MM#209 / JapanJoyful#803
Tetsujin (2009) - 637.9 miles
1. marathons (21) - 550.2 miles
2. other events (5) - 33.6 miles
3. training (1/1 - 2/13) - 54.1 miles
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2009 PR's
1. most marathons in a year (21)
2. number years at least one marathon (32 years)
3. number years at least one triathlon (31 years)
4. most marathons on same day (2) (10/31/09)
5. reverse marathon PR - 9:15:00 (Hakone Pass - 6/13/09)
6. most money spent on missed marathons - $200 (Seattle R'n'R/:Portland)
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SUMMARY -
January - started the year with a month in Japan reliving running a
round the Imperial Palace 5K circuit during a sojourn in Tokyo in the eighties.
February - two 5K runs in Tokyo and Seattle, respectively from 9:00 am - 9:30 am
on same day after crossing internaitonal dateline on way back.
March (1 marathon) - shuffled through March Dizzy Daze Marathon with nagging knee ache
. . . . .March 14 - St. Pat's Dash (3.8 miles) - barefoot / snow
April - no running until knee ache goes away
May (2 marathons) - time trip to Japan for a slow marathon around Imperial Palace in deference to knee.
June (5 marathons) - still in Japan so enjoy __ more marathons with 100-Marathon Joyful Running Club members
July (4 marathons) - become member of Japan 100-Marathon Joyful Running Club / ___ more marathons
. . . . July 31 - Swedish SummeRun 10K
August (1 marathon) - run three times
. . . . . August 1 - Frank Maier Marathon in Juneau that I used to run with Frank together
..........August 21 - Beaver Lake Triathon run (4.3 miles)
..........August 30 - Fitness for Shoes 10K
September - Super Jock'jn'Jill Half Mary (9/7/09)
October (3 marathon) - two week trip back to Japan = two marathons in Japan
and one in Seattle on same day as the second one was in Japan.
November (1 marathon) - Seattle Marathon
December (5 marathons)
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so much for doctor's advice not to run when doctor doesn't know
that running slowly within any aches is not like running
to the legs but only like running to the heart
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............................................A. Marathons (21) - 550.2 miles
21. Enoshima....................... 12/19/09 (Hiratsuka)...7:43:18..........bf/waraji 20. Getsurei Maranic........... 12/13/09 (Hiratsuka)...6:43:18 barefoot ＋6 sandals 19. 120th Imperial Palace.. 12/12/0..9 (Tokyo)........ 6:40:20 jikatabi 18. 18th ..Akaho Gishi.......... 12/06/09 (Japan)..........6:46:47 waraji straw sandals 17. Osaka Castle....................12/05/09 (Osaka)........6:44:45 geta wood sandals 16. Seattle ............................... 11/29/09 (Seattle).......5:44:48 barefoot 15. Piplani Memorial...............10/31/09 (Seattle).......9:15:00 first trail waraji 14. 114th Imperial Palace......10/31/09 (Tokyo).........5:59:10 waraji 13. 113th Imperial Palace......10/24/09 (Tokyo).........6:06:06 waraji 12. Frank Maier.........................08/01/09 (Juneau)......5:17:42 rubber zori thongs 11. 97th Imperial Palace.........07/18/09 (Tokyo).........5:59:26 Waraji 10. 96th Imperial Palace.........07/11/09 (Tokyo).........5:57:02 Waraji 09. Getsurei Maranic................07/05/09 (Hiratsuka)..6:57:30 waraji 08. 94th Imperial Palace..........06/27/09 (Tokyo)........7:37:19 wooden geta 07. Imperial Palace...................06/20/09 (Tokyo)........6:52:01 cloth tabi socks 06. Hakone Maranic..................06/13/09 (Hakone).....8:23:00 cloth zori thongs 05. Odawara Maranic............... 06/07/09 (Odawara)..8:44:30 cloth zori thongs 04. 90th Imperial Palace..........06/06/09 (Tokyo).........6:44:30 wooden geta/rain 03. 89th Imperial Palace..........05/23/09 (Tokyo).........6:57:35 bf/straw zori thongs 02. 87th Imperial Palace..........05/09/09 (Tokyo).........6:50:20 bf/straw zori thongs 01. Dizzy Daze............................03/28/09 (Seattle)........6:37:00 rubber thongs/rain
.............................................B. OTHER EVENTS - 33.6 miles
March 14 - St. Pat's Dash (3.8 miles barefoot)
July 31 - Swedish SummeRun 10K
August 21 - Beaver Lake Tri Run (4.3 miles - barefoot)
August 29 - Fitness for Shoes 10K (bareoot)
September 7 - Super Jock'n'Jill Half Mary
.............................................C. TRAINING ( 1/1 - 2/13) - 54.2 miles
January - 45 miles here and there during a month in Tokyo
February 6 - run 5K around Imperial Palace in Tokyo from 9:00 am - 9:30am
February 6 - run 5K around Green Lake in Seattle from 9:00 am - 9:30am
February 13 - Alki Beach barefoot run
Merry Christmas.
