Before the event he prepared by gaining 3 kg of fat to protect against the cold. Also, as he didn't have the funds to go abroad to train in a cold climate, he had to imagine Yangmingshan was Antarctica. He went running atop the peaks there during a cold front, wearing only a short-sleeve shirt and training in the 1 ° C weather.
賽前除了努力增加了 3 公斤脂肪「抗寒」外，因為沒錢到國外作移地訓練，只好土法煉鋼：把寒流籠罩的陽明山假想成南極，穿著短袖運動衣，跑上只有攝氏 1 度的七星山頂。