【我这样参与庆祝夏季奥运会】（1）

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【我这样参与庆祝夏季奥运会】（1）

I have had a tradition for myself: every Summer Olympics, I would run a half marathon each week during the three weeks of game time. Watching athletes competing really gets me excited and inspires me to do something to challenge myself.

Doing sports is part of my life since I was very young. When I was ten years old, I was selected by the coaches to play volleyball at the Beijing Eastern District Youth Physical School, 东城体校. They came to observe us during our physical exercise class and selected two tallest girls and I was one of the two. Actually, I was only tall early, lucky me ～ I am 5"6', not very tall. So I played volleyball after school from 4pm until 7pm everyday since ten and this lasted until high school. I continued to play in college for another four years and was the captain of the Women's Volleyball team.

I did and loved many other kinds of sports: tennis, swimming, yoga... Running is a relatively new hobby for me (since 2009) and it is so easy to do, just put shoes on and out you go. There in nature, I become a happy kid again, sweating, competing, observing the beauty of the natural world. Many of my poems came to my mind during those lone,peaceful hours.I used to think running was boring and was for those who couldn't play ball sports well. I later found out that it was not the case at all: running is addictive, and a good addiction, I may say.

During last Summer Olympic (August 5, 2016-August 21, 2016), I ran three half marathons each week, and interestingly, in three different cities. The first week, I attended an academic conference in China. I ran one in my hometown Beijing, along the Chang An Avenue. During that run, I even bought an egg scallion pancake from a street peddler and ate it,and waved at the stone-faced soldiers in front of 中南海,haha.So cool to tour hometown on foot that way. The second week, I was in Chicago visiting my sister. I ran one along the Lake Michigan. A beautiful course, very vibrant running crowd. Free water and Gatorades along the road sponsored by Chicago companies, very nice. The third week, I was in Grabby, Corolado, for a family vocation. So I ran one in a 18-hole gulf course nearby. This third one was the hardest due to the high altitude condition. I didn't feel sick but I felt a little harder to breathe. I managed to finish it anyway. Now I understand why the national teams take the team to train in Corolado. Once they come down to the normal altitude and breathe with the normal level of oxygen, they perform extremely well ～

Now, five years later, it is the summer Olympic game time again. I plan to follow my own tradition and run a half marathon each of the three weekends. Would my body still be able to take the challenge? I am not sure. I am five years older. We will see. I ran the first half marathon yesterday. I felt great. After a hottub soak and some rest, I was able to bounce back to normal, and even did some cooking, penne pasta with meat sauce, hahah. Below I share with you some of my photos. Marathon is a lone affair. I am used to not having any audience. On a second thought, it might be fun to share my adventure with a friend or two, like you : )

这里还是个自然保护区，有不少野生动物。鹰在捕猎，不少鹰在这里，我还亲眼见过美国的象征白头鹰，飞起来翅膀宽大，很美，很酷。

这里的鹿很多，一直觉得鹿是很优雅，干净的动物，喜欢它们。它们在吃 Sunday Brunch.

我跑过来的时候，把小梅花鹿吓得跑到了草丛里。过了一会儿，小鹿的妈妈觉得我比较友好，只是在拍照，便出来呼唤小鹿。也没发声，不知用的什么心灵感应，小鹿就出来，跟着妈妈吃草去了。经过我的时候，还看了我一眼，呵呵

这种鸟叫 Red-winged blackbird，这只鸟总喜欢站在这个椅子上，发出很好听的叫声，也不怕人，跟我都熟了，有段时间了，我走到很近很近，它才飞走。

Male Red-winged Blackbirds fiercely defend their territories during the breeding season, spending more than a quarter of daylight hours in territory defense. He chases other males out of the territory and attacks nest predators, sometimes going after much larger animals, including horses and people.

每次看到这种红豆，总想起王维的诗，我的后院河边有一棵。

《相思》

[唐] 王维

红豆生南国，春来发几枝。

愿君多采撷，此物最相思。

全湿透了，你能看到的几块浅粉色，是唯一没湿的地方。我自己也很惊讶，今天太闷湿了，赶紧吃了一片 salt tablet,补盐和钾，以防流汗多缺盐引起腿抽筋。以前发生过一次后，就随身带盐片了。

如果减去跟鹿玩，摄像的十多分钟，与热天跑步的速度差不多。我半马最快的纪录是两个小时八分钟，但那是十年前了。如果天气好，我可以两个半小时跑完；如果天气闷热，像昨天八十六度，一般两个小时四十五分钟完成。气温和风非常影响运动员的发挥。跑马不怕冷，最怕热。有一年芝加哥马拉松，正当那天97度，明智的人就不跑了，会有生命危险的。