Oddly enough though, not even the local library’s famed information Lline could identify any Merry Christmas signage in Seattle for background photos this year. Tthey said maybe a professional portrait photographer might have a Merry Christmas backdrop. In the meantime, there were plenty of ‘em commercializing all over Japan this month. Any in any other towns?
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zola completed the NYC marathon in 2:59:53 last year after a 3:10 IN 2007 in South Africa and sugar fizzle at mile 24 in her inaugural marathon in London in 2003.
Just the opposite of an increasing number of runners who do a little training barefoot but race shod, she said in a NYTimes interview that
Did the article you saw in Runner's World say anything about the possible marathon this fall she has also mentioned?
http://newyorkcitymarathon.runnersworld.com/2008/11/zola-budd-runs.html
don't know all the details but Zola Budd was entered in last year's Halloween Pumpkin Push up here last year too. Maybe you can come up sometime.
Pumpkin Push 5K
Seward Park
Seattle, Washington
Ultra-Paul at mile 18 heading for 14 mile ascent up Mt. Spokane in 2007 flanked by butterfly wings and thongs.
It was a DNF for me at mile 30 to get back to Seattle for the next day's Seafair Marathon but just another marathon distance for Ulta-Paul on his way to what-would-have-been 1,000 this fall or so.
shinnen omedetou gozaimasu started the year as in many years past wtih run around the Imperial Palace 5K circuit but a lot slower than before to say nothing of ever thinking of doing it barefoot or in Japanese wooden geta in those days so probably had more fun this time. Got a lot of smiles anyway even from the Palace Guards busy preparing the grounds for the Emporer's annual New Year's greeting to the people. would have been better with a dea though. 3.2 miles (YTD - 3.2 miles) 1/01(BF) - Resolution Run and Lake Washington plunge - 3.2 miles (26:14 - 28:16 / 8:50) January totals . . . Events/Training: (3.2./0) . . . Barefoot/Thongs: (3.2/0) . . . Run/Taper Days: (1/30) YTD - 3.2 miles . . . YTD Events - 3.2 miles . . . YTD Train - 0 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 3.2 miles . . . YTD Thongs - 0 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 1 / 30 FEBRUARY - 12.45 miles (YTD - 15.65 miles) 2/02(AS) - 4 miles 2/03(AS) - 5.25 miles 2/09(BF) - 3.2 miles (Green Lake) February totals . . . Events/Training: (0/12.45 miles . . . Barefoot/Aquasocks: AS - (3.2/9.25 miles) . . . Run/Taper Days: (3/26) YTD -15.65 miles . . . YTD Events - 3.2 miles . . . YTD Train - 12.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 6.4 miles . . . YTD Aquasocks - 9.25 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 4 / 56 MARCH - 85.8 miles (YTD - 101.45 miles) 3/04(T) - 4 miles 3/09(T) - 9 miles (event warm-up) 3/09(BF) - Mercer Island Half Marathon - 13.1 mi (2:38:30 / 12:06) 3/16(BF) - 5 miles (event warm-up) 3/16(BF) - St. Patrick’s Day Dash - 3.6 mi (34:52 / 9:45) 3/22(BF) - 20 miles 3/29(BF) - Green Lake Dizzy Daze 50K - 31.1 miles (7:16:42 / ~14:00) March totals . . . Events/Training: (47.8 / 38) . . . Barefoot/Thongs: (72.8 / 13) . . . Run/Taper Days: (5 / 26) YTD- 101.45 miles . . . YTD Events - 51.0 miles . . . YTD Train - 50.