Organised in conjunction with the National Youth Day, it is a Japanese concept of relay based road running. It emulates the ancient courier delivery tradition that was used in Japan centuries ago. No batons will be used. Instead "Tasuki" (sash) will be executed at the changing zone.
*Interesting*
As written in Japanese, Ekiden combines the characters for "station" (駅) and "transmit" (伝). This name was coined by the poet Toki Zemmaro (1885–1980), who was head of the Yomiuri Shimbun's Social Affairs Department at the time. The original concept of the race hearkens back to Japan's old Tōkaidō communication and transportation system in which stations were posted at intervals along the road. In the race, each runner on a team runs the distance from one "station" to the next, and then hands off a cloth sash, or tasuki, to the next runner.
It's a relay run in a team of five. Total 15 km..hence, each person runs about 3km only. Sounds easy but..speed will be an issue here and I have not met most of the team members : P
*stress*
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