The Champion MetaSports Marathon Hue 2023 is afraid of getting lost
"The incident at the national championship marathon three weeks ago still haunts me. Sometimes I fear that the guide car will make me lost again. But attending a MetaSports Marathon system makes me feel more secure. Ban Organizers of this award system often prepare well," Nhan Tin said after the award ceremony.
On the Hue track this morning, Nhan Tin finished first in the distance of 21km with a record of 1 hour 13 minutes, 3 minutes faster than the runner-up Sam Van Doi - 1 hour 16 minutes. This is the second victory of the original Binh Phuoc runner in the MetaSports Marathon system, after winning the same distance at the MetaSports Marathon Amazing Halong 2022 with a result of 1 hour 17 minutes.
The convincing victory in Hue means psychological relief for the runner born in 1993. Three weeks earlier, he had a problem and had his results canceled at the national marathon championship in Lai Chau. At that time, Nhan Tin also took the 21km test. By the seventh kilometer, the turn of the 42km distance, the motorbike led him and four other athletes to the wrong path, instead of running another 300m to get to the right turn of the 21km distance.
"When I got to the finish line, I still didn't know I was eliminated. When I saw the results and saw that my name was not on the system, I was very shocked. If it weren't for that incident, I would have finished fourth. A feeling of regret mixed in. feeling sad, but I still put it aside to best prepare for the MetaSports Marathon Imperial Hue", Nhan Tin recounted, and said that the most ominous opponent for him today was player Dao Minh Chi - the national player. finish Friday with 1 hour 17 minutes 27
At the MetaSports Marathon Ho Chi Minh City Midnight 2023, Nhan Tin registered for the 21km event and finished second with a time of 1 hour and 14 minutes, just a few hundredths of a second behind the champion Nguyen Dang Khoa. The 30-year-old runner said he felt lucky that the injury did not affect his performance after returning.
"My results today are better than previous tournaments mainly because the track in Hue is flatter and the climate is cooler. Hopefully I can improve my performance even more this year," Nhan Tin shared. At the same time, he said that he aims to participate in the remaining tournaments of the MetaSports Marathon system from now until the end of 2023.