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 79.2 miles . . . YTD Thongs - 22.25 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 9 / 82 APRIL - 55.2 miles (YTD - 156.65 miles) 4/05(BF/T) - Yakima River Canyon Marathon - walk all 26.2 miles as walk test (6:52:45 - 12:30) . . . . Barefoot - 9 miles . . . . Thongs - 17.2 miles 4/13(T) - Mt. Si 50 miler - 29 miles (7:14:00 - 14:58) April Totals . . . Events/Training: (55.2 / 0) . . . Barefoot/Thongs: (9 / 46.2) . . . Run/Taper Days: (2 / 28) YTD - 156.65 miles . . . YTD Events - 106.2 miles . . . YTD Train - 50.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 88.2 miles . . . YTD Thongs - 68.45 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper -Days - 11 / 110 MAY - 91.0 miles (YTD - 247.65 miles) 5/04(BF) - 4 miles (+ 16 miles walking) 5/06(BF) - 1 mile (annual Roger Bannister run) 5/13(BF) - 4 miles 5/17(T) - Redmond Watershed 12 Hour Challenge - 40 miles (12:00:00 - 18:00) 5/31(T) - 20th Century 100K - 42 miles (12:15:00 - 17:30) May Totals . . . Events/Training: (82/9) . . . Barefoot/Thongs: (9/82) . . . Run/Taper Days: (5/26) YTD- 247.65 miles . . . YTD Events - 188.2 miles . . . YTD Train - 59.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 97.2 miles . . . YTD Thongs - 150.45 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 20 / 162 JUNE - 54.3 miles (YTD - 301.95 miles) 6/06(BF) - Fremont 5K Fun Run - 3.1 miles (29:32 - 9:22) (BF) - Green River Marathon - 26.2 miles (5:16:45 - 11:54) . . . Husky Don - Green Lake circuits used by friend to set world longboard record . . . . 15 miles (4:00:00 = 16m/m) 6/22IBF) - west seattle to Dravis Queen Anne Hill - 10 miles (2:00:00 = 13m/m) June totals . . . Events/Training: (29.3/25) . . . Barefoot/Thongs: (54.3/0) . . . Run/Taper Days: (4 / 26) YDT - 301.95 miles . . . YTD Events - 217.5 miles . . . YTD Train - 84.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 151.5 miles . . . YTD Thongs - 150.45 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 20 / 162 JULY - 98.3 miles (YTD - 400.25 miles) 7/6(T) - Rattlesnake Lake marathon - 26.2 miles (6:18:00 - 14:26) 7/12(BF/T) - attempted run to 10 mile trails race but lost on the way - 20 miles . . . . BF 16 miles . . . . T - 4 miles 7/19(BF) - Queen of Queen Anne 3.3. miles (29:30 - 8:57) 7/20(T) - Barefeet Fun Run - 3.1 miles (34:00 - 10:59) 7/20(T) - BBFR warn-up - 12 warm-up / 2 cool-down 7/26(T) - White River 50 mile Endurance Run - 31.7 miles (9:25:00 - 17:50) July totals . . . Events/Training: (64.3/34) . . . Barefoot/Thongs: (19.3/79.0) . . . Run/Taper Days: (5/26) YTD - 400.35 . . . YTD Events - 281.8 miles . . . YTD Train - 118.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 170.8 miles . . . YTD Thongs - 229.45 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper Days- 25 / 188 AUGUST - 30.5 miles (YTD - 430.75 miles) 8/16(BF) - Beaver Lake Super Sprint Triathlon - 4.3 miles (45:10 - 10:31) 8/17(BF) - Light-at-the-end-of-the-Tunnel Marathon - 26.2 miles ( 5:29:00 - 12:34) 8/30 - Midnight Madness Lake Washington Swim - one mile August Totals . . . Events/Training30.5/0) . . . Barefoot/Thongs: (4.3/26.2) . . . Run/Taper Days: (2/29) YTD - 430.85 miles . . . YTD Events - 312.3 miles . . . YTD Train - 118.