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Weekly update

2009-10-20T05:24:00.002+09:00

Hi all,
So this weeks update is slightly more interesting...I guess :). This last weekend I went pumpking patching with Jenn. We went out to Snohomish and went to a pumpkin patch that she use to go to when she was younger. That morning however it was raining buckets so by the afternoon when we got there the whole place was a giant bog. It was fun though.
I'm getting reved up for San Fransisco in two weekends. That should be fun having Halloween down there. Jenn and I are still figuring out what we will do, but the general idea we have is that we are going to a raging party Halloween night. Other than that we will play it by ear.
Not much else to report. It's getting colder and more rainy and I keep hoping that snow will start falling on the mountains so the slopes will open. More next week.

Portland and beyond

2009-10-13T06:22:00.003+09:00

So I completed the Portland Marathon again alittle over a week ago ... and it was pretty awsome yet again! I have already signed up for next year's which happens to take place on 10/10/10! I'll have to train harder so that I can get my 3:10 goal. It seems only fair that on 10/10/2010 that I get that time.
Work is going pretty well. I just passed my one year at the Pro Club on 9/24 so I got a little bump in pay and all that. I've cut back on my group lessons and I recently started filling up my private lessons so that is good as well.
Other than that I've got a trip with Jenn coming up. We are going down to San Fransisco at the end of the month as a little birthday gift to her. So that should be fun. I'll try and make this a weekly installment from now on. Until next Monday I hope you are all doing well.

He lives!!!!

2009-10-04T01:42:00.002+09:00

Hey all (well anyone who happens to check this anymore),
So it's been nearly a year since my last posting. I guess I just kind of fell out of my blogging since I came back to the states. I still really miss Japan at times (in particular at work where I get plenty of time to think.), but I've been doing many things to keep me busy and not thinking about Japan all the time. Lets see since my last post I've run another marathon and several other races including one called the Ragnar Relay. The relay was tons of fun and I hope to do it again next summer. You run it in teams of either 6 or 12 (6 man teams are ultras and obviously each runner has to do about double what the regular team does). I ended up being the lead off leg on my 12 person team. Since it was a 24 hour race I started the run at 10am then had a break after my leg until 4:30pm then had a break until 1am when I did my last leg. It was crazy fun to be running in the middle of the night and to top it all off I ended up running mile 3-4 in a lightning storm! Obviously I must be nuts to enjoy that, but what can I say @.@; In the topic of running I will be completing my third marathon tomorrow (second Portland) and hope to run it in sub 3:15.
Besides my running antics this last Spring I interviewed and was accepted into the Masters in Teaching program at UW. It certainly took them long enough to recognize they wanted me! The truly funny bit of the whole thing is this year I didn't even officially apply again. Last year they just kept my application in the pool and carried it over to this years pool of applicants. So I'll be starting my master's next Spring and in the mean time I'm taking some classes to prepare for the program. This term I'm in an photography class and next term I hope to enroll in one or two linguistic classes (I'll be going for my ELL certification in conjunction with my masters on the off chance I get the opportunity to travel to Japan again to teach).
Other than that I've been working lots and moved into a new townhouse up in Shoreline (just north of Seattle). I hope all of you people in Japan and around the world are doing well. I'll try and remember to write on here again after the race and maybe even on a regular basis again!

2008-11-05T08:14:00.002+09:00

Hey Everyone! So yesterday was my birthday. Thank you all who sent me a message :). I gave myself a birthday gift and picked up my new Prius yesterday. I am soo excite to have it finally. Here is a picture of me at the dealership with my beautiful car.

12.8 Kph

2008-10-08T09:06:00.002+09:00

Yep I can run 12.8 Km per hour! Just start calling me "speedy." Lol, I did the Portland Marathon this last Sunday. I ran the race in 3 hours 17 minutes and 48 seconds, which is about 7:33 per mile. If you are interested in seeing pictures of me suffering look me up on the Portland Marathon page. My race number was 343 or you can plug in my last name. Cheers.

Long long time ...

2008-09-25T05:42:00.002+09:00

So it's been much to long since my last post and this post will not be long enough to provide an adequite update, but here's what you get for now. I have been away from Japan going on two months now and still miss it a lot. It seems like at least three or four times a week I fall asleep thinking about some aspect of Japan.
As far as me moving on over here I am still about a month away from hearing from the UW's graduate program. I recently got a job at Pro Sports, a huge athletic club in Bellevue near Microsoft. It is a pretty sweet deal because I am able to use the facilities as a full member and while I'm full time there I can get medical coverage. I am currently looking for a place in Seattle to live so I don't have to commute so far. Today my Prius came in and I'll be picking it up probably this weekend. When I get it I'll post a picture of it. So thats a very brief summary of what's up. I'll try not to be lazy over the next week and post a bit more.
Miss you all lots.

