Life has been very hectic lately, and both running and blogging have had to take a back seat as a result. We have had Don, the co-ordinator of the Meguro-Moreno Valley (CA) middle school exchange program, staying with us since last Friday. This is the 18th year of the program. My son Tatsuya was involved 2 years ago. If you read the diary page, it will give an idea of what a wonderful and special program it is, and that is due, in no small part to the herculean efforts of Don. (Actually, Ike, a Nigerian name pronounced i-keh, who wrote the first entry in that diary link, was Tatsuya's home-stay exchange buddy two years ago!)
On top of being preoccupied with that, I have also been busy with work. Still, I have managed to fit in a couple of runs here and there:
Wed 2nd August: Just after the last blog entry. Hit Yoyogi Park for a Wednesday night 10 km workout. The knee showed no signs of problems, but my rear left thigh niggle was happy to have the limelight all to himself again.
Tue 8th August: Up at 5:00 am for 12 km to Komazawa Park. Crazy gaijin running shirtless in Tokyo. With a typhoon bearing down, it was sooo humid, but the temperature was at least a little milder (only 29 degrees) than preceding days (the 30+ temperatures were another reason I found it easy to give up running over the weekend). Even after almost a week off, the leg niggle was right there, loud and clear.
Wed 9th (last night): back into Yoyogi Park. Ran for an hour and 20 minutes. Didn't measure the distance, but probably about 15 km. Leg niggle, uh huh. Now facing a decision whether to just train through it and see what happens, or to quit running for weeks and weeks and pursue treatment. If you have got to know me even a little bit by now, I think you'll know what the decision will be.
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I hope its seek treatment. But I bet its not. Hmmmm.
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