LSD in Sayamako

I feel tired when I woke up, but today was the last day of this year I could run.(I'm on the night duty tomorrow.) I decided that my last training menu was LSD and run through my favorite course "Hanakoganei-Tamako-Sayamako"
It was so called "Hashiri-Osame"?


In this year there were too many things that I never expected.
I appreciate all what I was given. And....


I regret a lot of my failure and many things that I did on my way.
Very sorry and please go aroud with me in the next year too.

Today's　training: 38km LSD
Monthly mileage for December 150km

ski

I woke up at 4:00 and went skiing with my staff to Kandatu where we can do Sunrise skiing. From 7:00 to 11:30 we skied very hardly so I had some muscle pain in both thighs.

Now I am writing New Year's Greetings. It takes much time...getting sleepy...

Today's　training: ski & 6km jog
Monthly mileage for December 112km

runner

At last I could "run" again, not jog.
When I was running as a kind of pace run,one runner talked to me while waiting a signal to change. Of course we have never spoken with each other, but have seen many times while running. He was belonged to Tama Racing Circle.

Today's　training: 15km run
Monthly mileage for December 106km

got drunk

In yesterday's farewell party we drunk much of beer and wine, I was still sick today. I promise again I'll not drink a few days?


Yesterday's　training: 8km jog
Monthly mileage for December 91km

Rehabilitation is going

I decided to run as LSD but couldn't run more than 16km.
My body is still heavier and stamina is weaker than before so it's necessary to get rehabilitation. (And there was a muscle pain of yesterday's skiing.)

Christmas Eve with Santa Rabbit

Today's training: 16km jogging
Monthly mileage for December: 83km

ski

We(my older daughter and I) went skiing for the first time in this year.Although it was raining in the morning, it was getting fine at noon. This year there is much snow than last year,so we can enjoy skiing much more in this year.



After going skiing, I let the hematoma punctured so the tension of the skin got much looser.

Today's training: skiing?

clean up

Soon New Year's Eve will come. Today is "the clean up day".
Although a house cleaning is one of the tiresome thing but if we regard it as a kind of training, it become a pleasant work.

Today's training: 6km run and house cleaning!
Monthly mileage for December: 67km

Yes! I run today!

I was very thanksful that I could run.
But, I felt me heavier than I used to be. My body has changed.
Weight: 54kg →58kg
Waist : 70cm →78cm
I'm afraid it will take a long time to be able to run as before.

Today's training: 10km jog
Monthly mileage for December 61km

blue sky and blue hip

Maybe I'm a champion of the most bluish hip in Japan!
It was fine today and the blue sky tempted me to run. The time has come when I could run again!!!

my memorial shot(sorry again for ugly photo)

Today's training: 6km jog(almost walking)

ganbattenai-papa

I was off for 9days. I'm afraid I can't run for more few days. My subcutaneous hemorrhage is descending and now reached to the right thigh. Pain is getting better but still here and there.]
Anyway I have to make a lecture about Triage on this Friday and have not yet finished the preparation. So in either case I have no time to run.

One point lecture" triage"
Triage is the process of rapidly and accurately evaluating patients to determine the extent of their injuries and the appropriate level of medical care required.
Priority is placed on providing care to victims most likely to survive; victims with such severe injuries that they are unlikely to survive are given low priority because they consume a disproportionate share of resources.
The most popular method is START(Simple Triage and Rapid Treatment).
START is an assessment of ambulation, respiration, perfusion, and mental status in a stepwise fashion to determine which victims require immediate transport for definitive care. START is easy to apply and designed for mass casualty incidents when time for comprehensive evaluation is nonexistent.

The system uses color-coded tags to identify patients and to designate their triage category: black is dead, red is critical, yellow is serious, green is not serious.


Anyway I want to run again.....

reading

I couldn't begin to run. Maybe it takes about 10 days to run again.
In spite of running,I read a book"博士の愛した数式". It was a one of best seller books and a few yeas ago a movie was made. It's worth reading it and I will try to see the movie.

