IBK Industrial Bank of Korea players got off the club bus with simple backpacks at the entrance of Gwanggyo Mountain near Suji Cathedral in Yongin, Gyeonggi Province, at 3:30 p.m. on the 20th.
The athletes who got off the bus looked at the hiking trail map and looked at the course. The players’ expressions showed a slight nervousness. Young players such as Kim Ha-kyung and Lee Jin were mainly seen in the team departing at 3:30 p.m.
Manager Kim Soo-ji, Pyo Seung-joo and Kim Ho-chul, who are somewhat older (?) in their own way, started an hour early start. They started at 2:30 because their knees were not complete yet and they walked up the mountain without running.
The athletes warmed up by stretching before starting. I asked the reporter who went out to cover with me to leave first. They ran up and were considerate, saying that they would not be able to catch up if they started together.
The team ran about 5km from the starting point to the top of Gwanggyo Mountain and walked. The course from Suji Cathedral to Sinbong-dong Cathedral often saw a steep mountain path in the middle. The athletes ran as fast as they could on a gentle flatland and continued their mountaineering on a steep course.
On the downhill, trainers instructed him to go down as slowly as possible for fear of injury. The athletes made a U-turn ahead of the 1km summit of Gwanggyo Mountain. I met Kim Ho-chul, who left the U-turn branch an hour earlier.
Head coach Kim Ho-chul said to the players who don’t breathe hard, “Huh! Who told these guys to walk?” he joked to the players.
It was a difficult course for the first mountaineering athletes. The distance the players ran or walked on this day was about 5km. It took about two hours. It took about an hour and a half to climb and about 30 minutes to descend.
Kim Soo-ji and Pyo Seung-joo, who met on the way down, stood out. Kim Soo-ji came down carefully as if she was nervous about her knees and slippery floors, and Pyo Seung-joo came down leisurely with a professional mountaineer pose. Kim Soo-ji and Pyo Seung-joo expressed their composure, saying, “I think we’re climbing a mountain with our equipment feet.”
Young players also did not overdo it because it was their first training. It was just a taste of mountaineering. But everyone breathed heavily. 바카라사이트
Coach Kim Ho-chul said with a smile, “It was my first time doing it today, so I didn’t overdo it,” adding, “But from now on, I will really show you the true nature of mountain foot.”
Coach Kim Ho-chul, who took office during the season in December last year, cited the lack of physical strength to play a season as the biggest disadvantage of IBK players, so the players have been improving their physical strength with 400m track running and mountain walking since this call-up.
In this physical training, Kim Soo-ji said, “I want to start the season as soon as possible and play in the game.”
Lee Jin and Kim Ha-kyung complain, “It’s too hard,” and Kim Soo-ji says, “I’d rather play.” It’s such a hard training for the players.
