Hiroaki Sakai, a 4th year student of Macromolecular functions, ran at the 31st Izumo Ekiden (http://www.izumo-ekiden.jp/) held on October 14, 2019.
On that day, it was rainy and headwind, but Sakai successfully passed through the second section at the top position.
http://www.izumo-ekiden.jp/record/2a.html