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Uta's 5th-Grade Girls Race at the Date Momo no Sato Marathon
Uta races in the 5th-grade girls division at the Date Momo no Sato Marathon, in a finish close enough that the video asks who actually won.
The Days She Cried After Losing — I Don't Want Her to Forget Them
A short post about a video reminding Uta, my daughter and young distance runner, of all the races she cried hard after losing.
Uta's Mt. Fuji GX Kids' Ekiden: Running a Relay With Her Rivals
Uta teams up with her usual rivals for the Fuji-san GX Chibikko Ekiden, a kids' relay near Mt Fuji, on January 12, 2026.
Uta's First Race of 2026: Win at the Fujimi City Marathon, 1.5km
Uta opened her 2026 season with a win in the 1.5km elementary girls' race at the Fujimi City Marathon in Japan.
Uta's New Year Ekiden: Kagamiishi NY Ekiden 2026, Fourth Grade
Uta ran the upper-grade division of the Kagamiishi NY Ekiden on January 4, 2026, with a tough moment caught on camera along the way.
Uta's New Year Ekiden Hits a Mishap: Kagamiishi NY Ekiden 2026
Uta ran the Kagamiishi NY Ekiden 2026 on January 4th and hit an unexpected mid-race hiccup, but kept going anyway.
An Ekiden Day Mishap That Hit 1 Million Views
A short post about the big mishap at Uta's ekiden relay that somehow ended up viewed a million times.
Snow Upends Uta's First Training Run of 2026
Uta, 9, hits unexpected snow on her first training day of 2026 and has to scrap the plan and start over.
Uta's New Year's Eve Run: 12.31km to Close Out 2025
On December 31, 2025, Uta ran 12.31km to see out the year while I managed 20.25km alongside her.
Uta's Last Interval Session of 2025: 290m Target, 9 Years Old
Uta closes out 2025 with a tough interval workout: six rounds of 60 seconds on, 60 seconds off, aiming for 290m each time.
Uta's Brother: Bullying Continued After the Transfer, Police Step In
A family update on Uta's older brother: bullying continued even after he changed schools, so we went back to the police, and this is what happened next
Bounding Championship: Uta vs Dad at 2.5m Intervals
Uta takes on her almost-50 dad in a backyard bounding contest, jumping forward over markers set 2.5 meters apart.
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