Speed is the Key for Developing Stronger Distance Runners - 5000 m National Champion Kota Murayama's Josai University Coach Seiji Kushibe
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translated and edited by Brett Larner
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When Kota Murayama (Team Asahi Kasei), who won the men's 5000 m at June's National Championships, graduated from Josai University this spring, he left with these words: "Looking back on my four years of university, the thing I'm most proud of is running 3:39.56 my senior year. When I entered university my goal was to run 3:45, so I never imagined I'd run in the 3:30s. It makes me really happy to have gotten faster than I expected of myself." Murayama's 3:39.56 was the fastest Japanese men's time last year and the first time in three years that a Japanese runner had broken 3:40.
With the 5000 m as his main focus, Murayama's view that the 1500 m was just something to help him get stronger never faltered, but given that he calls his 1500 m result "the thing I'm most proud of in th…
translated and edited by Brett Larner
videos by toyosina2008 and botwinner
When Kota Murayama (Team Asahi Kasei), who won the men's 5000 m at June's National Championships, graduated from Josai University this spring, he left with these words: "Looking back on my four years of university, the thing I'm most proud of is running 3:39.56 my senior year. When I entered university my goal was to run 3:45, so I never imagined I'd run in the 3:30s. It makes me really happy to have gotten faster than I expected of myself." Murayama's 3:39.56 was the fastest Japanese men's time last year and the first time in three years that a Japanese runner had broken 3:40.
With the 5000 m as his main focus, Murayama's view that the 1500 m was just something to help him get stronger never faltered, but given that he calls his 1500 m result "the thing I'm most proud of in th…