Running has long been a simple case of distance and time. Enter skyrunning – a relative newcomer that’s focussed on elevation. It’s running, but not as you might know it.

Ryoma Minegishi is a skyrunner. A Local Legend of a segment moments from his home, the time-crunched father grabs every opportunity to run the slopes of nearby Mount Azuma.

And what does Ryoma find there? Personal inspiration, new and renewed connections to the community, a link to his past and a line into the future. The app might show the meters Ryoma has ascended, but there’s other elevation to be gained.