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 175.1 miles . . . YTD Thongs - 255.65 miles . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 27 / 217 SEPTEMBER - 49.3 miles (YTD - 480.05 miles) 9/1 (BF) - 13.1 miles (Super Jock'n'Jill l Half Marathon) - (2:11:20 - 10:04) <<<(enke)>>> 9/7 (BF) - 9 miles (Alki Beach Pedestrian Day) 9/13 (BF) - 1 mile (Charlie Robbins Memorial Run) 9/28 (BF/T) - 26.2 miles Bellingham Bay Marathon (5:20:59 - 12:15) September Totals . . . Events/Training - 39.3 / 10 . . . Barefoot/Thongs - 38.1 / 15.2 . . . Run/Taper Days - 4/26 YTD - 480.05 miles . . .YTD Events - 351.6 miles . . . YTD Training - 128.45 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 213.2 miles . . . YDT thongs - 266.85 . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 31/243 OCTOBER - 33.6 miles (YTD - 513.65 miles ) 10/5 (BF) - Issaquah 10K Salmon Run) <<<(enke/fanci)>>> - 55:39 / 8:59 10/12 (BF) - eight mile warm-up run 10/12 (BF) - UW Dawg Dash 10K - 56:30 - 9:07 10/25 (BF) - 9.1 mile warm-up from ID 10/25 (BF) - PumpKin Push 5K - 28:16 - 9:08 10/22 (BF) - Butterfly one mile training October Totals . . . Events/Training: 15.5 / 18.1 . . . Barefoot/Thongs: 33.6 / 0 . . . Run/Taper Days: 4 / 27 YTD - 513.55 miles . . .YTD Events - 367.1 miles . . . YTD Training - 146.55 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 246.8 miles . . . YDT thongs - 266.85 . . . YTD Run/Taper Days - 35/279 NOVEMBER - 11/1 (BF) - United We Run NYC Sister City Marathon - canceled 11/19 (BF) - Toys for Tots 5K - canceled 11/23 (BF/Thongs) - 14 miles (7 + 7 over-and-back and up/down California) 11/26 (BF) - Seattle Ghost Marathon -26.2 with ultra-paul/mega-larry/walking monte 11/27 (BF) - Seattle Marathon - DNS due to famkly needses November Totals - . . . Events/Training: 26.2 / 14.0 miles . . . Barefoot/Thongs: 33.2 / 7 miles . . . Run/Taper Days: 2/29 DECEMBER - 9/1 (BF) - Jingle Bell 5K December Totals . . . Events/Training: . . . Barefoot/Thongs: . . . Run/Taper Days: YTD - 553.8 miles . . . YTD Run Days / Taper Days - 37/307 . . .YTD Events - 393.3 miles . . . YTD Training - 160.55 miles . . . YTD Barefoot - 280.0 miles . . . YDT thongs - 273.85
"Enjoy yourself. Your younger days never come again." 100yo T. Igarashi to me in geta at top of Mt. Fuji (8/2/87)
Junior Amphibian
"People ask why I run. I say, 'If you have to ask, you will never understand'. It is something only those select few know. Those who put themselves through pain, but know, deep down, how good it really feels." - Erin Leonard
I have a hard time even imagining that some people would need to run more than 1 marathon a year.
Last month, after returning from an eight-mile run, Tsuyoshi Yoshino heated up a three-inch sewing needle until it turned bright red. Then, he says, he plunged the glowing instrument into the ball of his foot, puncturing a three-inch-long blister.