Our Town Inagi 2022 Mr. Mitsuki Takahashi
Updated: November 28, 2022
9th place at the Spartan Race Japan Championship! Selected to represent Japan!
Kaiki Takahashi
Kaiki Takahashi (23), who belongs to SPARTAN DREAMERS (professional team of Spartan race), placed 9th in the men's elite division of the Spartan race Japan championship held at GALA Yuzawa ski resort on September 17th. He won a prize and was selected to represent Japan.
The Spartan Race, which is called "the world's toughest obstacle race", is a 5 to 21km run and 20 to 30 obstacles (carrying a weight of 40kg, rope climbing, barbed wire, etc.). , is a competition for ranking. The men's elite division in which Mr. Takahashi participated was a 21km run and an event in which he had to overcome multiple obstacles.
Good barb wire (passing through barbed wire)
Encounter with Spartan Race
I continued track and field with the aim of participating in the Hakone Ekiden, but when I was in my second year of university, I decided to retire from competition due to an injury that I had suffered for five and a half years. At that time, I happened to find a Spartan race on a video site and became interested in it. In the first open race I participated in, I finished second out of 3,600 people. I was. After that, I took a two-year leave of absence from university and continued training until I became strong enough to be selected for the Japan national team. Currently, while belonging to a professional Spartan race team, he is also a student at Tokyo Metropolitan University, and has launched the "Leonidas Running Club Inagi", where he also teaches children's running and adult running. After finishing university or work, I practice running and carrying weights in parks and other places in the city.
Mr. Takahashi carrying a weight
Spartan Race Attraction and Goals
When asked about the appeal of the competition, Mr. Takahashi said, "Practice and competition in the Spartan Race are both athletic and fun. It's a tough competition and there are many things to see, such as obstacles, but I would like to see the athletes cheering each other on as they aim to finish the race." '' he said with a smile.
Finally, we asked Mr. Takahashi about his future goals. “I want to win first place, not just Japanese races.
Takahashi will represent Japan at the World Championships in the United Arab Emirates on December 3rd. He enthusiastically said, "I will do my best to aim for the highest ranking among Japanese people." I'm really looking forward to seeing him play an active role in the world.
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