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=== 1. Present: 1.4km; 18.6km Remaining === |
=== 1. Present: 1.4km; 18.6km Remaining === |
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− | Even though the entire width of the road was covered |
+ | Even though the entire width of the road was covered with brand-new asphalt, there was hardly a passing car in sight. On all sides of me were Kamiyama High School students wearing gym clothes. It was almost like the roads that went through the mountainous area behind the high school were expressly built for the sake of the Hoshigaya Cup. Ibara should be coming up soon from the back. Before that happened, I wanted to make sure I clearly remembered all of the events that took place during New Student Recruitment Week. |
− | The time between when a class started to run and when the next class started after them was usually around three minutes. I was in Class A and Ibara was in Class C, so that meant I |
+ | The time between when a class started to run and when the next class started after them was usually around three minutes. I was in Class A and Ibara was in Class C, so that meant I started around six minutes before she did. |
− | For the first kilometer, I had matched my pace with that of those around me. Once I had reached the uphill slope, Satoshi caught up with me and I slowed down a little bit. On average, I should have been running at |
+ | For the first kilometer, I had matched my pace with that of those around me. Once I had reached the uphill slope, Satoshi caught up with me and I slowed down a little bit. On average, I should have been running at about the pace of a slow jog. |
− | I had once heard that a person’s casual walking speed was roughly |
+ | I had once heard that a person’s casual walking speed was roughly 4km/h. Running would normally double that, and so on. In a book that I had read at one point, if you were to walk slower than 4mph, you were to be punished.<ref>This is a reference to Stephen King’s <i>The Long Walk</i>.</ref> Unfortunately, the exact conversion from kilometers to miles was hazy at best in my head, so I couldn't use that as a reference. Anyways, let’s just assume that it was somewhere in-between a stroll and a fast run. 6 km/h. Ibara was probably running more earnestly than the average, so I decided on 7km/hour. From there, I had to figure out how many kilometers were between me and Ibara, who had started six minutes prior. That meant the answer was… |
The answer was… |
The answer was… |
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− | Multiplications and divisions ran circles inside my head. It wasn’t like I had exceptionally bad grades in math, and the calculations weren’t all that extreme with this one. It’s just that doing all of the math in your head and doing it with paper and a pen required different skills altogether. Add onto that the fact that I was running, and my head just couldn’t function like it usually could. Taking time while I was trying to figure out the answer was unavoidable. As I made excuses one after another, I kneaded all the distances, times, and speeds into the formula in my head. |
+ | Multiplications and divisions ran circles inside my head. It wasn’t like I had exceptionally bad grades in math, and the calculations weren’t all that extreme with this one. It’s just that doing all of the math in your head and doing it with paper and a pen required different skills altogether. Add onto that the fact that I was running, and my head just couldn’t function like it usually could. Taking time while I was trying to figure out the answer was unavoidable. As I made excuses one after another, I kneaded the all the distances, times, and speeds into the formula in my head. |
− | Let’s see. In around one minute, one would probably near about 17 meters or so. She would catch up to me at around 4. |
+ | Let’s see. In around one minute, one would probably near about 17 meters or so. She would catch up to me at around 4.1 km from the start then. That meant that the approximate distance between us was… Well, she’s probably not that far back anyways. |
Even though I didn’t have enough time nor distance in the first place, in order to calculate how much of each I had left, I ended up using more of both in the process. Talk about lacking foresight. I had two possible ways to reclaim the lost time and distance. |
Even though I didn’t have enough time nor distance in the first place, in order to calculate how much of each I had left, I ended up using more of both in the process. Talk about lacking foresight. I had two possible ways to reclaim the lost time and distance. |
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That day, if I recall correctly, was just like today. I’m pretty sure it was fairly clear out. |
That day, if I recall correctly, was just like today. I’m pretty sure it was fairly clear out. |
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+ | == Translator's Notes and References == |
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− | <noinclude> |
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− | ==== Translator's Notes and References ==== |
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+ | <noinclude> |
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