7 consecutive days and nights, traveling 7 continents, participating in 7 marathons, suffering for 168 hours, running 295 kilometers, and flying over 39,000 kilometers... A series of eye-catching numbers write Pu Aimin's sports history on the Caribbean Sea on the third day of the Chinese New Year. Although there is no gongs and drums in the east, Miami is still filled with a warm and cheerful air. In the shadow of the coconut wind, congratulations came one after another and told the "God Master Pu" who had just hit the line that this was his highlight moment. The "777"
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's superb professional level and outstanding competition results have made Pu Aimin a famous "Pu God" in the long-distance running industry in Shenzhen. However, it was a coincidence for him to participate in the World Marathon Challenge. After the Spring Festival in 2018, he wanted to discuss climbing with Cao Jun and heard that the other party and Luo Fei were planning to participate in the competition, so he gave up his mountaineering plan and decided to form a team with two senior brothers from Peking University.
In fact, Pu Aimin dreamed of traveling around the world one day since he was a child. However, if he simply travels around the world, the cost of time, energy and money is too great for him. And this marathon can be competed and fulfilled, which is the best of both worlds. "Also, infected by the innovation of the founding of the British campus by Dean of Haiwen , I also want to go out and participate in the challenges outside." Pu Aimin added.
This folk extreme challenge event began in 2015. Participants need to complete 7 marathons on 7 continents within 7 days, so they are called "777". In other words, contestants have to travel to every continent within 168 hours, and run 42.195 kilometers on each continent. Although I knew it would be difficult before, when Pu Aimin set foot on the African continent, everything in front of him still exceeded his expectations.
On January 31, local time, after 15 hours of flight, Pu Aimin arrived at the event gathering place - Cape Town, South Africa. After two days of adaptive training, the contestants flew for more than five hours to the Antarctic Novo Expedition Station. The run started at 3:30 pm and the event ended at 11:30 that night. The next day, the plane took off again at 1 a.m. and returned to Cape Town at 6 a.m., and the Cape Town Station event began 10 hours later. This is the case in Australia Perth , UAE Dubai, Spain Madrid, Santiago, Chile, and Miami, USA. In the
competition, Pu Aimin (first from right) brought Peking University HSBC's courtyard flag to Antarctica for the first time outside the cross-time zone, and also cross-climate. When Pu Aimin and his party arrived at Antarctica, the local temperature was only -15 ℃. The cold wind was wrapped around the ice slag and "cut" it on the face. The so-called "runway" was covered with thick snow, which was unexpected by Pu Aimin, who grew up in the south. The maximum temperature in Cape Town is 39.5 ℃. The temperature difference exceeds 50 ℃ in 13 hours, far exceeding the debugging capacity of the general human body at about 10 ℃.
Sure enough, at the end of the third stop of Perth, Australia, Pu Aimin found that it was becoming more and more difficult for him to walk. After examination by the team doctor, he found that his right knee was red and swollen. Although he had been treated with ice, ointment, medicine, etc., his condition in the last two stations was still greatly affected. Especially at Dubai Station, it was a rare good match, but Pu Aimin's results were only better than Antarctic, which had the most difficult conditions. This made him very unwilling, "If you are not injured, there will be no problem within 4 hours."
Anyone who knows exercise knows that diet and rest are the basis of exercise. However, the Western-style machine meals for 7 consecutive days made Pu Aimin feel that he had not eaten a full meal in a week. There was no bed on the plane, and the contestants could only sleep halfway. Because of the long-term flight and running, the players' legs were swollen. "The entire body system is disordered," Pu Aimin recalled.
In the face of four major challenges of continuous combat, harsh environment, discomfort in diet and insufficient rest, the scene of Madrid is even warmer. The venue is an F1 track located in the northern suburbs of the city. When we ran away at 12:40 in the middle of the night, the temperature was only about 0 ℃. But more than a dozen Chinese and overseas Chinese students gathered at the scene. As the only audience group at the scene, these Chinese cheering groups held the national flag and cheered Pu Aimin and his teammates continuously, and even ran for several hours.At the same time, the cheering group also prepared dumplings, rice, chrysanthemum tea and other food for all the contestants, and even microwave ovens, stoves and kettles. "Many foreign players can't help but come over to share." To this day, when it comes to the New Year's Eve game, Pu Aimin is still very proud.
