house every day, facing wine bottles and mice, and experienced a "dark life" for three years. His weight also increased to more than 190 lb.
His eyes cannot see, and his only spiritual comfort at home comes from the radio.
"I remember listening to the news in the morning, there was a lot of bad news one after another, and a lot of people left (passed away)... All of a sudden, it seemed to be enlightened. Mi should have changed?" Gary Leung, a visually impaired runner
Since 2010, Liang Xiaowei has actively participated in different running competitions. In addition to local competitions, he has also participated in Taiwan, the Mainland, the United States, etc., and has also set foot in the Antarctic, Arctic and Gobi Desert.
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Liang Xiaowei said that that was the beginning of his attempt to "get up and get up", and slowly learn the safety knowledge, life skills, and how to walk, etc. that the visually impaired need.
At that time, a doctor advised him to exercise, and some visually impaired people introduced him to jogging.
Liang Xiaowei pointed out that he didn't like to run when he was blind, and he didn't understand why people would run a marathon. The joy of running.
"It turned out that the training process was not one-way, I thought it was a lot of time for people, but it turns out that everyone has their own mental process and unhappy things, and they want to talk about it... It turns out that I am not only a recipient. People, Zhong can be a listener." Gary, a visually impaired runner
After being blind in his early years, he was led by a leader, but Liang Xiaowei rediscovered the joy of running.
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Every time I have a new experience as a partner with a different leader, I didn't expect that Liang Xiaowei would gradually fall in love with running, and the more he practiced, the more intensive, and the weight dropped to more than 140 pounds within more than a year.
However, Liang Xiaowei admitted that the initial training was not always smooth. At first, he was not familiar enough, did not trust the leader enough, and also tried some novice leader's instructions were not accurate enough, "If you are lucky, you will hit people, if you are not, you will hit the ice cream bucket or Dear halberd." In the event of an accident, normal people will protect themselves as soon as possible. Liang Xiaowei only cares about "recovering oil" and "don't dare to rush" during practice, "but when he really likes to run and wants to chase good results, We have to start letting go.” Leung Xiaowei said that he was completely reliant on the leader during the run from the sports field to the street and even the road, “Avoiding obstacles, accelerating and decelerating, and when to go up and down, we (the visually impaired) will not run here. Whenever you think about anything, you must listen to the information of the leader throughout the process.”
In 2019, the idea of "no matter how stupid and crazy" appeared in his mind, that is, to run from Beijing back to Hong Kong in 35 days.
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Since 2010, Liang Xiaowei has actively participated in different running competitions, and is the first visually impaired person in Hong Kong to have a long-distance running coach license.
In addition to the local "half marathon" and "full marathon" marathons, he has also participated in Taiwan, the Mainland, the United States, etc., and has also set foot in the Antarctic, Arctic and Gobi Desert, winning many awards.
After completing the feat of running around Taiwan in 19 days to raise funds for the Guide Dogs Association, in 2019, the idea of "no matter how stupid and crazy" appeared in his mind, "running Taiwan is about 1,000 kilometers. I want to run longer, and go back to my own housing enterprise (Hong Kong) step by step.” So I thought of starting from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, planning the route with the assistance of cycling enthusiasts, passing through Hubei, Hunan and other provinces and cities, and finally running back to the finish line Cyberport.
The daily "fight with the car", the leader helps "open the way"
Due to the need for vehicles to support the long-distance running, Liang Xiaowei and the others could not take the country roads. They could only choose some old roads that are still used by large trucks to run. Every day is like "fighting with the car", each group of 5 leaders It also changed from getting off and taking turns to run, to getting off the car to help "open the road" all the way.
Liang Xiaowei said that it is not too hard to do this long-distance running physically, because only "pacing of 6 minutes and 7 minutes (pacing speed, referring to the speed of each kilometer is about 6 to 7 minutes)", but from north to south The weather changes are a big challenge, he pointed out, even if he covers his mouth and nose like a bandit when running, and when he cleans his body, his body is still covered in muddy yellow, "Occasionally, there is a section of the road that suddenly becomes a canal cover and can't be seen. Be very careful."
"The weather is all dry. From 4 or 5 degrees, you need to wear down feathers. There are smog and sandstorms in the middle of the trip. If they (lead runners) say that they can't see the road a few meters ahead, and then go to Guangdong Province, it is humid It's hot again." Gary Leung, a visually impaired runner
Yu Hanjie (right) and Liang Xiaowei (left), one of the front runners, compiled the stories of this journey and a group of front runners into the book "How Far Are You Going".
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Leader: Leading is a communication between two people
One of the frontrunners, Titus Yu, is a senior regional director of an insurance company. He compiled the story of a group of frontrunners and Gary's trip into a book How Far Are You Going? Learn all the way and do it all the way." "I don't think I'm running by myself. I have to project my vision to the isolation and personal level, and I have to substitute his vision." He pointed out that when he was a beginner, he would also try to learn to run with his eyes closed, "It is There will be a lot of different voices, so you need someone to tell you what you need to do and what happens, such as "a car will pass us in front of you", or "there are two beautiful girls next to my house". " he laughed.
Leading requires communication. The leash is not used to control the runner, but to make the runner feel that the leader is around.
"A lot of times people don't have a good heart with each other, but the first time to lead is to drag your hands. It is only a communication between two people." Leader Yu Hanjie (Titus)
The book "How Far Are You Going" records Liang Xiaowei's 2,500-kilometer run from Beijing back to Hong Kong, and successfully raised 1.5 million for the charity "Mother's Choice".
The book was recently selected into the "Hong Kong Digital Advertising Enterprise X Publishing Promotion Support Program" (AdxPub), hoping to achieve more stories that affect lives.
"Many times people don't communicate with each other for nothing, but the first time to lead is to drag your hands. It is only a communication between two people." Step further.
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