Summer is almost done ...

2008-08-27T16:25:00.003+09:00

... and I still have no clue where my life will take me from here. I still have my hat in for the grad school program at the UW, but the more I think about it the more I think it is a vain hope to get in this second round. If that ends up being the case then there are many places my life can go to. Hopefully though the path will take me across the Pacific sometime in the not too distant future.
Work is still going ok. I've gotten out and socialized a bit more with my co-workers and I've been having a lot of hour to keep me occupied during the week. Tomorrow is off, but I'm visiting with a family friend so it should be fun.
Last week I broke down and got an iphone. So far it is keeping me happy. I'm sure there are other devices I could have gone with, but being impressed with mac architecture I opted to stick with that rather than an unknown. The number is still 206-777-5278 and of course my e-mails are the same in case you happen to want to contact me. To those of you still at Shirasagi I'm still planning on calling, but with the plan I have I need to find a night/weekend so that I can chat a bit. Taube/Julian please tell me when would be a good time :). Miss you all.

Joo juu

2008-08-13T12:16:00.001+09:00

Hey all, just saying hi. Not a whole lot to talk about and I have to be in bed now. So wazzzzaaap?!

Sorry :(

2008-08-12T11:44:00.002+09:00

I am sorry for the long silence. I've been busy doing the whole moving back and settling in thing. Not that I have really done much of either except the whole moving my body. I am currently working as a lifeguard at the same local pool I was at before I went to Japan. I've been lazy since I got back as far as running but today I got back on track with a nearly 9 mile run. I'll try and be more diligent about blogging in the months to come. Hope all you Shirasagi peeps are doing well. Peace.

Honolulu blog

2008-07-18T13:46:00.001+09:00

So I made it to Honolulu and through customs. I’m officially back in the US and I already hate it! The people are all loud and obnoxious, the only friendly people I’ve met were foreigners ☹. I’m experiencing serious culture shock here. I’m in Hawaii, I should be relaxing, but I can’t relax at all. Of course I haven’t made it to my condo and settled in yet, but still.
The rest of the flight from Japan passed uneventfully. I have to say again it was quite nice to be in the business section and having the extra leg room, foot rest, seat space, etc. It certainly made me comfortable in an uncomfortable time.
I’m really hoping that once I’m on Maui and have my car and make it to my condo I’ll be able to simmer down a bit. The only bright ray until that point is I’ve made it through security with 2 hours to spare so I am not in a rush at least.
I really miss all you Japan readers. Someone go ring my door bell for old times sake… well not right now as it’s 7 am there so probably everyone is getting ready for work, but when you get home. I really hope we meet again. Bye for now.

Inflight blog 2

2008-07-18T13:45:00.001+09:00

Blog 2 … I am currently watching “21,” a movie about the MIT students who took Vegas for a lot of money. I am really enjoying my flight back to reality.
On a sadder note I really miss my Japanese and foreign friends already and I’m not even on US soil yet. This morning I had a last coffee with Julian, my upstairs … well ex-upstairs, neighbor married to Taube. We just shot the shit and I enjoyed his company one last time. There is a possibility I’ll see them again, but as they’ve been in Shirasagi for going on 4 years it’s unlikely they will still be there when I find my way back to Japan. Of course if I was independently wealthy, or at least had enough money not to jeopardize grad school tuition, I’d come back to Japan by the end of this year. Hint hint to anyone who wants to pass along lovin … ☺.
It was really hard leaving Karen and Eiko at the airport. They both came with me on the bus from Himeji to see me off, which was really nice. On the bright side of it though there were a number of items including my conditioner that I forgot didn’t meet the under 100ml requirements for flights that I passed back to them after they got confiscated. They even took a packet of dried coco that I had packed in my carry on! Anyway, back to the movie. ☺

