Tokyo Institute of Technology's First Hakone Ekiden Runner Masaki Matsui Hopes to Be the Next Kawauchi
http://www.sponichi.co.jp/sports/news/2014/11/23/kiji/K20141123009339970.html translated by Brett Larner A rebel runner with a high coefficient of variation is set to run the sport's biggest stage. Members of the Kanto Region University Student Alliance team for the Jan. 2-3 Hakone Ekiden met with members of the media Nov. 23 in Yokohama for interviews following the Kanto Region University 10000 m Time Trials meet at Keio University. Masaki Matsui, a junior at science powerhouse Tokyo Kogyo University, the Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he studies in the School of Engineering's Department of Aerospace Mechanics, told reporters, "Most of the time I train alone. I mostly run by myself, so that's the way I want to run my race. Whatever stage I'm put on I want to give it what I have." As a second-year on the dominant Saku Chosei H.S. ekiden team Matsui suffered a stress fracture in his lower pelvis that forced him to leave the team. Having gott...