Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 78 Sprint Training

Chapter 78 Sprint Training
"No problem, I've been looking forward to this day for a long time!"

Patting his chest with confidence, Northern Xuanju said excitedly:
"No matter what kind of training it is, I will listen to the trainer and stick to it until the end. This is what I agreed with the trainer from the beginning!"

"Yeah, very good, very energetic."

With such a motivated horse girl, Yasui Shin was also full of confidence. He pointed to the track and said with a smile:
"Then go warm up first, I'll get the tools sorted."

"Hey! I'm going to warm up then!"

After standing at attention and agreeing loudly, the Northern Black Horse rushed to the runway with a roar, and then started warming up along the runway with a roar.

It was still early, and there were not many horse racing girls doing morning exercises on the playground. The black-haired girl's energetic shouts kept echoing in the empty field.

During the warm-up, Northern Xuanju was mostly focused on running, occasionally glancing curiously in the direction of An Jingzhen.

She had never heard much about this type of "parachute sprint training" before.

When she first heard it, she was thinking that parachutes are only used when jumping from a high place, so how can she practice running?

After listening to An Jingzhen's explanation, she realized that it was necessary to tie a parachute behind her back, use wind resistance and bursts of running at different distances to increase the explosive power over a certain distance.

This also brings new doubts.

If I run with a parachute tied behind me...will I be blown away?

She completed the required warm-up distance out of curiosity, jogged for a while, and then walked towards An Jingzhen, ready to continue stretching.

Among the many training requirements of An Jingzhen, safety is emphasized the most, and she has been given many examples.

If you don't do what you are asked to do, it is not impossible to get injured during training.

Once you get injured accidentally due to negligence, it will delay subsequent games on the one hand, but more importantly, it will affect your entire future career.

She actually knew this very well.

The dazzling performance of her senior Donghai Emperor in the competition is one of her biggest motivations.

However, it was because of injury that the senior had to give up the Chrysanthemum Award after winning two championships without losing, and later he was depressed for a long time for the same reason.

Of course she was heartbroken after witnessing something like that.

At the same time, I secretly reminded myself to listen carefully to the trainer and not to make people worry because of my injury.

So he ran to the fence, and with curiosity about the subsequent special training, Northern Black Horse patiently stretched his legs and twisted his body.

After completing the warm-up exercises meticulously, she gradually became excited.

"Trainer! I'm done warming up!"

"Okay. Come put this on."

Having noticed that Kitagawa Xuanju had completed his warm-up and had organized his training tools, An Jingzhen gestured for Kitagawa Xuanju to come over and handed him a vest that looked like bungee jumping equipment.

With a curious look on his face, Northern Black Horse put on the special vest and soon had a sense of déjà vu.

"Huh? This... looks a lot like the stepping and running we practiced earlier."

"The principle is similar," An Jingzhen picked up the parachute that had been prepared at his feet and tied it to the back of Kita no Xuanju, "but the strength is much greater."

"Don't worry about that, this intensity is just right for you right now.

"Your basic skills are now at a sufficient level. In theory, improving your sprinting ability at this time should significantly improve your performance in the next game.

"There happens to be a training match soon, so I'm starting to focus on sprint training. During the training match, I can compare the data before and after and make corrections."

Now, Kita Genju clearly noticed that Yasui Makoto was talking to her more and more about guidance.

She was very excited about this change.

This shows that her abilities are becoming more and more recognized, and the trainer probably feels that things that she didn't understand before, she can understand now.

With this excitement, she listened carefully to the subsequent training requirements and returned to the track with full confidence.

Compared to warm-up, she now seemed to have an extra "tail".

The "new tail" is a set of parachutes.

The parachute rope was evenly spaced up and down and left and right behind her, with four umbrella cloths tied to the other end. Each umbrella cloth was about the size of a square table and was held in An Jingzhen's hand.

Holding the top of the umbrella cloth, standing four or five meters away, straightening the umbrella rope, looking at Kita no Xuanju's back, Yasui Zhen raised his voice.

"Are you ready? 100-meter parachute sprint training."

"Hey! I'm ready, Trainer!"

"OK. Still three counts, three, two... one!"

The moment the word "one" came out, An Jingzhen loosened his hands and the umbrella cloth fell down immediately.

Before landing, the Northern Black Horse in front suddenly rushed forward, and the four parachutes were pulled open in an instant.

An Jingzhen dodged the suddenly opened umbrella cloth in time, jogged to the side, and then ran up.

It was obvious that the black-haired girl's posture and pace were fine, just like in her previous sprint exercises, but her speed was only a little more than half of her usual speed.

The speed of the horse girls during training is about 14 meters per second, and more than half of them are about 5 meters per second.

As humans, it is not a problem to catch up with this speed.

However, An Jingzhen did not intend to run with Northern Xuanju.

The parachute has a lot of resistance and is difficult to control.

Especially for beginners, running posture, wind force, speed, etc. will cause the direction of the parachute to change.

This was the case with Northern Black Horse. She ran fine at the beginning, but her subsequent steps became a little messy.

Running to catch up, Yasui Zhen just wanted to ensure safety and decide whether to change the type of parachute.

At the same time, Northern Xuanju also felt the uniqueness of the training at this moment.

She's done weight-dragging training, resistance rope training.

If you encounter a broken-down truck or cargo that cannot be moved at home or on the street, they will enthusiastically help to move it to the destination.

The feeling of dragging gave her, the resistance from behind was quite clear and definite, and completely in a straight line.

This is not the case with parachutes now.

In terms of weight alone, a parachute is much smaller than a tire, bungee cord, truck, etc., or at least it feels that way.

However, the pulling feeling produced by the former is far from comparable to that of the latter, and the force conditions are also different.

The force brought by the parachute will be evenly distributed throughout her body, as if countless hands are pulling her and pulling her back desperately.

Not only that, a slight change in your footsteps or posture will cause a huge change in the pulling feeling on the parachute.

These changes immediately affected her good balance, and now she couldn't even maintain the most basic pace.

So, so difficult...

I didn't expect this kind of special training...

It turns out to be so difficult...

Just as she was thinking about this, she suddenly heard a voice coming from the side.

"Okay, you can stop."

She instantly recognized it as An Jingzhen's voice, and she stopped and turned her head reflexively.

"Trainer, I..."

She felt a little discouraged unconsciously, and her ears drooped.

"Did I just...run badly?"

Yasui Zhen thought about it and decided to tell the truth.