Uma Musume: From Being Knocked Ten Meters Away

Chapter 229 Are you saying I'm fat?
Before important competitions, trainers collect information about their opponents, including observing their training. This is very common in the industry as long as it does not disturb other people's training.

There were other trainers outside the training ground at this moment. Some of them were watching and observing openly, while others might not have adapted to this method yet and were a little hesitant.

However, there were not many people like Yasui Zhen who brought Northern Xuanju with him. Fortunately, training was going on everywhere at this time. The dull footsteps on the track and the trainers' instructions made the atmosphere a little noisy, so the two of them did not attract much attention.

After observing for a while, it was obvious that Wanlai Zhengming had arrived at the next training task.

Behind the railing on the opposite side, standing there was obviously the horse girl's trainer, a shy-looking middle-aged man.

After crossing the railing, besides the cacophony of sounds, there were several other horse racing girls standing with her at the entrance to a curve.

When these horse girls were ready, the middle-aged man gave similar instructions to Northern Xuanju as Yasui Zhen did to him. While counting down, he raised his hand and swung it down.

The difference is that after he waved, he raised his hand and waved again.

When he waved his hand for the first time, Wanlai Zhengming did not move, and it was the other horse girls who rushed out.

The horse girls had obviously received instructions beforehand. This time they were serving as sparring partners for the competition, and they basically maintained the most perfect posture in theory when cutting into the corners.

Take small steps, lean your body more sharply, and follow the curve of the curve as closely as possible.

There are differences, however. The difference is that the distance between these sparring horse girls and the inner railing is different, which just simulates the front-row situation that may occur in the race.

It was not until the middle-aged trainer waved his hand for the second time that Wan Lai Zhengming rushed out.

When she first started, her steps seemed a little casual, and her expression was a little casual and exaggerated.

But every step she took was just right.

Her posture was also slightly leaning forward, her steps were smaller, and the angle of inclination was also smaller.

This is also one of the most suitable acceleration methods for this kind of cornering situation.

Staring at the runway, Beibu Xuanju frowned slightly, his fingers tapping unconsciously on the railing in front of him.

"Accelerating around the curve... Trainer, I feel..."

Yasui Zhen was originally watching the situation on the runway. Hearing this, he subconsciously asked, "What do you feel?"

"It feels like Senior Wan Lai's cornering and acceleration... seem to be much more agile than mine?"

As he spoke, Northern Black Horse raised his arms, staggered his legs, and tried to imitate the cacophony of sounds:
"I feel like her body leans less than mine, her stride is shorter, and the changes in her cornering aren't as big...but I don't know if that's the right feeling."

An Jing's eyes lit up, and she nodded, encouragingly saying, "Keep talking, Xiaobei. You're very observant."

After receiving the affirmation, Beibu Xuanju's eyes lit up, and she continued with a rising tone:
“So what I’m thinking is, is this a difference in running habits, or a unique way of running on the curve?
"For example, building up speed in the other corners before the final straight to prepare for overtaking on the next straight?
"After all, Senior Xiao Haiwan mentioned in his notes that some horse girls use unique cornering strategies to widen the gap with their opponents."

This is indeed what Super Bay wrote in his notes.

In a sense, running is a very simple sport in its grand scheme of things, especially compared to more complex sports like basketball and football.

However, precisely because of its simplicity, it is extremely difficult to achieve perfection.

The super small bay can achieve the ultimate, and this horse girl herself is a "corner master".

In Yasui Makoto's opinion, this horse racing girl's reaction to corners during the race is perfect. She can almost always cleverly use changes in pace to quickly increase her speed to the best cornering state every time she enters a corner.

The subsequent approach angle seems to have been precisely calculated, ensuring sufficient centripetal force to maintain high-speed turning without affecting balance due to excessive tilt.

At the same time, the coordination of stride length and stride frequency is also excellent, which makes her speed in the corners almost unchanged and can even be faster after exiting the corners.

This is not something every horse girl can do, or rather, most horse girls can’t do it. This is because most horse girls’ talents are not as high as Super Bay, and they can hardly control the feeling of losing control in the corners.

The way to deal with this situation is almost without exception to slow down, or to move sideways outward with the help of centrifugal force to buffer, and running a longer distance is actually equivalent to slowing down.

If the level is lower, it is possible that the steps will be disordered.

Even if you can't reach the level of a super small bay, if you have enough talent, the way to deal with it is just like what you see now.

That is the acceleration on the curve that Wanlai Zhengming is training.

"Your idea makes sense, Xiaobei."

Thinking about it, An Jingzhen said seriously: "It is indeed possible that Wanlai Zhengming has made advance arrangements through this running method.

"This approach carries certain risks, but I think she's currently honing her skills, and she has the corresponding talent.

"Although a smaller lean angle and shorter stride frequency can increase speed, the curve requires extremely high balance control of the body.

"Once she encounters an unexpected situation in a curve, such as interference from the horse girl next to her, she may lose balance and affect her speed.

“But the one point you discovered makes up for it.

"It's just that she is indeed lighter and more agile than you."

When listening to Yasui Makoto's explanation, Kita no Xuanju's face was full of enlightenment.

When she heard the last sentence, she was suddenly stunned, pursed her lips, puffed up her cheeks, and stared at An Jingzhen with some resentment.

"Trainer, are you... calling me fat?"

"Of course not, I'm saying you're better than her..."

He spoke without thinking, and Yasui Zhen was suddenly shocked and quickly swallowed the word "heavy".

Northern Black Horse is indeed heavy, much heavier than the average horse girl.

From the very beginning, Yasui Makoto had compared and found that at the same stage of development, the weight of this horse girl was about 15% higher than the average level.

This is already an exaggerated statistic.

Compared with the northern black horses, the female racehorses, even if there is a difference in weight, the difference is almost only in the single digit percentage points.

This is not only the case this time, but also in previous sessions.

In other words, the Northern Black Horse is not only heavy, but also... much heavier.

Of course, weight affects speed, and this is something that needs to be controlled and adjusted during training.

But after confirming all the data, An Jingzhen realized helplessly that the weight of Northern Xuanju was a problem that could not be solved.

Because her skeleton and muscle density are larger than other horse girls, this is the source of her outstanding strength, endurance and physique, but also the source of her heavier weight.

But no matter what, calling a girl "fat" is definitely a stupid thing to do.

"...more solid, more practical, more... more powerful, yes, more powerful."

When he was forced to change his words, An Jingzhen waved his hands repeatedly, but he didn't dare to look at Kita no Xuanju. Instead, he stared at the field, looking like he was observing and thinking seriously.

(End of this chapter)