A 42-year-old man managed to finish a 42km marathon in 3 hours and 28 mins while he was smoking.
The event took place last Sunday, at the 2022 Jiande Xin’anjiang Marathon. An uncle was “fired”, running in the crowd with a cigarette in his mouth! And finally finished the race in 3 hours, 28 minutes and 45 seconds.
Apparently this is not his first time doing this, a Weibo user stated:
“The smoker is back in the arena again. In the Jiande Marathon last week, others were tired of eating energy gels. He was tired and came to Genhuazi. He finished the race in the last 3 hours and 28 minutes.“
According to the media, It is understood that Uncle Chen is more than 50 years old this year. He likes to have a cigarette in his mouth during competitions, and when he feels tired, he will take a puff to “relieve fatigue”.
He has appeared in many major marathons. On the track of the 2017 Hangzhou Marathon, “Smoking Brother” Uncle Chen became known to people for the first time. Afterwards, he took part in the Xiamen Marathon and Lishui Ultra Marathon several times, and even during the Lhasa Half Marathon, he smoked cigarettes on the plateau.
Of course, there is a certain controversy about Uncle Chen’s practice of “not enough energy, cigarettes come together”. Some runners said: “This kind of uncivilized behavior is recommended to be banned. Second-hand smoke also has a great impact on other runners.”, “Whoever is next to him is unlucky.”
Some netizens also suggested: “The marathon should have regulations prohibiting smoking. ”. In this regard, the editor also looked through the rules of several marathons, but none of them clearly stated that smoking is not allowed.