I saw the endurance race "Isu-1 GP Okayama contest" in chair office chair "Is chair broken or I break?"

2 hour endurance race by office chair which is held at Kirara shopping district in Kyotanba city Kyoto prefecture at the end of March every year "Chair 1 GP (Grand Prix)". From last year it was also held in other regions,Japan Secretary-General Race AssociationAlso, chair-1 GP is spreading all over Japan. This time, the first Okayama convention to be held in Chugoku area, I tried to summarize the situation of the race etc.

Chair Okayama Competition
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The venue is located in Kurashiki, Okayama PrefectureMizushima Tokiwa cho Shopping districtis.


Mizushima coastal industrial areaClimbing the nearby Washuzan, you can overlook the factory area.


It is a famous place as a point to shoot the night view of the factory.


Arrived at the Tokiwa station near the nearest station.


It is a shopping street in about 3 minutes on foot. We have already become a pedestrian heaven and preparations for the tournament are taking place.


Participating teams have applied in advance, and on the day they will complete the final entry procedure at the reception desk.


Participating teams gathered one after another.


One team will be three people. Here is "Nakake" by Kurashiki University of Arts, Kurashiki University of Science and Technology near the venue, the chair is "Equipment at the university", participating with the risk of compensation when breaking.


Kokuyo Sanyo Shikoku Sales Co., Ltd.Even participation, careful meetings are held. We prepared a special backrest that made the chair feel like for racing.


Mitsubishi Motors Mizushima Rugby UnitEven from multiple teams, it seems to be very strong with a body that was trained.


It is decided by rules that chairs are office chairs. Even a used chair of 540 yen can participate.


Modification of the chair is prohibited, but decoration is permitted. It is said that the fragrance aroma component "Igsalupamine" has "the effect of smoothing the blood and improving blood circulation", and placing grass in the chair.


The opening ceremony began. All the participants gathered and started from a greeting.


A player oath by a team representative who entered in No. 1.


Participants who seriously listen to the rule explanation.


The course is prepared in a way that it goes back and forth between the streets of the shopping street and one lap is about 185 m.


In the main champions chair - 1 team participation in the GP is up to 40 teams, the first competition was held at 30 m dash, called 03 (Zero san) as qualifying.


The athlete thrusts at the goal point at a tremendous speed. The average record was 9 seconds (average speed 12 km), but the fastest time was 6.68 seconds (average speed 16.1 km).


Qualifying has ended. The aggregate will be done soon and the top 40 teams who can participate in the chair -1 GP will be announced.


The best time of 39th, 40th and 41st is the same time, and the executive committee is in talks. Qualifying is conducted twice, and when the best time is the same time it is a rule to compare at the other time.


Participants who called for a name and decided to participate in Chair I was delighted with the cheers.


Thirty teams who lost in preliminary qualifying and failed to play in chair-1 GP can participate in support race chair-2 GP (1 hour endurance race). Although it was unable to participate in the same championship championship - 1 GP, "D - WIN" will start from the pole position in chair - 2 GP.


Kurashiki City's local character "CirakabenoI was rushing to cheer.


It will be the start at the place where it is attached to all the starting grid.


Corners of the return immediately after the start, each car passed by one after another without confusion.


The change of runners within the team is free, but you can not take turn at least one lap.


Runners who fall apart and fall over.


I will circle the course without fail for an hour.


One hour has passed and the race is over, the audience applauds the participants with applause.


It is a race result of chair -2 GP. It was the result of the turbulence that the team that started at the last side won the championship.


Next, it will be the start of the chair - 1 GP. It was the fastest in qualifying "Mizushima gas"Is called to go to the pole position.


It is the start of endurance race for 2 hours. Immediately after the start, the cover got handicap, "Mizushima gas" failed to start dash. Instead, "Okaori Astronomy Division" starting from the second position takes the lead and passes through the first turn back corner.


Immediately after the start, trouble has occurred somewhat and the group with the second or lower hand is confused. "Okaori Astronomy Division" sticks out the group at a stretch and stands alone.