Inflight blog 1

2008-07-18T13:43:00.000+09:00

So my sadness about leaving Japan was tempered a bit by the fact that for some reason I was upgraded to business class!!! So here I am in business class enjoying free whiskey (Suntory 17 y/o no less, for those of my who don’t know Japanese whiskey it’s very nice.) and watching a bit of Blue Man Group in Tokyo ☺.
The video was very interesting because through out there are intermissions where the original Blue Man Group talks about their beginnings and how they got started with the original rock concert. I’m not sure if you’ve seen the group before, but it is really cool to see the stuff they do. In the video I’m watching now they do stuff like catch gumballs in their mouth from across the stage and then proceed to paint on a bit of canvase by “spitting” on it. They also make sculptures with marshmallows and all sorts of other crazy stuff. Also the video was cool because they show video of them wandering around Tokyo and I recognized places that I was at last fall.
I have to say that I’m sure my subsequent rides on JAL will not measure up to this first time, but I plan to fly with this airline again if I ever get the chance (which could very well happen as I intend to come back to Japan!) The service obviously is excellent because I am in business class, but to be honest I’ve heard good things about this airline and nothing that I’ve experienced thus far has proved those testimonials wrong. ☺
All in all although I have left Japan I feel that my flight back to reality is a good one. I’m only 40 minutes into the flight but I have high hopes for an excellent flight the rest of the way to Honolulu.

Missing Japan

2008-07-13T10:04:00.002+09:00

Well by demand here is a list of some stuff I will miss in Japan.

The culture EVERYWHERE. It's hard to not find a place with a temple/shrine or other historical/cultural sites within walking distance.
The kindness of the people.
The way Japan smells.
The awsome public transportation.
My friends I've made over here.
The ability to be a bit frivalous with money occassionally and not have to worry.
The pattern of work and play.
The size of Japan, you can walk everywhere.
Kitsune Udon.

More later ...

Quickie

2008-07-12T22:40:00.002+09:00

Just a quick blog to let you know that I'm doing well. Yesterday I went to USJ with my friend Karen and we had a blast. The park was fairly empty so we were able to ride the most popular attractions more often that I feel we would normally. We did the roller coaster 9 times Jurassic Park 2 times and Back to the Future and Spiderman once each.
Today I went to Kobe with Yuriko. It was great to see her one last time before heading back to the states. We just wandered around Kobe and talked a lot, but it was nice to be around her. I really hope that she is able to enter school at Oregon state so that we can pick up our relationship in the states. Thats all for now. Heading out for a bit of night life.

Beer Garden

2008-07-09T10:30:00.002+09:00

So last night was a little farewell party for me at the local beer garden. Unlike ones in the states Japan Beer Gardens are usually on top of a building, not particularly garden like, and serve food as well as beverage for one all you can eat and drink fee. It was good to see many of my friends that I haven't seen in awhile once more before I left. Afterward a few of us went to Tiger, a local bar, and met up with some more people who couldn't meet at the beer garden. Not a whole lot else has happened since my last blog. I went to Kobe Sunday and wandered around there for old times sake. Monday was a packing day and yesterday besides the social activities at night was mostly resting with a little bit of cleaning and last exploring of Himeji. Friday I am planning to hit USJ, Saturday my friend Yuriko is coming into town from up north and Sunday I'll finally catch up with Takuma and his family. They invited me over their their house for a bit on Sunday.

Nike+ Number Two Hundred ??? ... Lazy me

2008-07-06T11:17:00.002+09:00

So now that I've hit 200+ runs I've become a bit lazy on posting. I know you are all sad to see them stop being a daily thing on my blog ... lol.

This past week was very busy. I had my last bit of work in Japan. So from yesterday until the 17th I'll be bumming around in Japan. I have mixed emotions on it. I have become quite use to the work schedule over here and it is odd to think that at least for the next two years+ I won't be on that schedule anymore. I am looking forward to seeing people back home, but as the end draws nearer I'm becoming more and more saddened by the prospect of never seeing some of the people I have met in my time over here ever again. I am getting ready to go to Kobe so I will continue this blog at a later date. Until then toodles.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Nine

2008-06-30T22:48:00.000+09:00

Got lazy posting my runs, but here is today's.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Seven

2008-06-26T22:43:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Six

2008-06-25T22:15:00.001+09:00

UW News

2008-06-24T16:24:00.001+09:00

Well the UW finally let me know that I didn’t get into the program, at least not yet. It wasn’t an out right rejection letter like I have received twice before. Instead it was a deferral letter saying basically “Sorry we’re not letting you in yet. But, we are going to interview more people in September and we’ll throw your application and interview results into that batch too.” So instead of abandoning all hope I get to wait another 4 months and then maybe … abandon all hope ☹. After this latest rejection I’m considering maybe my chosen carrier path isn’t they right way. We’ll see how I feel when I get back home. Perhaps I should look at alternative routes, such as secondary education or kinesiology. The interviewer was surprised I wasn’t pursuing a degree with some sort of link to science. Not that I should put much weight behind the person who’s institution has now twice out right rejected me and once deferred me.
So there is your latest blog. Take care.

