http://www.sakigake.jp/p/akita/news.jsp?kc=20140805d
translated by Brett Larner
Known as the civil servant runner, marathoner Yuki Kawauchi (27, Saitama Pref. Gov't) spent Aug. 4 doing a round-trip run on a winding course through the Oga peninsula's Mt. Shin, Mt. Moto and Mt. Kenashi to the coast and back. A day earlier he won Oga's Nihonkai Melon Half Marathon in 1:06:28. After rushing through the 20 km out-and-back course through the mountains in less than 3 hours, looking cool and refreshed Kawauchi said, "The trails were easy to run and the view was fantastic. It's a great course."
After praying at Mt. Shin Shrine on Aug. 4, Kawauchi started running on the trail next to the shrine at 9 a.m. Including break times along the way he returned in 2 hours and 54 minutes. Ordinarily it takes hikers at least 5 hours just to go one way on the trail. Nobuhiko Takeuchi, chief priest at the Mt. Shin Shrine, was shocked, commenting, "Even experienced hikers w…
translated by Brett Larner
Known as the civil servant runner, marathoner Yuki Kawauchi (27, Saitama Pref. Gov't) spent Aug. 4 doing a round-trip run on a winding course through the Oga peninsula's Mt. Shin, Mt. Moto and Mt. Kenashi to the coast and back. A day earlier he won Oga's Nihonkai Melon Half Marathon in 1:06:28. After rushing through the 20 km out-and-back course through the mountains in less than 3 hours, looking cool and refreshed Kawauchi said, "The trails were easy to run and the view was fantastic. It's a great course."
After praying at Mt. Shin Shrine on Aug. 4, Kawauchi started running on the trail next to the shrine at 9 a.m. Including break times along the way he returned in 2 hours and 54 minutes. Ordinarily it takes hikers at least 5 hours just to go one way on the trail. Nobuhiko Takeuchi, chief priest at the Mt. Shin Shrine, was shocked, commenting, "Even experienced hikers w…