EKIDEN RUN 2009

The term originated in Japan, although the concept of a long distance relay race is probably not original or unique to any country. The first ekiden race was sponsored by the Yomiuri Shimbun in 1917, and was run over three days between the old Japanese capital of Kyoto and the modern capital of Tokyo, a distance of 508 km, to celebrate the anniversary of the moving of the capital to Tokyo.The popularity of ekiden in Japan is unsurpassed in any other country, and its popularity has spread around the world with races run in Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Spain, the Netherlands, China, Germany, France, the United States, Korea, and elsewhere.As written in Japanese, Ekiden combines the characters for "station" (?) and "transmit" (?). 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 Tokaido 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. The lengths of ekiden can vary greatly, as can the number of runners on a team. For example, in the national junior high ekiden championship, 5 girls cover 12 kilometers and 6 boys cover 18 kilometers. The national high school championship involves 5 girls in a 21 kilometer race and 7 boys in 42.195 kilometer race. In the national inter-prefecture championships, 9 women run 42.195 kilometers and 7 men run 48 kilometers. For the collegiate Hakone ekiden, a 2 day event, 10 male athletes run 219 kilometers.

Info quoted from www.hooha.asia.

For those yg interested nak join larian ni boleh register secara online kat www.hooha.asia or walk-in kat FTAAA office).

15km?? jauh tuh..but don't worry. Kalau kena lari sejauh 15km tu sorang-sorang, memang tak sanggup. But according to hooha.asia, it is 15km for the whole team. Kira macam lari berganti-ganti la. So bila dikira-kira balik..tak jauh pun setiap seorang kena lari..dlm 3 km setiap sorang.

I'm thinking of doing the registration online but for A Mixed Team category, www.hooHA.asia is only facilitating 4 Men and 1 Women combination and 4 Women and 1 Men combination. For other combinations we must register at the FTAAA office at the OCM building.

Rite now..only me and my brother yg nak join this run. Alamak..still tak cukup member. need to find another 3 runner..3 male runner?? or 3 female runner?? 3 female runner kot. Sapa la yg jadi mangsa nih.. Jom aktifkan diri anda!!