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Its course record wins at all three major university men's ekidens in the 2010-2011 season making it the best university team ever assembled, Waseda University's ekiden squad has arrived in Ichinoseki, Iwate to begin training for the first key battle in this year's campaign, October's Izumo Ekiden. On Sept. 19th the team held a public reception at its training facilities in the city's Hanaizumi district to greet and offer support to local residents affected by March's disasters. With the entry list for this year's Izumo Ekiden announced the same day, the reception also served to mark the beginning of serious training for the team's core group of athletes.
Waseda's ekiden team originally began using Hanaizumi as a training base in 1990 and has continued with only one interruption. Team alumnus Yasuyuki Watanabe (38), now Waseda's head coach, experienced t…
translated and edited by Brett Larner
Its course record wins at all three major university men's ekidens in the 2010-2011 season making it the best university team ever assembled, Waseda University's ekiden squad has arrived in Ichinoseki, Iwate to begin training for the first key battle in this year's campaign, October's Izumo Ekiden. On Sept. 19th the team held a public reception at its training facilities in the city's Hanaizumi district to greet and offer support to local residents affected by March's disasters. With the entry list for this year's Izumo Ekiden announced the same day, the reception also served to mark the beginning of serious training for the team's core group of athletes.
Waseda's ekiden team originally began using Hanaizumi as a training base in 1990 and has continued with only one interruption. Team alumnus Yasuyuki Watanabe (38), now Waseda's head coach, experienced t…