Yesterday Akemi and I ran a little 10K fun run around the Port of Yokohama. It started from Yamashita Park, at the New Grand Hotel (where General MacArthur lived during part of his tenure in post-WWII Japan), circled down around a cluster of big warehouses, and back up again. The weather was overcast, and particularly nippy before the start of the race, but overall it was a really enjoyable run. We followed the run with a light lunch and some Belgium beer at a hip little dog-friendly joint called the Flower Cafe. We haven't been there in over a year and were happy to see that it's still in business. We're looking forward to the Yokosuka Seaside Marathon coming up on 23 November. I'll be running another half marathon that day (20K). Should be a good one because the run goes from Yokosuka City Hall down to Kannonzaki lighthouse, a fairly flat course. Some of the finer points from this past run, and possibly things that you can only see in Japan:
* Guys having a smoke directly before and after the run. Guess the nicotine helps.
* A guy checking his text messages on his cell phone during the actual run.
* A man standing bare-ass naked in the park while he changed out of his running gear!
You gotta love it!! Where else in the world...? Here's a couple photos. The first two are prior to the start of the race, the last two are after the finish.
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