"Mizushima Gas" started at the beginning after 2 minutes elapse from the start, will be delayed laps as early as the 41st "Okaori Aoba Division" started at No. 2.


BGM flowing to the venue with chairs-1 GP is a live performance by local musicians. "deep Purpleof"BurnAnother 2 hour endurance event will be held, saying "Just keep singing alone for 2 hours".


There is also power that you can see closely but there is a possibility that the player may get injured by carelessly looking at it, so you must be careful with enough care.


Multiple collisions will occur, such as chasing a chair that comes after the collapse and colliding with an after chair that comes after it.


At the back of the course, participants who finished running seemed pretty tough, such as falling down.


The rugby player is massaged by the trainer. "Stamina is okay, but my posture is too tight and my leg hurts," it seems that even athletes can not capture easily.


Confirmed that the local college student team "Nakake" is promoting to GP 1 GP. It is quite tiring, but I have not reached half of the race for 40 minutes yet.


Participants in the race are handing money somehow.


I called a person at the juice department and bought juice.


For 2 hours endurance performance drummer is doing change while knocking down so as not to interrupt the sound.


The total number of laps is manual counting by visual observation by local students and staffs in shopping streets.


The top is 45 minutes after the start, "Kimitaki Tomonokai - Special Zillion A Team" has become. This is a team of triathlons, powerful members with speed and endurance gathered, speed was clearly different from other participants.


Mr. Tsuyoshi Tahara, president of the Japanese affairs chair chairman, will go up to the stage and explain the chair -1 GP. "There will be a team where the backrest of the chair will be available soon," he said.


It seems that an injured person has occurred before 1 hour elapsed. Both sides are carried and carried to the emergency department.


Ah, a member of "Nakake" has been taken over. It was withdrawing from the battlefield that he stuck both feet at the same time.


When passing in front of the emergency department, I found a friend and amazed a member.


I lost one of my friends but I will not give up, I will continue the competition.


Mizushima Gas, which started ranking from the beginning, has also lowered its ranking pretty much, but its presence is top class.


As expected by the chairman of the Japanese affairs chair chairman, I found a team where I was able to get back.


Durability of the chair has become a division of the game in the second half of the game such as casters getting off.


Burn will continue playing.


The remaining 20 minutes and the last sprint.


There were chairs where 4 out of 5 casters were broken. I drag and continue racing.


The rest of the 5 minutes, all the participants have a fatigued look, but it is another step.


Two hours passed, the checkered flag was swung and the race was over. Everyone applauds and praises participants.


2 hours endurance Burn was also successfully completed.


The awards ceremony begins with chairs -2 GP. First place was "Kiyotaki Tomonokai - Beginning B - Team", 2nd "Takahashi Books and Yukai 's Friends", 3rd place "Mezamashi TV Show Moise Seven" was awarded.


Next, a special prize was awarded to "Mizushima Gas" against the performance which raised the venue with the chair -1 GP.


The champion of the chair -1 GP was "Kiyotaki Tomonokai - Special Zone A Team" which ran for 107 laps. 90 kg of prize rice and office chair "Bezel (Bezel)"I was awarded.


The 2nd ranked was 100th in "Kiyotaki Tomonokai - Special Zuo C Team", the third ranked in 92 laps to "Okaori Aoba club", surprising that ordinary university students of science science caught the rugby club and Kokuyo etc. It was the result.


Finally, it ends with champagne fight with carbonated water.


The result of the chair-1 GP is as follows.


When I visited "Nakake", there was a finishing record certificate sent to the team who completed the race until the end. On the way, my friends got injured alone and left the battlefield, but once I finished without giving up, the team's ties remained as memories.


The chair you borrowed from the university seems to be safe.


Even if you participate seriously as a competition event, you can freely choose the form of participation if you can join in comfortably with your colleagues as a neta. The point of the first is that you can taste the impression when you have accomplished something with your colleagues. Not only for the participants but also for the audience we are watching it is a durable battle, so the impression when we finish is not to participants, but it is fully transmitted. On May 23Naruto TournamentHowever, since the Yamagata Prefecture Shinjo Games will be held on July 19th, if you are interested, why do not you join or watch a game and feel a hot battle?