Although the average score of 4 hours and 3 minutes has created the best results for Asian athletes to participate in the World Marathon Challenge in history, Pu Aimin believes that this can only be considered "basic satisfaction". "Because I planned to run into 4 hours, and even wanted to run into 3 hours and 45 minutes." For Pu Aimin, whose best score is 2 hours and 54 points, this "8th place in the total score" can only score 70 points.
PHBSer is running
For the 30 points that were deducted, Pu Aimin laughed at because of the "political task" on his shoulders. On November 18 and December 16, 2018, he represented Peking University and HSBC in the "Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid-Mid This made his training for "777" really start on December 30. "The preparation methods for different competitions are different." Pu Aimin explained that in this targeted training of only 20 days, although they have also gone to Songhua Lake, Jilin for adaptive training, this year's warm winter has greatly reduced the effect.
In fact, Pu Aimin's "political mission" began three years ago. In 2015, Pu Aimin studied a strategic course at Peking University HSBC and was just in the process of 20km selection of the college "Ge Ten" (the 10th Xuanzang Road Business School Gobi Challenge). After a few hours, Pu Aimin won the first place and represented the college as he wished. "You can only persevere in anything that makes you happy." Pu Aimin believes that although the marathon is painful, he is very relaxed and happy after running. "What's more, there is a sense of glory to add glory to the school?"
In Pu Aimin's words, since 2016, he has transformed from an "actor" to a "director", responsible for coordinating the pre-match preparations of the entire college team. In the first few years, I have repeatedly hit "nails" because of my "seriousness" in my work. "I always unconsciously require players to follow my own standards," said Pu Aimin. In addition to being "strong", there is also a concern about the safety of the players. Because he saw a contestant fainting from heatstroke during the "Ge Shi" competition and was rescued more than 6 hours after being sent to the hospital by a helicopter. "The competition is very intense, and it is difficult to persist without excellent professional qualities."
Pu Aimin smiled and said that it was his "political task" to represent Peking University and HSBC to participate in various long-distance running competitions. The picture shows him (second from right) participating in the 2017 Shenzhen International Marathon.
Pu Aimin was born in the countryside of Huaihua , Hunan. Because of a "restless heart", after working in Changsha for one and a half years, he chose to go south to work hard. Like many people, the greatest power of "deep drifting" in the early years was the "stubbornness" in the heart. In Pu Aimin's view, this "stubbornness" is exactly an important educational concept of Peking University HSBC Business School.
The old principal of Peking University Cai Yuanpei once said, "Full personality is in sports." Located at the forefront of China's reform and opening up, Peking University HSBC, while inheriting the Peking University sports tradition, also carries out the educational concept of "business military academy". "I think this is the essence of the college spirit." He believes that the Peking University spirit and the Shenzhen spirit have jointly created the appearance of Peking University HSBC - hard work, tolerance, openness and enterprising.
During the three years of studying at Peking University HSBC, Pu Aimin was deeply impressed by many courses. "Especially the "Macroeconomics" taught by Dean Haiwen," he said that Professor Haiwen's lecture was easy to understand and could explain the profound theories clearly, and it felt like "revelation". In addition, Professor Ouyang Liangyi's humor and easy-to-understand in the "Company Finance" class also impressed him.
"The biggest feature of Peking University's HSBC courses is 'new'." Pu Aimin, who has studied in different colleges and universities, mentioned that the cases used in Peking University's HSBC classes are all the latest, which has benefited a lot. "Because if the case is outdated and the time and space environment change, the reference effect of this case on the enterprise will be greatly reduced and may even have side effects." In addition, "The 'system' is also very important."He believes that only the "system" can make what you learn and think more deeply, and finally put what you learn into practice.
"Pu Dashen" daily
Although he has something to do with swimming, table tennis, badminton, and golf, Pu Aimin is most interested in running. "Running is the simplest and most convenient sport after all, and only a pair of shoes and a sportswear is enough. Swimming requires a venue, and playing basketball requires an opponent."