What's up doc

2008-06-23T22:31:00.001+09:00

Still no word from the UW, that is the biggest bit of news really. Yesterday was the Yukata Festival (Summer kimono. It is summer because they are made usually from cotton and not silk.) This year it sucked because it is Sunday and Monday. Last year it was Saturday and Sunday so we could enjoy the night life more after the first day. Also it rained off and on in the afternoon so I ended up getting soaked and left downtown early.
Nothing big has happened in my life since last week, so this is a very short blog. Hope you are all doing well.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Five

2008-06-23T18:39:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Four

2008-06-22T10:30:00.001+09:00

Yes I skipped a number cause the previous run's graph is all funky and doesn't show a pace.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Four

2008-06-18T18:14:00.000+09:00

Weekly

2008-06-17T22:13:00.002+09:00

Well this is just my weekly update, nothing really big to report. I saw my friend Yuriko again this last Saturday. She was in town shopping and so we met for coffee. She is the teacher who left Ohtsu last spring because of a bitch at that school and moved back to her home town about 2 hours north of Himeji. She is doing well, but she is looking at finishing out this year of teaching and then going back to school possibly at U of Oregon or U of Vancover. She wanted to study teaching in English to improve her knowledge base.
Still running as you can see. The weather can’t seem to make up its mind some days its cool and great for running. Other days it is humid and hot and difficult to put one foot in front of the other. I am hoping the weather in Washington is more temperate.
I am starting the lengthy process of packing. I test packed my biggest suit case and am looking for a scale to see just how heavy I made it. I’m betting around 60lbs, but we’ll see. I still have a ton of stuff floating around and no one has answered my ad about selling my room yet ;/.
Not much else to report. No word from the UW yet, I’ll post whatever the result when I get it. See you crazy Americans soon.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Three

2008-06-17T22:13:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-Two

2008-06-16T18:34:00.002+09:00

Bad pineapple today ... :(

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety-One

2008-06-15T20:21:00.001+09:00

Today's run took me past a beautiful patch of wild Gardinia's.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Ninety

2008-06-13T21:04:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Nine

2008-06-12T18:47:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Eight

2008-06-11T17:41:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Seven

2008-06-10T21:51:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Challenge

2008-06-10T21:50:00.001+09:00

Sunday Morning News

2008-06-08T09:35:00.004+09:00

OK, so not really any news. I have four weeks starting tomorrow until my last day of work in Japan. And infact I really only have 1 full weeks and three partial weeks. I've been giving lip service to cleaning my room (meaning I've been attempting to not make it any worse than it already is). I probably should be starting to pack, but I've been procrastinating big time there.
With only a month and a half to go my social life has come to a halt mostly. I've been trying to catch people I've met over here and make an effort to meet them at least one more time,but I haven't had much luck :(. Other than that nothing to report. Still no news from the UW and I'll be sure to post whatever they say when it finally arrives. Later guys!

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Six

2008-06-08T09:35:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Five

2008-06-06T20:38:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Four

2008-06-06T06:22:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Three

2008-06-05T08:11:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-Two

2008-06-04T17:53:00.000+09:00

Time Marches On

2008-06-03T22:12:00.001+09:00

Time continues to move inexorably forward. I still have several weeks left, but now that it is June my time here seems to be so much more limited. I am both excited and scared about coming home. After so long abroad I feel like I am moving to an alien country again. Already I am hatching plots to get back in to the JET program once I have completed my Master’s Degree.
Of course once I am firmly on US soil again I’m sure I will acclimate again quickly. I am planning my next steps when I get home, which include moving in Seattle probably sometime in September or early October. I enjoy the island life, but I think it’s best if I go to a more fast paced place soon after my return to avoid settling in like I did when I returned from college.
I am of course going to be apartment hunting, so if you happen to come across an ad for an apartment that is pet friendly and located somewhere between redmond, bellvue, queen anne, capitol hill, ballard and downtown (in short some place in northern Seattle area with relatively easy access to the UW) This is contingent on my acceptance to the MIT program. I haven’t heard from the UW yet and so unless they are dumb enough not to accept me this round I won’t be editing my choice of location.
I will also most likely be looking for short term work after the summer is complete (unless of course the county elects to offer me work at on of the other pools again). So if you happen to hear about an opening somewhere be sure to let me know about it.
Not much to report on the Japan side of the world. Work continues. Life continues. This week is “trial week,” which is a week when 2nd grade students (8th grade equivalent) go out in to the community and work for a week at a local business. They do everything to working as a clerk at a super market to working at nursery schools to pumping gas to working at a convience store. So my work-load this week is light. I am trying to get my teachers to let me visit some of the students but as of yet they are digging in their heels.
My running as you are all well aware is still going. Although I have been extremely lazy these last few months only logging 30 or so miles a week instead of my previous 50ish. I attribute it in part to the hotter and humid weather. But, part of the fault is with me just being too lazy to do the 7+ mile runs I did through April. During the rest of my stay in Japan I will attempt to kick my ass out the door for longer runs on a regular basis again. Then when I get home I hope to start in earnest to prepare for the Portland Marathon.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty-One

