Recently, a marathon in Hangzhou, Zhejiang has attracted the attention of the international proposal when the image of one leg running with cigarettes on the mouth. Notably, this man has completed a 42km distance with an impressive achievement 3:28:45 even though he often runs and smokes.
The image of the Guangzhou man with a cigarette with a marathon has spread rapidly on social media. Even event organizers shared his photos and certificates of merit to complete the contest.
It is known that this leg is 50 years old and nicknamed “uncle Chen”. He is quite famous in the Chinese athletics village with his special “skill”. According to Canadian jogging magazine, “uncle Chen” did the same thing in the Guangzhou 2018 marathon and the 2019 Xiamen Marathon.
On MXH, there have been many mixed opinions about this strange athlete. Someone wondered why he smoked continuously but still kept his physical strength to run the marathon at the age of 50, while others thought that “uncle Chen” could become a bad example for young marathon athletes.
Not only running the marathon, netizens have found evidence “uncle Chen” also participated in running Ultra Marathon, a prize with a distance of 60k and another 12 -hour prize. Of course, he also runs and smokes. There is currently no rule to prohibit the marathon smoking while they play.