The benefits of running to Pu Aimin, an entrepreneur, are the health of both "body" and "heart". On the physical level, in the past, he had been suffering from cervical spondylosis, and had a cold and fever twice a year. Even if he was given injections and medicine, he had to delay it for a few days to recover. "After running, he had almost never gotten sick. Since he caught a cold occasionally, he would be fine if he caught a cold. "On the spiritual level, busy work makes Pu Aimin's spirit "always tense". But running can make him completely relax.
" For us, the most precious thing is time. "Pu Aimin admitted that in order to save time, he will try his best to exercise efficiently: run five times a week, three short distances, and two long distances. Three of the short distances are from 6 am to 7 am. The two long distances are usually two hours after get off work on weekdays and weekend mornings.
"Either in the morning or at night, so it has little impact on work. "Pu Aimin believes that many friends around him mistakenly think that they spend all their time running, which delays work and ignores their family. But in fact, although it does take some time and energy, because of running, they have a better spirit and are more efficient in doing things, which is very helpful to work, life and family.
For this middle-aged man weighing 120 kilograms and having 6 pack abs, insisting on running is just a part of pursuing a healthy lifestyle. Pu Aimin believes that if you want to live a healthy lifestyle, "a regular schedule is the first priority. "In regular routines, "sleeping is the first priority", the so-called "to maintain health, you must first ensure adequate sleep. "Running can promote sleep, and adequate sleep can promote running. The two complement each other. Therefore, even if he has endless work every day, he insists on going to bed at around 11 o'clock in the evening, getting up at around 6 o'clock in the morning, and having to sleep for half an hour at noon.
runners celebrate Pu Aimin's triumphant
In addition, staying away from cigarettes and alcohol is also Pu Aimin's life principle. He never smokes, 2017 The year also said goodbye to drinking. Most of Pu Aimin’s dining tables were vegetables, beef and fish, and starch mainly came from coarse grains. In his refrigerator, he rarely saw pickled or over-processed foods through other methods. What made Pu Aimin happy was that with the admiration of health, most entrepreneurs in Shenzhen now have recognized their lifestyle. Therefore, social engagements at work did not cause him much trouble.
"Everyone is actually the same type of people. "Pu Aimin said, "So, when people go out for social events, they usually choose healthier restaurants or restaurants. When ordering, you will also pay attention to choosing light snacks with less oil and less salt. "And before each meal, he would declare in advance that he would not drink, but he could not refuse, so he used tea instead of wine. "If the social event was too late, I would say goodbye in advance and try to ensure my schedule," said Pu Aimin.
Looking back on the past year, Pu Aimin felt that he had gained a lot: he completed the first 100-kilometer cross-country race in his life with a good result of 7th place, and the whole horse ran into 254 (2 hours and 54 minutes), and also represented the college to win the runner-up of the 2018 Shenzhen Marathon mid-racer team. In 2019, he had four major wishes: first, participate in the World Extreme Marathon Challenge; second, run into 250 (2 hours and 50 minutes); third, climb a snow-capped mountain above 7,500 meters; fourth, participate in the Italian 330-kilometer Giant Tour Cross-country Race. "Now, I have completed the first one. "Pointing at the photo in front of the finish line of Miami Station, Pu Aimin said, "I enjoy the moment of hitting the line and look forward to the next start."
Character sketch
Pu Aimin
World Marathon Grand Slam six-star runner, likes sports, travel, and read.
Chairman of Shenzhen Dandelion Advertising Co., Ltd.
2013 Shenzhen Top Ten Advertisers
Peking University HSBC Business School EMBA
Business School Gobi Challenge Peking University HSBC Team Leader
Launching, Shenzhen Marseille Central Competition Peking University HSBC Captain
Full Horse PB2 hours 54 minutes
2015 Sun Moon Lake Marathon Business School MRT Men's Champion
Shenzhen 6-hour Month Chase Team Championship (2016), Runner-up (2017)
Tsinghua All The second-hand champion of Shenzhen Station (2017, 2018)
Business Avenue Gobi Challenge Team Champion
Welcome July 1st Patriotic Health Running Team Runner-up
2018 Longji Terraced 100-kilometer cross-country race 7th place
2018 Nanshan Half Marathon Team Champion
2018 Shenzhen Marathon Middle Race Men's Team Runner-up and Individual Runner-up
Written by: Sheng Xiaochun
Editor: Cao Mingming
Article is reproduced from Peking University HSBC Business School WeChat public account
