Chapter 85: XTeam Basecamp (2)
The 42KM marathon athlete who holds the current fastest time is Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya. His recorded time of 2 hours 1 minute and 39 seconds was set in the Berlin Marathon a few years ago. Still, for XTeam members, the training route is 45km and must be finished before 2 hours.
When Mel first found out there was an exercise like this, she was dumbfounded. How could they do that? Also, should they bring a 25kg bag? Pretty doubtful, right?!
But after she joined the training and witnessed with her own eyes all the XTeam members could do it, she was speechless.
Indeed, All XTeam members are not just ordinary soldiers. They are chosen from the best of the best and then put in a secret group of super soldiers.
Mel can do it too. She passed the test during the exam to become an official member of XTeam, 2 years ago. But after that, because she rarely practiced anymore, she found this practice really hard.
Mel didn’t speak along the training path. She knew the training was tough, so she saved her energy.
Meanwhile, Anton, who was running beside her, looked relaxed. Mel could only sigh sadly, how unfair.
The moment they came down from the mountain, the sun had started to shine. Mel was so tired she lay down on the grass while catching her breath. Her face was pale, and her body was soaking in sweat. Ordinary people might think they were just swimming.
"Mel, it looks like you really need practice. Only running for about two hours, you’re struggling like this!" Anton laughed.