「走るのは罪悪感から」コニカミノルタ・宇賀地強が監督になっても走り続ける“まさか”の理由…厚底シューズの「功罪」とは？

"Run to The Future" features Coach Tsuyoshi Ugachi of the Konica Minolta Track and Field Club as our guest. During his time at Komazawa University, he was the team's ace, running the second leg of the Hakone Ekiden for four consecutive years, and even experienced overall victory in 2008. After graduation, he joined the Konica Minolta Track and Field Club and contributed to their consecutive victories in the New Year Ekiden. Individually, he also competed in the 10,000m at the World Athletics Championships in Moscow. He became the club's coach in April 2024. Coach Ugachi will share his impressions of HOKA shoes, which he uses in 90% of his training, how they are used within the Konica Minolta Track and Field Club, and will also explain the new and noteworthy "MACH 7." The navigator is Kensaku Wakui from the Number editorial department. He has 18 years of running experience and has completed nearly 20 full marathons. His personal best is 3 hours and 21 minutes (though that was 10 years ago). He is one of the few athletic types in the editorial department who continuously covers ekiden and long-distance running. #HOKA #Running #MACH7 #Mach7 #TsuyoshiUgachi Chapters 00:00 Opening 01:03 Taiga Hirayama achieves PB in two consecutive races 02:39 About the shoe manufacturer HOKA 03:10 About HOKA CIELO X1 3.0 05:00 About HOKA MACH 7 08:30 Differentiating between carbon and non-carbon materials 10:41 The appeal and essence of HOKA that supports athletes 13:17 "How to handle shoes" directly related to injury prevention 15:55 Coach Ugachi's coaching philosophy and determination 20:01 Discussion on balancing ekiden and marathon 25:03 The way of thinking learned in Europe 29:36 The mindset of rapidly improving athletes 32:15 Tsuyoshi Ugachi's "big ambitions" and "small ambitions" 34:22 HOKA MACH 7 To put it in one word...