It seemed at the time that last year’s Hakone Ekiden had to have been a peak of some kind, with 4 new course records between Hakone’s 10 stages, a new Day Two CR, a new overall CR, and all-time top 3 performances on 5 other stages and the Day One course. But this year went even higher.5 stages, both Day One and Day Two, and the overall course had their records broken, 3 of the stages that didn’t
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