I'm only in Tokyo for the airports. I have never been to Sendai, but have spent lots of time in Japan. Most of my work is in Shizouka and will spend a few days in Hyogo this trip, so I have the country side down! I always recommend Japan as an easy to visit non-English speaking trip to friends and family- too bad it is so expensive!Tokyo Disney without a doubt. Are you going to have a chance to get out of Tokyo at all while you're there? Rural Japan is beautiful! I spent 2 months over there in the Sendai area in college and got to go up to Hirosaki for a cherry blossom festival. Parts of the countryside are just breathtaking.
Tokyo Disneysea was hands down my favorite Disney park globally (Haven't been to Shanghai though). Because you're talking about also doing a race I'm assuming you have 6 morning hours. Unless it's afternoon hours or the race is a Marathon I'd do DisneySea. I would just be cautious that people start arriving well before the park opens.My 'would you rather' is crazy and based on a real decision I need to make.
Would you rather try to find a race to run in Tokyo or go to Tokyo Disney for 6 hours before getting on a plane to come home. My co-workers think both are crazy, I am curious as to what people who love running and love Disney would pick. Also, in either case you would be on your own, no family, friends, and definitely no taking co-workers.
And yes, sight seeing would also be fun and in your answer you can pick that, but not for the 'would you rather' part. {because I have been to Tokyo a lot and seen the sights but no theme parks, and love the Ghibli museum but it is not available for my one day}
And after a couple of days of slightly better air quality where I managed to run (not great air, but at least tolerable)... the haze came back with a vengeance today.
I looked out the window at work and realised I couldn't see the buildings that I can usually see from the window. It looked like there was mist or fog in the air... just that it was smoke rather than mist or fog.
Apparently flights got cancelled again at the tiny airport here. We have a huge international airport which has some sort of guidance system so they are OK, but the tiny airport doesn't have this guidance system so flights apparently can't operate there when visibility is poor.
So once again I couldn't run outdoors today. Though at least I managed to get on a treadmill at the gym, so got a quick run in.
This haze is really derailing my Wine and Dine training plans - was trying to extend the distance of my long runs (currently around 10k but was planning to increase), but don't think that's going to happen as long as the haze keeps up! Doing long runs on the treadmill will be really difficult, firstly due to being bored out of my mind, and secondly because treadmill etiquette means that I shouldn't monopolise the treadmill if someone is waiting for it...
Lighthearted QOTD: Do you have a favorite piece of running gear that you will do whatever it takes to prolong its useful life? What have you done to keep it going?
Sitting here darning a few holes in my running socks (that probably dates me right there) and I was wondering.....
Lighthearted QOTD: Do you have a favorite piece of running gear that you will do whatever it takes to prolong its useful life? What have you done to keep it going?
Disney Sea in a heartbeat! I can run some other days.My 'would you rather' is crazy and based on a real decision I need to make.
Would you rather try to find a race to run in Tokyo or go to Tokyo Disney for 6 hours before getting on a plane to come home. My co-workers think both are crazy, I am curious as to what people who love running and love Disney would pick. Also, in either case you would be on your own, no family, friends, and definitely no taking co-workers.
And yes, sight seeing would also be fun and in your answer you can pick that, but not for the 'would you rather' part. {because I have been to Tokyo a lot and seen the sights but no theme parks, and love the Ghibli museum but it is not available for my one day}
Lighthearted QOTD: Do you have a favorite piece of running gear that you will do whatever it takes to prolong its useful life? What have you done to keep it going?
My 'would you rather' is crazy and based on a real decision I need to make.
Would you rather try to find a race to run in Tokyo or go to Tokyo Disney for 6 hours before getting on a plane to come home. My co-workers think both are crazy, I am curious as to what people who love running and love Disney would pick. Also, in either case you would be on your own, no family, friends, and definitely no taking co-workers.
And yes, sight seeing would also be fun and in your answer you can pick that, but not for the 'would you rather' part. {because I have been to Tokyo a lot and seen the sights but no theme parks, and love the Ghibli museum but it is not available for my one day}
Hi all- new to this group. I have done a ton of Run Disneys in the past incl challenges. I am not good at training- like at all. But I have committed to doing the *GASP* Dopey in Jan. How do you all stay motivated. I moved to Dallas last year and its so hot I have to do treadmill training. How do you all stay on track and motivated! I know there are a gazillion training plans out there so not looking for those- just the how to stay motivated and stick to a plan. Anyone else on the struggebus??
I have gotten to a point in my life where I do not mend much. I do go on ebay about every month to look for a used pair of my favorite (and therefore discontinued) Patagonia winter running tights.Sitting here darning a few holes in my running socks (that probably dates me right there) and I was wondering.....
Lighthearted QOTD: Do you have a favorite piece of running gear that you will do whatever it takes to prolong its useful life? What have you done to keep it going?
The only thing I have at this point that I will rue the day when it wears out is a pair of Adidas 2011 Boston Marathon 3/4 tights. So far they are still going, but some of the trim stitching is falling out. I have already started looking for a suitable replacement.
I am also on team small phone. I bought a back up SE when they were clearancing them out for about 3 days in January. It is hard enough to find women's clothing with functional pockets, a giant phone is not going to help my frustration. Also, the little phones fit in my hand so much better!Can I also say my iPhone SE? I love to run to music but want to be able to change it whenever I want so I hold my phone. I had the iPhone 4 forever and refused to give it up for the newer bigger phones. Now I have the SE which was the same size. It’s dying and cracked but I do not want to have to get a new bigger one or an Apple Watch (verizon guy tried to sell me on that solution).
This sounds incredibly frustrating. I hope the charity website is improved for the future as I do not see much ADA-like activity happening in Japan.When I was still hoping to get into Tokyo I was planning to do a single day at TD before the race. One day for Tokyo Disney, one afternoon to spend time shopping and doing a bunch of fan stuff for non Disney stuff in Tokyo. I would have been flying home Monday so day after wasn't an option for me.
And yeah I just got the rejection thus the 'I was still hoping'. This comes as frustrating for me since 1) the only reason I was in the lottery was someone didn't program the charity website very well and 2) as whatever the heck is going on with me medically seems to be on a slow crawl of a decline with the gait problem becoming more common I'm wondering if there's a way to stop this and how long I have to do Tokyo before I start running into serious problems with their pace due to a lack of disabled program for non chair or visually disabled atheletes. Its already affecting my races (early starts, corral placements, etc.) Heck my Boston attempt isn't through normal means its through their adpative program (fingers crossed for paperwork to go through). I can still keep the pace requirements but as I have no clue where this is going long term I don't know if that will always be true or if theres no way to nullify it out I will have to try and start saving for a racing chair in the long term.
Sorry about going off I just needed to vent for a minute.
Is it easier to get a stationary bike at the gym? @DopeyBadger has recently been translating some of his running into biking for the same purpose of improving fitness and endurance. Although boredom is still a factor!
@dis_or_dat did you get your acceptance? i know you were way under so you got in but was wondering how soon you got your notification. I looked at the BAA website and it sounds like they did have more qualifiers than they have spots, so i am still waiting. I am hoping to hear something by tomorrow, worse case i am thinking by wednesday. I am hoping I don't have to wait through the weekend.
@canglim52 did you get your acceptance?
I was reading on letsrun that the data is suggesting a cutoff between 1-2 min under BQ. Anyone with a "Week 2" application would likely know their acceptance in the middle of next week based on the timeline in the past. They were still approving "Week 1" applications as of yesterday. A lot of assumptions were made to come to these conclusions, so it's far from rock solid.