Chapter 675 670. Marathon Morning Market

Early morning of May 15th.

It's a sunny day with a nice weather.

The first Tianhan Flower Sea Marathon officially started.

Tianhan Culture and Tourism New Media held a live broadcast in a very trendy way.

Logically speaking, not many people would watch this kind of competition.

But because of the previous troubles.

After the live broadcast started, it actually attracted tens of thousands of viewers.

Before the game started, everything was normal.

The scene was bustling with flags flying everywhere. In addition to the competition flags, there were advertisements of various sponsors.

A podium was set up at the starting point.

The leader speaks, the leader speaks, and more leaders speak.

Then the referee from the organizing committee came on stage to announce the rules of the competition and called for fair play.

Athlete representatives gave speeches and took an oath, promising to compete with spirit and style.

There's not many people listening to all this blah blah.

The athletes who registered for the competition in the audience had number tags on their bodies and were busy raising their arms and legs to stretch their bodies to warm up.

This marathon is amazing, with nearly 2,000 participants in the professional group. In addition to local athletes from Tianhan and the province, there are also many athletes from other places and many from foreign countries. In total, there are representatives from more than a dozen countries.

There are more amateur groups, with more than 6,000 people signing up, also from all over the country.

The first marathon attracted more than 9,000 participants.

This made the Tianhan Municipal Party Committee very embarrassed.

These more than 9,000 athletes lined up for one or two kilometers, with the professional group in front and the amateur group in the back.

In addition, there were groups of friends and relatives who came to cheer them on, citizens who came to watch the fun, and small vendors who saw business opportunities and set up stalls to sell goods.

It was a lively scene.

The pre-match ceremony lasted for more than twenty minutes and finally ended.

As the signal gun sounded, the first batch of athletes from the professional group ran lightly into the stadium and into the sea of ​​flowers.

The marathon race is run in groups.

The broadcast vehicles of Tianhan TV Station and Tianhan Culture and Tourism took the lead and drove in the front.

The two hosts were passionately introducing the competition in the car, introducing the athletes in the first group, where they came from, their achievements, their touching stories and so on.

Anyway, the commentary of the games is almost the same in any city. It can’t be said to be boring, but it’s not very interesting either.

Not as beautiful as the sea of ​​flowers along the way.

Whether it is the ratings of Tianhan TV or the live broadcast of Tianhan Culture and Tourism.

Everything is ordinary and there is no change.

This continued for more than twenty minutes before we arrived at the first supply point.

Because it had to coordinate with the running athletes, the broadcast vehicle drove very slowly.

When we slowly passed the first shed, we introduced, "We have now arrived at the 2.5-kilometer mark. In the half marathon, there will be a supply point every 2.5 kilometers to provide athletes with water and food to replenish their energy. Please see, our volunteers have already filled the water cups and are waiting for the athletes to arrive."

Outside the car window, on the roadside, under a shed, there were several simple tables.

Two young men wearing volunteer T-shirts stood behind the table.

The table was filled with transparent disposable cups, each filled with half a cup of water.

This is normal, and it happens in every marathon.
But things started to become more and more abnormal later on.

The broadcast vehicle slowly drove past the water stall, revealing a second stall. "In addition to ordinary water, the organizing committee also prepared tea."

It was still the same shed and simple table, but this time the transparent disposable cups on the table were filled with clear green tea.

There is also a small flag on the top with the words "Tianhan Xianhao" written on it.

Tea, that’s fine too. Tianhan really even uses this place for advertising.

Then there was a third shed, with the same set up, except this time the cups were filled with white liquid.

The small flag on top reads, Chenggu Liujia Freshly Ground Soy Milk.

"Ah, there is also soy milk prepared here."

This... I can only say that the advertisement is crazy.

And when vegetable tofu appeared in the fourth shed.

The hosts in the broadcast vehicle were speechless.

It was really weird that this thing appeared on the scene.

While the host was still saying "hmm, hmm" and organizing his words.

A fifth shed appeared outside the car window.

Well, let's just keep silent, there's nothing to say. In the shed, someone was kneading dough, someone was mixing stuffing, and there was a big pot.

When the broadcast vehicle passed by, the lid of the pot was just lifted, white mist was rolling, and steam was rising, and the freshly baked dumplings had just come out of the pot.

Half baked, half fried, and half steamed.

The lower half is golden yellow, the upper half is steamy and soft, and the middle is sprinkled with pepper filling.

It's hot, soft, crispy and full of spicy flavor when you take a bite.

It is absolutely delicious when paired with the vegetable tofu mentioned above.

Many viewers in front of the TV and mobile phones have not had breakfast yet.

My mouth is watering after reading these.

And even that's not over yet.

Then there appeared dough stalls, walnut buns, and round dumplings.

A few stalls later, the pink shiso drink that was highly praised at the Harvest Festival appeared again.

Behind the drink is a large oil pan with freshly fried dough sticks...

Whether in front of the TV or in the live broadcast room.

All stupid.

What is this?

Morning market?
Why is there a morning market on the marathon route?
No, not the morning market.

This shed looks so familiar.

Isn’t this the shed from last year’s Harvest Festival?

That’s right, I pulled it out and used it again.

The stuff under the shed looks like that too.

Dreaming of the Harvest Festival.
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Behind the broadcast vehicle, the professional athletes in the first group were also a little confused.

After seeing such a huge supply point, I subconsciously slowed down my pace.

Logically speaking, it’s only 2.5 kilometers, so drinking water is unnecessary.

Water intake also needs to be controlled during a marathon.

But that only applies to clear water.

Is there clean water here?

Here are the freshly-cooked steamed buns, the freshly-baked walnut buns, the freshly-fried dough sticks, and the dough that is being mixed in a large basin.

It smells delicious here.

The auntie who was mixing the noodles saw people coming and quickly poured two spoonfuls of oil and chili on them. She started mixing it with her hands and shouting too.

"Noodles, please give me a bowl of noodles~~"

As soon as she shouted, other stalls followed suit.

For a while, the shouting was endless.

"The oil flower on the edge of the pot~~The freshly cooked scroll~~"

"Walnut~~Momo~~"

"No money~~"

The shouting was quickly stopped by the young volunteers.

But it has already reached my ears.

The fragrance kept going into my nose.

In the stomach...

Oops, because I was going to run a marathon, I didn’t dare eat much in the morning, and I had already consumed a lot after running more than two kilometers.

Why can't I bear it anymore?
A few people unconsciously left the team and went to the side of the road...

And more contestants are still gritting their teeth and resisting their appetite.

Why is the supply point so long?

Too tormented.

I forced myself to run 200 meters.

Finally made it through the last steamed bun stall.

Just wanted to breathe a sigh of relief.

The old man at the steamed bun stall was very enthusiastic, pointing to the front and shouting, "In front, the next one is better, there are chuanchuanxiang~~"

The players almost lost their legs.

Which kind person arranged for skewers to be served during the marathon?

(End of this chapter)