I began to publish my essays and translations since 1985 last century. My first translating book Triathlon was published on March 1990 by China Broadcasting and TV Publisher, the ISBN is 7-5043-0309-7/G.57; the second one One Hundred Chinese Poems was done by Flower Mount Art Publisher on April 2000, the ISBN is 7-80611-898-5/I.799. Both of these books were all registered by myself. Till now about 50 articles of mine had already published in China.
In my childhood, I enjoyed swimming. Every year in summer I usually followed my cousin to do swim training in the swimming pools both in the People's Park and Eastern Park of Baoding, Hebei Province, P R China. In 1986 I tried to swim across reservoirs and lakes by myself. From that time on I swam across 13 lakes and reservoirs hundreds of times around China. After that I resolved to swim across lakes, rivers, straits all over China.
In 1979, I watched a sport's program from CCTV, in which it showed the First International Triathlon Competition in Hawaii, USA. Soon I began to train tri-events by myself under no guide of tri-events' coach. The zigzag roads of Mancheng County, Yixian County, Quyang County, Tangxian County, Hebei Province became my training area. I trained myself in a hard effort from morning till night except working and studying. The whole training quantity had ever reached more than 180km (including swimming, bike-ride and run). However, I ran 45km on foot to Longmen Reservoir, Yixian County, Hebei Province, under others' help or by my own hundreds of times.
I overcame much more difficulties which included spirits and body. I ever resulted in due to excessive hard training the mess of endocrine, nephritic high blood pressure; again because of the food taking irregularity I got the stomach inflammation, the esophagus inflammation, and the stomach bleed lost ever reached as high as 500 milliliters per day, my body weight at the same time reached as low as 52 kilograms. Still I overcame these difficulties and sufferings and continued my exercises and self- educating. I was so excited in 1990, when my first translating works "Triathlon" was published by China Radio and TV Publisher. The second translating book about Chinese poems was published in 2000.
In April,1990, one bewitching spring weekend, I went out with my team mate to do bicycle training, and a traffic accident happened in Baoxin Road, my left clavicle was broken, and my left shoulder, left chest emerged serious internal blooding, together with head external injury issue of blood. In Baoding Railway Hospital, it almost appeared the blood shock. In the following period in hospital, I still continued the public lesson of self study. And I felt the worm of conscience to my child's suffering during those days. By that time my monthly income was terribly low about $18 every month. It was far from sufficient for my training and daily use. And I had not time to take care of my little son. Still my child was so sensible and inspired me.
In 1987,under imbursement of
Mr.Tao, Mr.Xu, Mr.Burges and Thomas (the late) from USA who were
touched by my stories of constancy of hard training , I went to suburb of
Beijing to take part in the "HUAYUAN" Cup Iron-man Triathlon Competition .After I passed over an
Australian competitor, two women English competitors and five Chinese ones, I
finally reached the finish line and I was No.20, the result was 7 hours
and 7 minutes, (the distance was 2km swim, 100km bike- ride,42.195km marathon)by the way, my blue marathon shoes was then colored by my blood . I was crying when I got the title
of "iron-man" certificate from the competition
organization committee, for it was indeed changed back by my sweat and
blood.
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