Uta Can Now Throw 35 Meters

Short post today. No race, no meet, just a number Uta has been chasing for a while: 35 meters.

She's mainly known around here as a distance runner, but she's also been working on throwing, and this time it finally clicked.

What happened that day

Uta threw 35 meters. That's the whole event, really — there's no bigger competition attached to it, just a personal mark she'd been trying to reach. She's an elementary-school girl who splits her training time between running and other basics like throwing, and this was one of those basics finally paying off.

What she said or how she looked

She was proud of it, the kind of proud where she wanted it filmed and posted right away. Throwing isn't her main event, so getting a number she was happy with felt like a bonus win, not something she had been grinding toward for months.

What the parent thought about it

I like these small, un-glamorous markers more than I probably should. A 35-meter throw doesn't change her season or her ekiden times, but it's proof she's building a body that can do more than just run in a straight line. Distance runners still need arm strength, core strength, coordination — throwing is part of that, even if nobody puts it on a results sheet.

Anything left over that matters

There's no venue or date attached beyond the upload, March 4, 2026, so I won't pretend this was tied to a bigger event. It's just a kid, a ball, and a number she wanted to beat. Sometimes that's the whole story.

If your own kid is chasing some small, unglamorous number this week — a throw, a jump, a lap time nobody else cares about — that's worth filming too.