As Day 3 begins, Onoda gets up earlier than everyone else to begins his day of work hoping he can slowly pull himself back into the compettition. He has only completed 390km to date, and the task of completing another 610km in two days seems overbearing. Meanwhile Manami sneaks into the cycling training center Sohoku is at hoping to find the mysterious climber that Toudou told him of. However he has arrived earlier than anyone else, and Onoda is the only one out on the track. Onoda runs into Manami and tries to return his water bottle. Manami instead proposes a race between him and Onoda. The condition- if Manami wins, Onoda has to keep the water bottle. As their race comes to an exciting conclusion, Manami realizes that Onoda is under a special training regiment and says for Onoda to return his water bottle to him, but only when they see each other at the Inter-High. Onoda begins to wonder if he truly has any chance of finishing and determines to do his best until the end.
合宿3日目。周回ペースが一番遅れている坂道は、皆に追いつこうと、一人早朝から走り始めていた。コースの途中、合宿初日に出会った少年、真波に再会した坂道。同じ自転車部の1年生で、坂が好きな真波との再会が嬉しい坂道は、自転車で坂の上まで競争しようと提案するが…。
합숙 3일째. 주회 페이스가 가장 늦은 사카미치는 모두를 따라가려고 혼자서 이른 아침부터 달리기 시작했다. 코스 도중 합숙 첫날 만난 소년 마나미를 재회한 사카미치는 같은 사이클부 1학년이고 언덕을 좋아하는 마나미와의 만남이 기쁜 사카미치는 자전거로 언덕 위까지 경쟁하자고 제안하는데…