Former Olympic track and field champion Ed Moses returned to the training ground-48 years old. According to Sumot, he called it a "scientific and emotional experiment" to participate in the Athens Olympic Games.

Aging is a nuisance. Just when you think you are experienced, stylish, intelligent, confident and gorgeous, it turns out that your body goes down without a parachute and goes up a flight of stairs without breathing, which is a major health challenge. Where is justice?

Red wine is the comfort of invention, but now one wants to accept this challenge to nature. If Ed Moses' radical dream comes true, we will no longer regard 48 as middle age. This will be the heyday of life, and the border is full of youthful vitality and potential. The greatest track and field athletes, Olympic champions of 1976 and 1984, have returned to the training of 400-meter hurdles.

Oh, don't be silly, Edwin, all his friends and colleagues say so. Michael johnson, Seb Coe and Thompson all stared at his serious eyes, warning of his terrible injury and humiliation. Time is the trend, no one can turn back, even if a person walks in his unbeaten race for nine years, nine months and nine days, winning 122 races in a row, dragging his opponent into despair.

They think he is the prey of King Knut's dangerous territory, or try to concentrate on self-promotion of Lawrence Sports Prize. He is a loyal chairman. There is no way, no way, on earth, an athlete can compete in the 400-meter hurdles at the Athens Olympic Games next year at the age of 49.

But then you understand the quiet and serious intention expressed by these glasses trademarks, and all preconceptions are in chaos. Maybe? Is this possible? Is Alzheimer's Disease a Trap? Because you watched a 48-year-old man jogging on the runway in Paris, and then his skinny sewage passed through a set of stretching exercises, Rudolf Nureyev might think that the requirements are too high, and you would conclude that you are watching something special. "Science and emotional experiments," Moses said.

But first, he needs shoes. Then, they found five boxes of equipment in the attic of his hometown Atlanta, and he refused to throw them away. "An artist doesn't throw away his brush," he explained. He tried modern running shoes, 7.5 cm cushioning soles, and kept losing them. So now he trains with his old flat-bottomed models, some of which are so rotten that he has to stick them together.

Let the game begin. Moses-at least he has a magical name-means this. "Track and field has always been my hobby and passion. I always knew I would return to the track, it was only a matter of time. Recently, I saw that the competition and standards of the 400-meter hurdles in the United States are quite low. I think some people only run for 50 seconds in the Olympic trials. And I thought, "I can. "

"This is a decline, decline effect. A man of my age, I am healthy. I always take care of myself. I know how to protect myself from harm. My diet is excellent. All this is in my mind. So I really started talking last June 165438+ 10. "

This sounds a little crazy. But remember, it's athletes. He seems to have nothing else. 13' s elegant and powerful pace, without obstacles between conventions, those huge 3m 14 steps destroyed any lingering opposition, without the withering glare of his personality. "When I was sitting on the block, I knew that no one could beat me."

He was the Olympic champion in the first hurdle race four months later. He broke his world record countless times and finally finished in 47.02 seconds 1983.

The myth of life, of course, is in Moses' mind. He believes in his talent and possibility, which is reinforced by muscle memory, but any potential arrogance is reasonable. "If I go out and try to run the 400-meter hurdles now, I will hurt myself," he admitted. "My ligaments and tendons are 48 years old. I may have a heart attack. I must be realistic. "

As a sharp reminder, he went out for training on August 3rd1,two days before his 48th birthday, and ran in Paris, winning a severe calf cramp. For most of us, this means giving up any idea of returning. Because of Moses, it means a deep muscle massage and an analgesic cream, a period of self-application acupuncture and a six-kilometer walk in the city to find ice to apply to his sick limbs.

This is his way of thinking. Prepare one with the best performance.

"I've been sitting in an ice bath since 1983," he said, referring to the masochist's practice, which we foolishly thought was with British long-distance runner Radcliffe. Pilates? He got there first. "I am Moses," he said, and his own inventor came to power every week. He never stopped this behavior, even when he retired, even when the pain-sometimes chronic pain-injured his back from the intervertebral disc and prompted him to quit the track and field. So he took part in the sled race and finished seventh in the World Championships in 199 1. )

Can you imagine a person sitting in front of a bathtub filled with ice for 20 minutes, and it doesn't need it at all? Just out of kindness and discipline?

"But I practice every day," he said. "My situation has been very good. I walked three or four steps all day. I kept my flexibility, and in the past three years, I had no pain. My back finally recovered.

"Once I get back to Atlanta, I'll pack my clothes, take the training dog and head west."

It's novel. It's painless. /kloc-back problem in 0/5 years, some people believe that he will come back. He will be based in California, and the three-level training mechanism may be suitable for him to run the Olympic trials in the United States in the 1950 s next July. The first stage will be a strengthening and adjustment stage: at least two hours, twice a day, including exercising in the gym. The second stage, starting from Christmas, is the revival of manual labor and old technology. The third stage, starting from mid-March, will be the most intense and fastest work and preparation for the competition.

"You don't just appear on the runway, running for 48, 49 or even 60 seconds. It needs work. I'm the only one who knows how to get out. People think this is because of my reputation. I know it won't. When I was still racing, I spent 10 months working to produce racing cars in any year 12 minutes.

"But I don't need gladiators anymore. This is very, very impossible. I will go to Athens. But I just think it's nice to set higher goals for myself. I think this kind of attempt should be regarded as a positive application of sports. This is not just my competition. It's a matter of inspiration. Many people are afraid of a task. They will be blocked in front, and they will avoid going beyond the safe range of a position. What I want to achieve. I can catch the Olympic qualifiers. I believe this is possible. "

Moses is undoubtedly serious. Track and field is his lifelong hobby. "It's unfortunate that you were forced to leave your job at the age of 30-35. I want to challenge the whole philosophy. It was influenced by athletes like Frankie Frederic because. This is my contribution. "

You can say such a person, but good luck, keep it up, okay?