
A few random points about previous posts:
1) Hisao had just spent 4 months in a hospital bed. It's a small miracle he can walk. It doesn't surprise me that a running program is too much.
2) In Shizune's path, I don't think it was saintly patience that kept him on the student council, but rather spectacular depression. Then again, in Shizune's path I think what she really needed was somebody that wouldn't fight her, so she could have some part of her life that wasn't competition-related.