2008-06-03T22:11:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Eighty

2008-06-02T18:24:00.000+09:00

And on we march ...

2008-06-01T17:26:00.002+09:00

Another week draws to a close. It is a little over a month and a half until I leave Japan again for an unknown length of time. I’m both excited to see my family and friend again and sad to be leaving this great place that I’ve called home for two years. I have grown comfortable here and that is probably a danger signal since that means I’m not savoring my time as much as I should. I still haven’t ironed out exactly what I will do with the last two weeks of my time in Japan. But, I’m sure to find something entertaining.
The private lessons are going well. Luckily I have them set up at a time when they do little/nothing to effect my “fun time” so I am happy for the small pocket money they provide. Even though I am almost done I visited a new elementary school yesterday. This one is tiny with maybe 250 kids. They were nice there and let me leave at 3 (normal time is 3:30) even though it was a small difference in dismissal compared to some of my fellow ALTs who leave at 12 or 1 I was happy to have it since my other school keep me until nearly 4 most days.
I am still waiting to hear from the UW. Most likely next Monday is when I’ll get the news if I got in. I sincerely hope I do since this is THE program for me I think.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Nine

2008-06-01T17:26:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Eight

2008-05-29T17:54:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Seven

2008-05-28T18:07:00.000+09:00

I'd just like to add that the graphs on here don't look like the ones on the Nike page :P

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Six

2008-05-27T21:52:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Five

2008-05-26T18:52:00.000+09:00

Aight ...

2008-05-26T16:28:00.001+09:00

So this last weekend I had my first semi-private with the couple that is friends with my co-worker’s aunt. Along with the couple I also helped their grand daughter with “travel English.” The main reason that asked my co-worker for help was because they like to travel and want to improve their English to better enjoy themselves in places like the US. Mostly I spent the lesson with ‘read and repeat’ exercises, but even so it wasn’t that boring. I have another lesson this Tuesday evening and we’ll see how that one goes.
Other than that I’m busy trying to enjoy my last few weeks in Japan. I have less than two months until I leave Himeji for at least 2 years (I won’t be done with grad school until the earliest June 2010.) I still haven’t heard from the UW although at the end of my interview they said I should hear by June 1st. I am very very nervous about the result.
As of this moment my intended last day of work is July 4th (ironic really that that is the day that I counted back to on my calendar). After that I want to travel around Japan a bit. Probably I will go to Tokyo for a week(ish) and maybe some shorter trips from Himeji (probably to Osaka, Kobe, Kyoto, Okayama and maybe a few other places). With June knocking on the door it seems so much more close, my date of departure, and I’m really beginning to stress. In anycase I’ll try and write another blog soon.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Four

2008-05-25T10:03:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Three

2008-05-24T15:40:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-Two

2008-05-22T20:12:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy-One

2008-05-21T18:16:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Seventy

2008-05-20T20:05:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Nine

2008-05-19T18:02:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Eight

2008-05-19T06:40:00.001+09:00

Mega mini run before work.

Strange ...

