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„Why Does Japanese Marathoning Suck Now?“ – Brett Larner – Japan Running News
Currently reading Why Does Japanese Marathoning Suck Now? by Toshimi Oriyama.
A newly-published book in which the last seven Japanese men's marathon national record holders, Shigeru Soh (2:09:06, 1978), Toshihiko Seko (2:08:38, 1983), Takeyuki Nakayama (2:08:15, 1985), Taisuke Kodama (2:07:35, 1986), Takayuki Inubushi (2:06:57, 1999), Atsushi Fujita (2:06:51, 2000) and Toshinari Takaoka (2:06:16, 2002), and, in an afterward, Yuki Kawauchi, talk about their eras, the current situation and its future outlook.
It includes the record holders' training logs for the four months leading up to each of their seven national records.
Essential reading for anyone with Japanese literacy. A translation would be the definitive English-language work on Japanese distance running, Rashomon to The Last Samurai.
Solid gold.
Brett Larner – Japan Running News