Do you know Ekiden? It's one of the sports that originated from Japan. At first let me explain the word "Ekiden". "Eki" means "station" in English and "den" is "inform". Long ago, when you had to send some information to places far away, the letters and parcels were sent to the next stopping point one after another by horses. That is to say, a long distance was divided into small parts and stuff was transported section by section. The name of "Ekiden" was born from this system of transportation.
Now, today, my daughter sent me a picture with a certificate that showed the record of her group. I'll show you below. It seemed like she joined the ekiden with her friends. It looked like a charity race. One of the famous marathon runners, Mari Tanigawa ran 20km by herself and other people competed with her by making up a team that consisted of four people. My daughter sounded like she enjoyed the race. The number of the participants seemed to be more than 1000 teams, I mean, more than 4000 people. Wonderful!
I didn't know about Ekiden. It sounds like a great race, for a good cause. In Oregon (where I'm from), there are always charity walks/runs. I used to walk the 10k course for Diabetes research. I also once did a Multiple Sclerosis walk. We would raise money by getting sponsored or pledged before walking. It's a great feeling of trying to contribute. You're daughter must have a good heart! (sarah)
Posted by: Sarah | May 26, 2009 at 03:13 PM