Chapter 396 - 239: Breaking the National Record
Running ten kilometers within forty minutes is no small feat. According to the "Public Athletic Fitness Technical Grade Standards" published on the official website by the Chinese Athletics Association, achieving this performance for ages 16-34 already meets the second-level public standard. This means that marathon performance can basically reach a level of 3:04, which ranks quite high among amateur runners.
When they were over halfway through, the three members of the Nie family were struggling to keep up. Although they also exercised regularly, it was just occasional running, which was far from the level of this basketball coach.
However, Ling Zhenyu was somewhat surprised that Li Ang, while keeping pace with him, showed no signs of disordered breathing, indicating that he still had reserves of energy.
Before this, he hadn’t thought highly of Li Ang. As a basketball coach, he was well aware that many so-called martial arts instructors weren’t formally trained; most were self-taught and started teaching students after only learning the basics themselves.
This was the case with most martial arts instructors, let alone Li Ang, who was just a student at the martial arts school.
However, Li Ang’s current performance was indeed surprising; from this aspect alone, he was clearly very self-disciplined and hardworking in his training.
Knowing that Li Ang’s abilities went beyond this, Ling Zhenyu turned his head and said to the few Nie family runners behind him,
"You guys just run at your own pace. I’ll run with Brother Li for a while. From what I see, this Brother Li also has a chance to place in the top few in running."
Upon hearing this, Nie Yongming also felt a surge of joy. Seeing Li Ang’s state, he knew this young man was quite good at running. Hearing Ling Zhenyu give such an evaluation indicated that his real skill level was even better than he had expected.
In that case, their family lineage might actually have a chance at winning the championship. He nodded and said,