I looked up the first sunrise of 2014 far away from the series of buildings.
New Year's light that shines brightly and inserts into the window.
I will rush up and down as it is "Sunrise".
I hope there will be a lot of wonderful events and encounters this year too.
One of the New Year's events I'm looking forward to is Ekiden.
Among them, the University Hakone Ekiden, which has been held 90 times this year.
My father was a big fan, and I watched TV broadcast almost every year.
One day, "I dreamed that my child would run in Hakone," he said.
"No, no, no,"
It's good to imagine the feelings of the parents of the players, but it's impossible to put my expectations on me.
Watching the TV broadcast on the 2nd and 3rd of New Year's Day, there is something that pushes, and I feel that I can't help but run and support.
Over the past few years, we have been supporting the Chuo-dori from Ginza to Nihonbashi, which is the return course.
The 10th ward where the final runner runs. The final corner to the goal.
The dead heat of each school competing for the championship. A fierce battle for seed rights.
The area around Nihonbashi is a great point where the live video becomes a picture, so many spectators gather.
A gorgeous street with the glittering decorations of the New Year.
The person who builds up the flag of his alma mater.
A person who gets on the way through a mobile TV.
A person who is looking for a place to support with a large bag for the first sale.
You can also hear the shouts of the cheering party and the sound of the brass band.
The enthusiasm is fun, and the hedges are divided with the flag as a landmark.
The players run too quickly in front of them.
It's about to call the names of players and colleges a few times.
I've been practicing beyond imagination for the past year.
A player who flies tasuki with desperate thought and throws himself as if it collapsed.
A player who was removed from the member just before and went to support.
Still, a player who cheers louder than others.
A team that could not connect TASK on the way.
A player who can't do his best and finishes with tears of regret.
I'm really frustrated.
But raise your face, stretch your chest, and finish.
For the sweat that has been flowing for a year is so bright.
At the Ekiden Tournament in junior high school, a teacher who was accompanying with a motorcycle occasionally turned backwards.
A man riding a bicycle followed him at a certain distance.
I finished my goal and folded my body into a shape, and I got off my bicycle and looked into me, "Is it okay?"
He was a father with a red face.
"Yes. It's okay."
