Japan "Riding an Office Chair" Running Competition
The "Riding an Office Chair" competition was held in a local city in Japan, and the team that "backed" 24 kilometers on an office chair within 2 hours won the championship.
The Japan Broadcasting Association (NHK) reported on the 29th that in order to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of the municipality of Ichinomiya City, Aichi Prefecture, the local youth conference and shopping street formed an executive committee, and held a competition on the 28th to compete in the "running race" while riding an office chair. "Distance Race - "Chair - 1st Contest".
According to the report, the race was held on a track with a circumference of 200 meters in front of Ichinomiya Station. The contestants kept sitting in office chairs and kicked the ground with their feet, competing for the number of laps completed within a 2-hour time limit. . A total of 25 teams participated in the competition, and each team consisted of 3 players. Before the competition, relevant parties checked whether the office chairs used by the participants had been modified. The report also said that when the contestants equipped with protective gear ran across the track on office chairs, there was enthusiastic cheering on the side of the road.
According to reports, in the final held on the afternoon of the 28th, the team that ran 122 weeks in two hours, or 24.4 kilometers, won the championship and won prizes worth about 90,000 yen (about 5,000 yuan) including 90 kilograms of rice.
