tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post3641425391422876086..comments2024-03-12T06:26:20.751+09:00Comments on japan running news: In Response to 'The Week That Was: The Japanese Still Suck at the 1500. They Should Be Ashamed.'Brett Larnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-1575016558530781472013-12-22T15:00:19.849+09:002013-12-22T15:00:19.849+09:00Just watched the Japanese boys high school nationa...Just watched the Japanese boys high school national ekiden - 47 teams, one HS from each prefecture. The first leg was the longest - 10K. The top kid ran 29:45. 30th was 30:35 and 40th was 31:10. American kids don't even run 10K, and if they did, they wouldn't be running those kinds of times. The 5K legs had many, many kids who can run in the 13s and 14s. Obviously, these kids are trainingTokyoRacerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10293712044402763377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-14198169118502020672013-12-22T07:14:43.677+09:002013-12-22T07:14:43.677+09:00it's a passionnate debate
there are good resu...it's a passionnate debate<br />there are good results in women junior 1500 meters<br />Japanese actually want to shine on marathon and eikiden<br />Maybe likely have more slow-twitch fibers , we don't know<br /><br />I hope for the Olympics 2020 women's team middle distance are performing wellAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-79930916466785892932013-12-22T04:41:48.467+09:002013-12-22T04:41:48.467+09:00Anonymous--
I would disagree that nobody cares ab...Anonymous--<br /><br />I would disagree that nobody cares about the marathon in the U.S. It is certainly not true in a way that would parallel the situation for middle distance running in Japan. But I think you may be right if you are suggesting that the lack of road racing for collegiates may have some relation to the current state of U.S. marathoning.Brett Larnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-4207364352673155682013-12-21T03:41:20.118+09:002013-12-21T03:41:20.118+09:00Brent,
I guess the same rationale can be used in ...Brent,<br /><br />I guess the same rationale can be used in this argument for the Americans - the HM and Marathon culture doesn't exist in the US.<br /><br />No one cares. They only care about the "Mile".<br /><br />Note that the US does not have an ekiden season, it does not have massive HM races for collegiates, and collegiates are not encouraged to run Marathons.<br /><br />No Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-37702611372941156852013-12-21T00:29:50.900+09:002013-12-21T00:29:50.900+09:00Brett - You hit it right on - Japanese focus on wh...Brett - You hit it right on - Japanese focus on what is of prestige to them - which is usually much longer than what attracts the North American athletes. Also, would you agree that post high school track and field competition (with all its varied events) in Japan becomes a nearly invisible sport aside from the ekiden - how many universities actually have a track and field team, other than the Brucehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15027512748081797372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-56927898157749332112013-12-20T08:04:56.095+09:002013-12-20T08:04:56.095+09:00Thank you Brett for letting us know more with your...Thank you Brett for letting us know more with your articles and translations about athletics and running in Japan. It's very interesting.<br />JBJAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12209866788032951614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-75223591717582044892013-12-20T05:32:31.146+09:002013-12-20T05:32:31.146+09:00Yuza--
I agree regarding women. My comments were...Yuza--<br /><br />I agree regarding women. My comments were restricted to men as the context of the original point was regarding men' marathoning, but I would pretty much agree with your characterization of the situation for women. I don't think there is the coaching infrastructure or interest necessary to realize that goal, though. <br /><br />I think that's why Kobayashi, whose Brett Larnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13416317533206849280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-53753391818564296052013-12-20T01:20:55.528+09:002013-12-20T01:20:55.528+09:00I agree with everything you wrote regarding the me...I agree with everything you wrote regarding the men and you have summed up very well why Japanese men do not perform as well as their American counterparts in middle distance events.<br /><br />However, I think the Japanese women could perform better at middle distance events.I believe they could also structure their running system better in order to improve in this area.<br /><br />It is a givenyuzanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4506887802174553845.post-37974775654968797222013-12-19T18:31:53.967+09:002013-12-19T18:31:53.967+09:00Excellent article. I agree.Excellent article. I agree.Mettshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16065599585180038625noreply@blogger.com