"Why aren't you eating lunch?" That's the best atmosphere ever. I'm running again after training. "National team running crew is hot." [On Saipan]

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After training that began early in the morning, they arrive at their accommodation at around 1 p.m. and have lunch time. However, when there were many invisible players in the restaurant, national team coach Ryu Ji-hyun (55) had no choice but to wonder. This is because the players, who were disappointed to finish the training like this, voluntarily conducted additional running training.

Coach Ryu Ji-hyun met with reporters ahead of the third day of the first camp against the 2026 World Baseball Classic (WBC) held at the Oleye Sports Complex in Saipan on the 12th.

Players who visit the training center in the accommodation early in the morning to conduct weight training, and the training, which was held from 9:30 a.m., was also pulled 30 minutes ahead of the day at the request of the players. After completing training all morning, you can arrive at your accommodation from 1 p.m. to eat, but you are quite hungry.

Coach Ryu Ji-hyun said, "I thought lunch time was a little late, but there were quite a few players yesterday. I thought, "Why don't you have lunch?" but I heard from my manager and he said there are quite a few players who come late around 2:30 p.m., and he said, "I heard he's going to come in and run."

Running is included in the morning training schedule, but players who felt it was not enough are voluntarily gathering their colleagues and running near the accommodation.

Ryu Hyun-jin (Hanwha) joined the national team with an active will and Kim Hye-sung (LA Dodgers) is also accompanying him. Young players are also moving harder than anyone else, and coach Ryu Ji-hyun is forming a camp atmosphere that does not have much to do. Although it is early in the camp, this is why the smile does not leave on Ryu's face.

Manager Ryu said, "I'm running and going in here again, and when I asked who said I was going to do it again, Ryu Hyun-jin, Moon Dong-ju, Won Tae-in, and Noh Si-hwan said they were running," adding, "I was wondering why the kids didn't eat so much, but I heard they were running on the sandy beach and running in front of the accommodation."

Ahn Hyun-min (KT) also joined the training on the day after recovering from the body aches, and only good news has been heard due to the players' excellent training attitude every day. Director Ryu said, "It's great to hear that. As I often say, it's much better to do it on your own than to have the coach and coach come forward and make a schedule and be dragged away. I do it because I think it's necessary. There are a lot of wild dogs here, so you just have to be careful about that," he said, drawing laughter.

Noh Si-hwan (Hanwha), who met with reporters the day before, is also working as a running crew. "(Old) Ja-wook said he would run every day, so I said I would run with him to take care of my body, but (Ryu) Hyun-jin joined and (Moon) Dong-ju joined," he said. "I heard that (Choi) Jae-hoon and (Moon) Hyun-bin will join today. I made a running crew. There's also Tae-in. It's Samsung and Hanwha."

With Park Hae-min at the center, LG Twins players such as Hong Chang-ki, Shin Min-jae, and Moon Bo-kyung are doing additional training as another running crew. Park Hae-min, whom I met on the 10th, said, "When I went outside the accommodation, there was a beach right in front of me. I thought it would be okay to run to the end to exercise and build my body, and then come back," he said, explaining the background of his additional run.

Coach Ryu was worried about the players' meals because of his old days, but he explained that the more he played hard, the better the taste of rice. Noh Si-hwan said, "If you sweat a lot, you can eat more deliciously," adding, "In addition to the running players, each of them will exercise (individually)."

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