After hearing how good this was from my wife I’ve now got another subscription service. If only Nippon TV came with English subtitles.

Damn, officially 6 years of running marathons, and 5 years ago doing CBUS for my second race under 3:00. Good memories.

Just did the math and the race day kit cost about $100 less than the air bnb and two flight tickets …

New idea for a race: It’s a marathon, but a 5k marathon.

67 with 80% humidity at 6 am. Doing this almost 2 months ago would have broke me while staying in Kashima. Maybe there is a chance for a half PR and a cool day on a flat course?

Idk if I’m supposed to be able to need gloves in the morning but sun tan outside shirtless in the afternoon in Virginia in October.

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