Daily Evolution from Mastering Tai Chi-Chapter 181: The Race Begins

June 14.

The eve of the Lanzhou Marathon.

Wang Ye bought a brand-new mountain bike at the local Giant store.

He rode to the event location to collect the race packet and number plate for the race.

Then returned to the hotel and attached the number plate to the back of his race suit.

After preparing these race items, Wang Ye continued downstairs to indulge in a meal at a beef noodle shop.

His main dish was noodles, with hardly any protein and heavy oil or spicy seasonings.

The primary goal of Wang Ye’s meal was to replenish fast carbs in preparation for tomorrow’s long race. A lot of protein and seasonings would increase the body’s burden, which could result in reduced athletic performance.

Typically, 1 gram of carbohydrate produces 4 kcal of energy in the body. Carbohydrates can quickly oxidize in the body, providing energy promptly, and are the most primary and economical energy source for the body. This pre-race carbohydrate loading is professionally known as "carbo-loading," which can temporarily enhance muscle glycogen storage and increase muscle volume, commonly used in long-distance track and field or bodybuilding competitions.

This pre-race carbo-loading method can greatly enhance his single endurance ability.

Wang Ye specifically tested that before carbo-loading, he could only maintain a pace of three minutes per kilometer for twenty kilometers without supplementation. After carbo-loading, he could maintain a pace of three minutes for nearly forty kilometers without supplementation, which is a significant difference.

Although during the race Wang Ye can quickly supplement energy by consuming Energy Gel, the issue is that the time cost of taking Energy Gel out of the pocket, tearing the packaging, and then consuming it on the track is too high. Consuming a dozen Energy Gels can slow down the final result by at least 1-2 minutes.

Wang Ye stuffed down about twenty-five bowls of noodles before begrudgingly letting out a burp.

Then he packed ten servings of beef noodles from the boss and planned to return to the hotel to rest.

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June 15.

The day of the race.

Wang Ye woke up at four in the morning.

Ate the ten servings of beef noodles packed last night.

Although these ten servings of beef noodles had become soggy after soaking in the broth overnight and the texture and flavor were somewhat hard to describe, his aim was simply carbo-loading, not caring about the taste of the food.

Wang Ye ate noodles while checking his attribute panel.

[Physique: 7.3]

[Divine: 7.2]

[Evolution Level: 70.0]

[Evolving steadily, with an Evolution Level increase of one point per day.]

"My current physical condition should be comparable to Captain America from Marvel now, right?"

Wang Ye murmured.

The official data for Captain America in Marvel is about four times the average Caucasian’s physique.

But the combat power displayed by Captain America in movies or comics clearly exceeds four times the physique.

Sometimes it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say tenfold or twentyfold physique.

Just the feats of grabbing a helicopter with bare hands or falling dozens of stories unscathed are far more absurd than Wang Ye’s athletic performance.

Therefore, strictly speaking, Wang Ye’s current physical condition is only about equal to Captain America.

Wang Ye rubbed his biceps and softly said:

"However, with my current physical condition and combat ability, I should be able to easily take down a squad of special forces armed with guns and ammo, and ordinary people would have a hard time hitting me with fully automatic rifles. Even if they hit me, they wouldn’t cause fatal injury."

This kind of strength may seem invincible, but it’s actually insufficient to let him do as he pleases in this highly technologically advanced era. Honestly, a random missile, a tank, or even a sniper rifle with large-caliber bullets can wipe him out, making months of hard work go to waste.

Wang Ye is very clear about his capabilities.

Unless he evolved to the point where he could withstand a nuclear bomb or destroy a city with one punch.

Otherwise, he would never display any aggression that threatens social safety.

Thus, Wang Ye continually suppresses the ever-growing malicious intent within him.

This malicious intent isn’t due to a mean spirit.

But rather a sense of arrogance brought on by rapidly increasing strength.

Challenging extreme sports or world records can lessen the infinite malicious intent within him.

Because sports, in essence, are about challenging oneself, challenging nature.

The frustration of failure and the pride of victory can both settle his heart a bit.

After finishing the noodles, Wang Ye quickly packed his bag.

He put on hotel slippers and rode directly to the Lanzhou Marathon venue.

Following the navigation route, he reached the check-in gate in about 10 minutes.

After a brief check-in and physical examination, Wang Ye entered the exclusive S Zone for invited contestants.

It’s also the closest area to the starting line.

It’s specifically for elite runner starts.

In the list of S Zone participants.

Half are from China, and the other half from Big Black in Africa.

Among them, someone Wang Ye had dealt with before, Wang Lianzheng, was also in the S Zone. Although Wang Lianzheng is a social media celebrity in running circles, he is actually a top T1 class marathon runner in China and equally qualified for the S Zone standards.

These top athletes were equipped from running shoes to clothing, and then from clothing to windproof goggles and Bluetooth headsets, and seeing Wang Ye walk into the S Zone wearing slippers, they couldn’t help but give him odd looks.

Nowadays, Wang Ye’s face is quite popular on the internet. So nearly none of the contestants present weren’t familiar with Wang Ye.

But most people’s impression of Wang Ye is still fixed in the promotional video.

From the video, you can see Wang Ye should be a very serious and meticulous athlete.

How could he make the move of competing in slippers?

Wang Lianzheng scratched his head and came over to ask, "Wang Ye, is this... did you lose your shoes?"

"I’m racing barefoot." Wang Ye chuckled.

"Racing barefoot?" Wang Lianzheng was stunned.

The athletes around him also paused.

The entire S Zone and even Zone A suddenly became so quiet, you could hear a pin drop.

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At this moment, under the canopy printed with the China Jordan logo.

A man with a full beard looked visibly displeased,

"Where are the athletes we signed this year, where are they?"

An employee fanning himself softly said, "Manager, heating up in Zone A..."

"Zone A? The athletes we signed this year don’t even qualify for the S Zone?" The man with the full beard’s forehead veins throbbed.