Tag: running

Running Again

I’m on the train heading back home after running 12.21km south towards Yokohama. I think it’s the furthest I’ve run since the Marathon in February, and the first time I’ve done over 10km since May. It’s extraordinary how out of shape I am. I used to have a really big barrier at 20km – that […]

A new bird feeder

Following on from my last post: having packed my rucksack with Macbook, clothes and shoes for work, water and stuff for my Japanese lesson, I realised it would be daft to try and run like that. Carrying so much weight would not be easy, and would probably leave me with mightily sore shoulders. So, instead, […]

Tom and I run our first 15km

Great day today. It started, in the beautiful autumnal morning sunlight, with Tom and I doing our first ever 15km run. This is a major achievement – I’ve never been a runner, and never would have thought that this year I’d be able to run 9.3 miles non-stop (ok, so I did stop briefly for […]

Join me on my morning jog

As of today, I’m offering Mumblers the opportunity to join me on my morning jog. Yes, you too can come to Komozawa Koen, enjoy the sights of the running track, go faster, go slower, go uphill, go downhill …and all without breaking a sweat. Courtesy of (what else but) the iPhone. Courtesy of this amazing […]

Exchange rates, and Running with technology

What’s going on in the currency markets? It’s absolutely mental! During my Year Abroad, £1 equalled 233yen. Today (45 minutes ago), £1 equals 162yen. I was just doing the sums – my salary here is is worth £7000 more than it would have been worth a year ago (if sent back home). This is great […]

Lap time

Really enjoying this jogging thing. It started out as a weekly Sunday morning meet up with Tom, but now I've found the Olympic park I'm going three times a week. Unfortunately Tom was unable to make it this morning, but I went along in any case and joined the many men, women and children, young […]