Ekiden Run ... actually what is it ? I heard about this run since last year ... I thought it just same as others relay events which I had joined ... the 5th edition was held on 16 May 2010 in Putrajaya in conjuction with Hari Belia ... as usual there were many belias and beliawanis on that day ^_^this is what I had discovered when googling about Ekiden ---
"As written in Japanese, Ekiden combines the characters for "station" (駅) and "transmit" (伝). This name was coined by the poet Toki Zemmaro (1885–1980), who was head of the Yomiuri Shimbun's Social Affairs Department at the time. The original concept of the race hearkens back to Japan's old Tōkaidō communication and transportation system in which stations were posted at intervals along the road. In the race, each runner on a team runs the distance from one "station" to the next, and then hands off a cloth sash, or tasuki, to the next runner."
I joined the mixed category consists of 4 samurai and 1 shezuka ^_^ ... with our team name "Guns and Rose" ... from what I heard from my friend ... about 1000 teams took part for this year event ... 1 team consists of 5 runners for all category so 5000 runners ... WOW ^_^
quite hectic to manage this event ... it is because ekiden is a relay type so every runners need to be stationed at their own starting point for exchanging their "tasuki" ... I was the 3rd runner ... for those that started at checkpoint B, C, D and E ... they were being transported by bus to their designated area ... waiting for the bus quite annoying for some of the runners ... sometimes they have to avoid from being hit when the bus reversed to pick they runners, smokes from the buses, dust etc etc .. luckily no unwanted incident happen on that day ...
quite a new experience for me joining Ekiden Run ... hopefully we can join again for 6th edition of Ekiden Run ... Hepi running everybody ..
I joined the mixed category consists of 4 samurai and 1 shezuka ^_^ ... with our team name "Guns and Rose" ... from what I heard from my friend ... about 1000 teams took part for this year event ... 1 team consists of 5 runners for all category so 5000 runners ... WOW ^_^
quite hectic to manage this event ... it is because ekiden is a relay type so every runners need to be stationed at their own starting point for exchanging their "tasuki" ... I was the 3rd runner ... for those that started at checkpoint B, C, D and E ... they were being transported by bus to their designated area ... waiting for the bus quite annoying for some of the runners ... sometimes they have to avoid from being hit when the bus reversed to pick they runners, smokes from the buses, dust etc etc .. luckily no unwanted incident happen on that day ...
quite a new experience for me joining Ekiden Run ... hopefully we can join again for 6th edition of Ekiden Run ... Hepi running everybody ..
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