Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 8 Preliminary Test (Happy New Year)
A few days later in the afternoon, on the playground of Central Tresen Academy.

Standing outside the fence of the outermost grass track, Yasui Shin was carrying a shoulder bag and writing and drawing on his tablet computer. Next to him was the ambitious Kita no Xuanju.

"OK, I'm fine."

After confirming the field data, Yasui Zhen turned his head to look at Kita no Xuanju who was warming up next to him.

"Xiaobei, you..."

Before he finished speaking, he climbed over the fence with a whoosh and saluted Anjing Zhen. Beibu Xuanju's voice was full of impatience.

"I'm ready! We can start anytime!"

"Well, you're very energetic. Let's run 1800 meters on the grass first."

Taking out the stopwatch from his pocket, he signaled Northern Xuanju to stand at the starting point of the training and instructed:
"Don't overthink it. Just run the same way you normally run. Are you ready?"

"No problem! I'm ready, Trainer!"

"okay."

After taking a look at Kita no Xuanju's starting posture, Yasui Shin raised his stopwatch.

"Three, two...one!"

On the count of one, he quickly lowered his arm.

At the same time, the ground seemed to tremble, and a figure drew a black shadow in his sight.

This kind of power... is indeed exaggerated.

Looking at the black shadow, An Jingzhen couldn't help but recall what happened a few days ago. He also had the same vague feeling of the ground shaking. In an instant, a figure with short black hair quickly enlarged in his eyes.

But he soon calmed down, staring at the figure of Northern Black Horse on the track, and accurately pressed the stopwatch when it passed some distance signs on the fence.

About two minutes later.

He ran up to An Jingzhen with an expectant look on his face, not even looking like he had just finished an 1800-meter run. Beibu Xuanju wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead and blinked.
"Well, Trainer, how was my run?"

"Rest for 5 minutes, then run three more times."

Without commenting, holding a stopwatch and tablet in one hand while writing and drawing on the screen with the other, Yasui Makoto said calmly:
"When you run, you probably don't realize how many meters you've run, or how long you've run."

"How does the trainer know?"

After a moment of hesitation, Northern Black Horse scratched his head.

"Yeah, I was always looking ahead and running as hard as I could.

“The teachers told me to pay attention to the signs, but I tried a few times and each time I got distracted and slowed down, and then I didn’t pay attention to how many meters I ran.

"Trainer, is this... a serious problem?"

Still not in a hurry to comment, Yasui Zhen shook his head.

"The data from a single run will have too much error, and I need to assess your physical limits. Let's finish three laps first."

"no problem!"

Nodding without hesitation, Northern Xuanju bent his arms with full energy.

"I don't feel like I need any rest. I can run now. Is that okay, Trainer?"

After glancing at Kita no Xuanju's face and feeling her breath, An Jingzhen shook his head.

"I said take a 5-minute break, so I mean take a 5-minute break..."

After saying half of the sentence, he saw his horse girl's expression stiffen, and felt that his tone just now seemed a bit stiff, so he changed the subject:

"You have to give me some time to sort out the data, right? Give me five minutes, and do the same for every lap thereafter."

Northern Xuanju suddenly became excited.

"Okay! I won't bother you then, Trainer!"

More than half an hour later.

"Huh... How was it, Trainer? Was my performance just now okay?"

Finally, he looked a little tired, with some beads of sweat on his forehead, but he still looked energetic. After running four laps of 1800 meters, Kita no Xuanju stood by the fence and looked at Yasui Makoto excitedly.

This kind of physical strength... is it a bit too strong? Even though he had previously learned about the physical data of the Northern Xuanju, An Jingzhen was still a little surprised when he saw it with his own eyes.

Uma Musume is very fast, but running at high speed consumes a lot of physical energy.

If it was a competition, the horse racing girl would usually rest for more than an hour after one lap, and would need to adjust and relax in time for the next two or three days, otherwise there might be hidden dangers of injuries.

Even if it was just practice, running four 1800-meter laps in a row was quite strenuous, and most of the other horse girls were already out of breath.

The person in front of me just looked a little tired. His physical fitness was indeed unusually strong.

At the same time, Yasui Zhen vaguely recalled that Kita no Xuanju from another world seemed to have extremely exaggerated physical fitness. He received extremely intense special training before his debut, which laid the foundation for his subsequent amazing achievements.

But he didn't plan to take that kind of special training.

In the past, the Japanese horse racing industry started late and its training methods were backward. Many special trainings were suspected of exploiting racehorses.

The training intensity that the Northern Xuanju undergoes in another world is even more exaggerated, and it has been criticized for a long time even in the Japanese industry.

And except for a few racehorses like Northern Black Colt, no other horse could survive.

This method is undoubtedly too cruel, and the person being trained now is a lively and lovely girl. Yasui Zhen asks himself if he is as unscrupulous as his "colleagues" in his previous life.

What's more, he has a better and safer training method.

“It was a good performance.”

After praising Kita no Xuanju, An Jingzhen couldn't help but smile when he saw the girl's face suddenly lit up with joy.

Then he handed the stopwatch and tablet to Kita no Xuanju and walked into the venue from the entrance a few meters away.

"Trainer, what are you doing...?" Northern Black Horse was surprised.

"I'll just run 100 meters... Don't worry about my speed. I definitely can't run as fast as you."

Standing near the fence, taking off his tie and tying his eyes, Yasui Shin "looked" at Kita no Xuanju.

"What you need to pay attention to is my control of distance and time."

"Distance and time...Okay! I'll watch carefully!"

"it is good."

After nodding, without giving any hint, in the darkness, An Jingzhen pushed the ground hard and rushed forward.

About 10 seconds later.

He took a slight breath, took off his tie, looked at Northern Xuanju behind him, and asked:

"Did you notice?"

"Attention...? Ah, I see."

After a moment of surprise, Northern Black Horse's ears twitched and he pointed at the sign next to the fence.

“The trainer…ran exactly 100 meters, no more, no less!
“And they didn’t even look at the signs…

"No, I didn't see anything!"

Well, your understanding is pretty good too.

Secretly praising himself as a horse racing girl, Yasui Zhen tied his tie, walked to the side of Northern Xuanju outside the venue, and began to explain.

“Whether I looked at the sign or not, I could pretty much tell how far I had run and how long it had taken me.

"This is very important in a match, especially in tighter matches.

"Coupled with your understanding of your physical strength and your opponent's situation, you can accelerate when you need to and conserve your energy when you don't need to.

"Of course this is a serious matter, but the reason I say it's not serious is because you have more obvious and direct problems."

"The more obvious and direct question..."

He shook his ears, and the tips of his ears drooped slightly. Northern Black Horse twisted his hands together and picked at his fingers.

"Is it about strength...?"

　Happy New Year to all book friends!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)