2008-05-18T09:41:00.002+09:00

So not a whole lot to report, but I did have something odd happen Friday. It was about 30 minutes before I left work and my fellow Japanese English teacher turned to me and told me that her aunt's friend wants to learn English. My thought was "good for her, why are you telling me this?" Then she goes on to ask when can I start. "Hold up a moment" flashes through my head. "When was it that I said I was looking for more work and what makes you think I would be a good teacher for this/these people, who I know nothing about including not knowing what their English level is?" In any case I have a private lesson with these two mysterious people this coming Tuesday evening. We shall see how it goes.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Seven

2008-05-18T09:40:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Six

2008-05-16T17:33:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Five

2008-05-15T17:50:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Four

2008-05-14T19:17:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Three

2008-05-13T20:57:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-Two

2008-05-12T18:10:00.001+09:00

Update

2008-05-11T10:41:00.004+09:00

So not really much to update, but since I'm sure a complaint about my lack of posting is soon to be forthcoming I figured I'd posted anyway. The biggest news of the past week was on Thursday (Wednesday there) I had a phone interview with the UW for their Master's in Education program. MIT for short, sounds cooler that way anyway :). I think it went fairly well. It was about 30 minutes on the phone and they asked me various questions. The one question I'm not so sure I did well with was they asked me "With your background in science and math, why didn't you apply to the secondary ed. program and specialize?" My answer was that I was an ace at both those subjects in high school, but when I hit college I felt my grades slipped and so rather than apply for a secondary ed position and have poor scores in my specialty I went elementary ed. Anyway, not much else to report. Hope all is well back home and I'll see you (whoever you may be) in a few months maybe.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty-One

2008-05-11T10:41:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Sixty

2008-05-09T13:49:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Nine

2008-05-08T20:37:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Eight

2008-05-08T07:04:00.000+09:00

A little mind clearing run before my interview.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Seven

2008-05-07T09:59:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Six

2008-05-06T19:55:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Five

2008-05-06T12:06:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Four

2008-05-05T18:27:00.001+09:00

New training plan this week. Two shorter runs in a day instead of one medium length in the afternoon only.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Three

2008-05-05T12:15:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-Two

2008-05-04T10:29:00.002+09:00

This is the big 1000 mile run. My log has me at 1004.52 miles today.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty-One

2008-05-02T17:29:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fifty

2008-05-01T18:06:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty-Nine

2008-04-30T21:59:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty-Eight

2008-04-29T19:25:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty-Seven

2008-04-29T13:42:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty-Six

2008-04-27T10:57:00.002+09:00

Yes I skipped a few because my receiver crashed and would only measure for 0.1 to 3.0 miles before fritzing and I'd have to reset so my runs for 144 and 145 are all sorts of wacky with the graphs. BUT! New receiver today so should be all good. :)

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty-Three

2008-04-23T18:34:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty-Two

2008-04-22T17:39:00.002+09:00

Could be awhile until my next graph because my sensor freaked out half way through today's run. We'll see tomorrow how it runs.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty-One

2008-04-21T18:37:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Fourty

2008-04-20T11:07:00.001+09:00

Not a whole lot ...

2008-04-19T09:46:00.002+09:00

So nothing really interesting to report. Just a short one today. I went out on the town with a group last night because Lauren, one of the Aussie from last year, is back in town. It was pretty fun. At the end of the night I found 2000¥ (about $20) in the parking lot next to the bar. Thats about the most exciting thing going on at the moment. Still running (obviously) and gearing up for the trip home. I'm planning on being in Maui July 17th-27th then it's on home and back to work. I really don't want to go, but have to get my master's degree before I loose all interest in getting it :P. Thats all for now.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Nine

2008-04-18T17:48:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Eight

2008-04-17T18:10:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Seven

2008-04-16T17:36:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Six

2008-04-15T18:10:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Five

2008-04-15T18:09:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Four

2008-04-13T10:49:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Three

2008-04-11T17:59:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-Two

2008-04-10T18:39:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty-One

2008-04-09T17:38:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Thirty

2008-04-08T18:33:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Twenty-Nine

2008-04-07T19:00:00.001+09:00

Hanami

2008-04-06T09:41:00.004+09:00

So yesterday was Hanami at the castle. For those of you who don't know what Hanami it is a festival that runs through cherry blossom season. Yesterday was the big celebration with Taiko (drumming), Eisa dancing (traditional Okinawa dancing) and Koto (Japanese harp/guitar). All month long there will be picnics under the cherry trees. Most likely I'll go with at least one of my schools and a few times with other Alts. Yesterday's festival was lots of fun and interesting to see once again (saw it when I was here in high school and also last year). Not much else to report. School starts again tomorrow and thats about it.

Nike+ Number One Hundred Twenty-Eight

2008-04-06T09:41:00.001+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Twenty-Seven

2008-04-04T18:05:00.000+09:00

Nike+ Number One Hundred Twenty-Six

2008-04-03T19:17:00.000+09:00