◇ 2nd ◇ Outbound ◇ Tokyo-Hakone (5 sections 107.5km)
Seigaku University, which will take consecutive victories, sank to 12th place on the outbound route. Captain Yuta Kamibayashi (4 years) was found to have a stress fracture in his right leg 5 days before the race. It lacked a spiritual pillar because it could not be appointed in the planned 3 wards. Unexploded ordnance in which the 2nd, 3rd, and 5th wards are ranked in double digits. It was the first time in 10 years since the 16th place in 2011 outside the outbound seed area of Seigaku University. Susumu Hara (53) corrected his goal to within 10th place.
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Hara, who was able to distinguish between sour and sweet, looked at the reality. 12th place on the outbound route where consecutive championships are desperate. When asked about the goals of this tournament, I revised it downwards.
Hara: The game is over. Winning is a lie. I want to definitely get the seed right (within 10th place). Don’t forget your pride, and I want you to race aggressively and run with a race plan that allows you to fully demonstrate your abilities.
A de facto “defeat declaration”, leaving the return trip. Considering the difference of 7 minutes and 35 seconds from the top Soka University, wishful thinking is not possible. The five-time winner, the master, quickly switched to the real world.
The incident happened five days before the race. A stress fracture of the right leg of Kamibayashi, which was scheduled for the 3rd ward due to the change on the day, was found. Daiki Kishimoto (2nd year) who ran fast in the 2nd ward of the previous tournament and read the outbound route V was also absent due to injury. “I hurriedly appointed Yuhara to the 3rd ward, but I couldn’t get on the flow well,” said the commander.
Nakamura in 2nd ward and Yuhara in 3rd ward are 14th in the section. I had an accident with the expected bamboo stone that I went to the 5th ward of mountain climbing as a “fifth grader” after repeating a year. Both legs hung and stretched twice. The nightmare of two years ago that caused the same symptoms recurred. Takeishi said, “I couldn’t move easily and I had convulsions after the middle stage. My consciousness and running did not match.” The mountains were high and steep.
Hara said, “If anything, I’ll come to the front.” Even with Corona, everyone remained in the dormitory. “I don’t want to catch a cold and take care of the hospital outside of Corona,” he said, cutting the amount of practice by 30%. After thorough measures against infectious diseases, the members voluntarily refrained from going out unnecessarily. Even so, when I saw him practicing, he called from the “self-restraint police” at 5:30 in the morning, “What are you guys thinking without wearing a mask?” The commander has been training with the idea of coexistence with Corona, saying, “But there is no risk-free world.”
However, it is difficult for even a great general to lose the tournament itself due to the corona wreck. Coach Hara said, “Since there were few tournaments to decide the game, I had few chances to judge on the scale of strength. I wonder if there was a place where I relied on Kamibayashi for everything. That was the reflection after the outbound route. That’s it. ” Even if he cannot see the victory, he shows the pride of the previous champion on the return trip.[Kazuhiro Masuda]
▽ Keita Yoshida, 6th in the 1st ward section Finally, I’m a little disappointed, but I think it’s the minimum result. I was able to exert my current strength.
▽ Yusho Nakamura, 14th in the 2nd ward section, caused trouble to everyone on the team. The reality is that it was less powerful than the ace of other universities.
▽ Ichiyo Sato, 4th in the 4th ward section, got 50 points out of 100 points. The pace was good in the first half, but I’m disappointed that I couldn’t stick to it in the second half.
1st Ward Keita Yoshida (4 years) Section 6th 1 hour 3 minutes 18 seconds Overall 6th Overall record-18 seconds difference from Top Hosei University
2nd ward Yuisho Nakamura (2 years) Section 14th 1 hour 8 minutes 29 seconds Overall 13th Overall record 2 hours 11 minutes 47 seconds Top Tokyo International University 2 minutes 13 seconds difference
3rd ward Keigo Yuhara (3 years) Section 14th 1 hour 4 minutes 48 seconds Overall 11th Overall record 3 hours 16 minutes 35 seconds Top Tokai University 3 minutes 55 seconds difference
4th ward Issei Sato (1 year) Section 4th 1 hour 3 minutes 9 seconds Overall 10th Overall record 4 hours 19 minutes 44 seconds Difference from top Soka University 3 minutes 41 seconds
5th ward Naoto Takeishi (4 years) Section 17th 1 hour 15 minutes 59 seconds Overall 12th Overall record 5 hours 35 minutes 43 seconds Difference from top Soka University 7 minutes 35 seconds
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