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The Lessons of the Past Are Not “Outdated” - Real Talk From Yuki Kawauchi on “Taking on the World” (part 3)

http://sports.yahoo.co.jp/column/detail/201701140003-spnavi

translated by Brett Larner

Part three in a three-part series written by Yuki Kawauchi and published by Sportsnavi. Visit the above link to their original Japanese-language article for more photos. Click here for part one in the series, “The Miracle in Fukuoka,” and here for part two, “Bringing All My Experience Into Play in London.”


During his days at Gakushuin University Yuki Kawauchi (Saitama Prefectural Government) ran in the Hakone Ekiden as part of the Kanto Region University Select Team. After graduating he chose to take a job as a Saitama Prefecture employee rather than going into the corporate running leagues, and since then he has run countless marathons as an “amateur runner.” By choosing a different road from the elite runners who join the corporate leagues Kawauchi has worked on the marathon under his own power and has put long and serious thought into it. His path has shown the runners to come the way to a new optio…

That New Government Man is Fukuoka-Bound Elite Runner Yuki Kawauchi

http://sankei.jp.msn.com/region/kanto/saitama/091029/stm0910291258004-n1.htm

translated and edited by Brett Larner

The new man at the Saitama Prefectural Govenment offices since April wears a different mask when he's away from work: that of a top-level runner. Having already scaled the heights of one of Japanese racing's peaks, the Hakone Ekiden, Yuki Kawauchi, 22, will now take on its Everest: this week's Fukuoka International Marathon.

As a university student Kawauchi didn't go to one of the powerful Hakone schools but rather opted for the more academically-oriented Gakushuin University. He was twice chosen to be a member of the Hakone Ekiden's Kanto Regional University Select Team, finishing 3rd on the downhill 6th stage as a senior in the 2009 race. While many of his rivals were trying to get hired by professional jitsugyodan teams, Kawauchi again went a different road, that of prefectural government service.

The start to Kawauchi's running career came early wh…