Taiwan old man wearing slippers running marathon was praised

Integrated Taiwan media reported that in Taiwan jogging sector have "slippers" reputation of Chiayi County, Tai Chen Citizen Chen Qingshun on the 21st to wear the market, "3 pairs of 100 NT" straw mat slippers, the challenge of one of the world's top five difficult marathon " Beijing Great Wall Marathon. " His face is not red gas does not run the whole process, so that foreign marathon runners have thumbs up, said "like!" Nicknamed "lychee" 54-year-old Chen Qingshun born farmhouse, young love climbing, he said 30 years ago dropped from the 3rd floor, right foot outside eight, if you wear ordinary shoes walking, shoes, heel collisions, easy to tie the knot Fall, can only wear slippers. Chen Qingshun said he watched the XSLail Summer Marathon with his friends two years ago. He started to play in the moment and ran for 19km in slippers. "I could run the marathon." After that, Chen Qingshun stepped on a pair of mats and slippers running all over the world Marathon, running friends sealed him "slippers man." Chen Qingshun said that the Great Wall Marathon set off from the Huangyaguan Pass at the junction of Beijing and Tianjin and returned to the Great Wall. The marathon challenged the weathered gravel pavement along the way. Thousands of high-rise stone steps and hot high temperatures were encountered. He was wearing the 53rd pair of mats slippers in his life, and eight Taiwanese runners went to Beijing to compete. "We all wear designer shoes, only I wear slippers." Chen Qing-shun said that the slippers grip is not enough, the center of gravity is inevitable downhill, "but there is no slip down." Some of the collapse of the road below the valley is a few hundred meters, he also Easily cross. Chen Qingshun said he was 380th in 6:34:55 this time, but all 1,100 entries took less than 60% of the race. His ambition is to challenge the completion of a hundred marathons, it is necessary to apply for a record Guinness Slipper Marathon world record.