http://www.hochi.co.jp/sports/etc/20140821-OHT1T50125.html
translated and edited by Brett Larner
University runners aiming for the Hakone Ekiden spend their harsh summers building a base of around 40 km a day. They have a saying about the importance of their summer training camps: "Those who win the summer win the winter." To protect its legacy of ten overall Hakone wins, the prestigious Nittai University is not afraid of new challenges that take it even beyond.
As usual, Nittai arrived in Yamagata on Aug. 8 for primary training at Zhao Onsen and Zhao Bodaira, breaking camp after morning practice on Aug. 18. Team members had the rest of the day to spend as they like and to figure out how to get themselves to their scheduled assembly at Sendai Port at 6:30 p.m. "If you can't think about everything for yourself as an athlete, you'll never be strong," says head coach Kenji Beppu, 48. From Sendai the team boarded a ferry bound for Hokkaido, where it would g…
translated and edited by Brett Larner
University runners aiming for the Hakone Ekiden spend their harsh summers building a base of around 40 km a day. They have a saying about the importance of their summer training camps: "Those who win the summer win the winter." To protect its legacy of ten overall Hakone wins, the prestigious Nittai University is not afraid of new challenges that take it even beyond.
As usual, Nittai arrived in Yamagata on Aug. 8 for primary training at Zhao Onsen and Zhao Bodaira, breaking camp after morning practice on Aug. 18. Team members had the rest of the day to spend as they like and to figure out how to get themselves to their scheduled assembly at Sendai Port at 6:30 p.m. "If you can't think about everything for yourself as an athlete, you'll never be strong," says head coach Kenji Beppu, 48. From Sendai the team boarded a ferry bound for Hokkaido, where it would g…