Full marathon

My D day was over.
I have to tell the truth...........that I was failed to finish 42.195 km.

It was unusually clear day, no clouds at all, the best day to run.
At 9 am, the 16,000 runners started running.
There was the long line to run through the start-gate.
Due to the long line, it took more than 10 minutes for the runners at the end of line to run through the gate.

At the same time, the time-counter (6 hours) to stop closing the road started count down.
They considered nothing that there was the extra time for the runners at the end of line, comparing to the runners at the top of the line.
This means they need to run faster than the runners at the top of line by approximately 10 minutes more.

In addition to the 6 hours at the finish-gate, there were the 5 gates to stop the runners who failed to pass through within a time set by the organizer.

So, I , as a runner at the end of line, was failed to pass through the 3rd gate ( 3 hours 18 minutes was the time you need to pass through within)

The 3rd gate was 30 km away from the start-gate.  My time was 2 minutes longer (3 hours 20 minutes ).
If they subtracted only 10 minutes from my time, I could pass through the gates.

But the result was the result. I don't want to say more.
I hope I could run faster next time.

D day is around the corner.

My D day (the day to run full marathon) is around the corner.
On 24th, November, I am going to run around the lake Kawaguchiko and saiko.
It will be my first full marathon.
Trial run, 41.5 km was 5 hours and 48 minutes.
I need to run faster in order to clear the limit ( 6 hours).
I can not say what will happen to my body but I will do my best !

The season's 18th storm

It is called Man-Yi this time.
The season's 18th typhoon.

The agency issued flood, mudslide and heavy rain and wave warnings for areas along the Pacific coast.

“Please keep yourselves updated on the latest weather information and, if necessary, evacuate before the weather gets really rough,” senior weather forecaster Hiroyuki Uchida said.
(quoted from Japan Times)

Nebuta

Nebuta(1)

Nebuta(2)

Mr.Socks ? Oh, Socksssss.

Nebuta(3)

Tanabata festival

This TED is ... weird !

Oyster

These oysters are for eating raw.

Dragonfly

Golden Flangetail

Scientific name is the Sinictinogomphus clavatus.

Before recently, their habitats used to be the south of Kyushu, Shikoku.

They are now found in Tokyo area due to the green house effect.

Cruel hot summer has begun

The temperature in Kofu city, Yamanashi pref. was 39.2 ℃
Even Tokyo's temperature was 35.2 ℃.
This climate phenomenon seems to be about 2 weeks earlier than typical year.
You need definitely an air conditioner here to avoid heated air outside.

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Full marathon

My new target was set to run a full marathon.
"D day" will be the 11th,November in 2013 !

me,Mt.Fuji and

A rabbit ?

A figure

The famous owner of Chinese noodle (called "RAMEN") restaurant.

Matsuri

Kurayami Matsuri @ FUCHU,Tokyo.

The festival in Tohoku

Tohoku is the northern area in Japan, where the great earth quake occurred in March 11th, 2011.
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Two years have passed since the Great East Japan Earthquake on March 11, 2011. The six big festivals in Tohoku are united. This year, the Tohoku Rokkon Festival which was started for the reconstruction of Tohoku will be held for the third time. This year, it will be held on June 1 and 2 over two days in Fukushima City, Fukushima Prefecture.
In addition to the six big festivals in Tohoku, twelve cities in Fukushima Prefecture have also announced that they will participate this time.

after

after cherry blossom.
Next "GOLDEN week"

Kumotori-yama

Mt.Kumotori,2017 meter in height.
The day when we started climbing was very bad, raining, windy and finally snowstorm came to us.
But next day (April 4th) became clear.
We could see Mt.Fuji at the peak of Mt.Kumotori.

Cherry blossoms

Many people enjoy the blossoms in this season at UENO park.

Airplane track

cool?

Warm season has come

Wow it's warm here!

a Half Marathon

Yesterday, I have completed the half marathon in 2 hours and 11 minutes.
It was very windy and very hard to run against the strong wind.
Strong wind tried several times to have broken my spirit.

When I finished the run, I had pains in the lumbar region.
Possibly, I might need to take a rest for a while to run again.
But it is very good to break through a wall for stepping up to the another stage.
So, I am going to run again when my waist is all right.

PM2.5 is coming

PM2.5 is the fraction of particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter smaller than2.5 μm.
This small size the PM2.5 fraction of particulate matter can penetrate deep into your lungs.
This may cause the lung cancer, lung related diseases.
China is spitting lots of  PM2.5 and it's drifting deep into Japan.

Run Run Run

I run 21 km yesterday.
It was a training RUN.
Time was 2 hours 25 minutes.
Not so bad, I think.
Official RUN will be on the 2nd of March.
I need to run 21 km in 2h 30m.
Because they need to stop the public road for this marathon.
Finger the cross.

Nuclear Weapons

North Korea has carried out it's nuclear test today.
In addition to the previous missile test, North Korea did the third time test (2006,2009).
United Nation could not stop the test as well as China, U.S.A.
Nobody can not stop N Korea without war ?
N Korea has been imposed the layers of sanctions which do not seem to have any impact

Warm season

Warm season is comming.

snow

The first snow in 2013.

The contract for a iPhone

Here is the contract exchanged between a mom and his son.
This is, in my opinion, very good, so I will put the link on my blog.
Regretfully, it might be too late for my daughters but I will introduce this to them, at least hoping that they will understand how their dad loves them.

a bird

I don't know the name of this bird.

photograhers

taking a pictures of a halcyon.

sunset scene

this photo was taken during the night walk with my dog, Mr.Baron.

New Year's scene 2

@Fuchu OKUNITAMA shrine.

A Happy New Year

One of scenes on January1st.