Former ace runner Kakeru grudgingly returns to the sport when college senior Haiji recruits him to an unlikely team with one goal: the Hakoden relay.

Haiji was an elite runner, but has not competed due to a past injury. He then meets fellow elite runner Kakeru who also left running, but caused by a dispute. Their meeting inspires both young men to run again, with Haiji choosing the fabled "Hakone Ekiden" (long distance relay race). The race requires a 10 member team so Haiji and Kakeru recruits 8 others (some of whom have never even run before). Within this unlikely group of runners a bond is formed through their training and a belief that they can accomplish the impossible.

他以文字名满全球。
他的“蓝调”令万千人神迷忧伤。
文字是他的符号，“跑者蓝调”何尝不是？
不再是浮华迷茫，不再是旖旎感伤，不再羚羊挂角无迹可寻——写了几十年“别人”的文字，他第一次只写自己：小说之外、故事之外、文字之外，均是不施雕琢娓娓道来，清淡如云，宁静如水……