"Strong Wind Blows" Author: [Japan] Miura Shion Publishing House: Guangxi Normal University Press Original title: 风が强く风いている

Douban's 2015 annual reading list, the best heart-warming and healing work No.1.

The Slam Dunk of running, "Even if the wind blows, never give up on life."

Bilibili has officially introduced the original novel of the same name for the new passionate anime series "Run with the Wind".

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The goal of long-distance running is not to be faster, but to be stronger.

“It’s so painful and sad, why can’t I give up running?

Because every cell in my body is eager to feel the strong wind blowing in my face."

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Ten roommates from the Kansei University dormitory "Takesho" formed a ragtag long-distance running team. Under the devilish training of the team leader, Kiyose Haiji, they started from scratch and advanced towards the "Hakone Ekiden", the oldest long-distance relay race in Japan. These ten college students include two track and field team deserters, a pair of nervous and noisy twins, a handsome manga otaku, a nicotine-addicted perennial repeater, a sharp-tongued elite with super logic, a black foreign student who doesn't like running, an honest young man, and a king of guessing riddles. These "players" didn't even know they were on the track and field team at the beginning, and half of the members had no long-distance running experience. Can they create the biggest miracle in the history of "Hakone Ekiden"? No one knows the answer until the last baton.

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Two or Three Things About Hakone Ekiden

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1. The longest-running relay race in Japan began in 1920. It is held on January 2nd and 3rd every year, hosted by the Kanto Student Track and Field Federation and co-organized by the Yomiuri Shimbun. It is the most important sports event in the Japanese New Year that attracts the attention of the entire nation.

2. The route starts from the Yomiuri Shimbun Tokyo Headquarters, stops at Hakone Ashi Lake and then returns. There are 5 sections on the outbound journey and 5 sections on the return journey, totaling 10 sections with a total length of approximately 217 kilometers.

3. The entry threshold is to have achieved an official record of completing 5 km in 17 minutes. (Later adjusted to completing 5 km in 16 minutes and 30 seconds or completing 10 km in 34 minutes)

4. There are 20 participating teams, each with 10 players. Each player in each team must run at least 20 kilometers. (Except for Zone 4, which is 18.5 kilometers)

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Editor's Recommendations

△ The Naoki Prize winner, author of "The Boat" and "Tada Convenience Store", Shion Miura, took six years to create this masterpiece of sports inspirational literature - Why can't you give up running when it's so painful? The goal of long-distance running is not to be faster, but to be stronger. The true meaning of running is also the secret of life.

△With the Hakone Ekiden, a major sporting event watched by all of Japan, as its backdrop, the world of Run with the Wind casts passionate young people running together. In 2012, a long-distance running commercial written by Haruki Murakami for the first time was released during the Hakone Ekiden event to boost the morale of the people after the earthquake. The "Ekiden spirit" in the film, which transcends pain, has also spread throughout Asia through the Internet: pain is inevitable, but suffering is a choice.

△Ten college students completed a 217-kilometer long-distance race at a speed of 20 kilometers per hour. A group of young people challenged the "impossible mission" - running is a lonely sport, but runners are not lonely. In "Run with the Wind", a weak track and field team that barely qualified for the competition, led by captain Haiji Kiyose, competed with traditional strong schools. The team members experienced devilish training and harsh reality together, and finally created the biggest miracle in the history of "Hakone Ekiden". Strong winds are blowing, a state that only runners understand, "Even if there is a strong wind, life will not give up."

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