Hematoma

From today I began to be able to work. I have to apologize to my hospital staffs. Very sorry for my making a mess....
My condition was getting better and better but on the other hand the hematoma on my back was getting bigger and bigger.

sorry for unpleasant photo

"Off" day continues.

ADL almost full

I was absent from job for two days. Because I was getting better and could walk around, my motive for running come out again. I have just applied to the Asahi Sakura Kenko Marathon(42.195km) held on 30th March. My target for this race is "sub three" to finish the race within three hours! But, I wonder when I'll be able to run again....

Off course, off

I'm in my house all day long. With self examination,reflecting on my past conduct.

But,.....I can't give up mountaineering race.

Mitake-san trail run: 15km
monthly mileage for December 45m

Mitake-san Trail run, got injured...

Recently trail run has become popular and there was over 900 entries to this race.

And this race in the last year was the first mountaineering race that I participated. I wanted to see the different "me" from that of last year.
As soon as the start I paced up,and kept high pace. Most of the first half is upslope, and then we dashed the latter downslope. To tell the truth, I had been getting much more confidence in downslope in comparison to last year. I paced up more and passed a few runners!!
In the steep downslope a root of a tree caught my foot, and fell down(just like "dive into the bottom world"). I was hit upper the right edge of pelvis. For a while I couldn't move from there,but shortly I could begin to walk and then jog slowly. Many runners passed me and saying " You fell down? Are you alright?" and I replied "I'm fine,thank you" but in my heart I shouted "never alright,couldn't regret more...butu-butu-butu-butu".I wonder whether I should continue the race or not, but there may be last 3km left so I kept running(jogging) and could reach the goal.

A tragedy came after that. My back pain got worse and worse. The pain was like that of burn or something like electric. Maybe the hematoma became bigger and the mass compressed the nerve. Finally, from the cable car station I couldn't walk any more(couldn't keep standing). The station staff carried me on his back and took me into my car. My wife drove the car and took me to my hospital. No fracture, and great hematoma on my right back. I was laughingstock in my hospital. I learned a new thing. A bruise can make a terrible pain derived from acute nerve compression and skin expansion.


great appreciation to my wife,my daughters,station staffs and hospital staffs.

Mitake-san Trail run, everything is ready!!

Yesterday Mitake-san trail run was held. It was only 15km, so-called a splint mountaineering race. My cold had got well and according the weather forecast it'll be very fine. Best situation for the race (except my short of training...).
After taking the Mitake cable car, we stayed Kuraya.

Although it rained and hailed much the previous night instead of the forecast, I could see the wonderful red sky, a mourning glow while mourning walking.

I will attend the Mitake-San mountaineering race tomorrow and from now go to Mitake and stay there tonight. It'll be fine tomorrow so the race will be pleasant and refreshing.

Running is better than Resting to make your condition good

I have been feeling a little bad in these days. I wonder the bad feeling come from being absent from running for several days rather than having a cold. So I started to run from today.

Today's training: 8km jog&run(6km race pace)
monthly mileage for December 30km

Amazake

Recently I can see ice needles on my way to the hospital. In such a cold day Amazake is the best drink to make yourself warm. You should choose non-sugar Amazake and take much of clustered ginger into it.


Today's training: off .....I have to change myself by tomorrow...

Cold again

Cold is rampant in these days. One of our staffs was absent from job and I felt a little chilly today. I'm afraid I had caught a cold again, but I will deny such a situation. On this month I never catch a cold, never......

Christmas in the restroom of my house

Christmas is coming soon

Christmas is coming soon. This year I can avoid a night duty on Christmas and Eve so I will be able to be a Santa crows!


we decorated our house for Christmas.

Today's training: 14km jog&run(8km in the morning and 6km at night)
monthly mileage for December 24km

The Last month of 2007

At last month my cold hadn't got well clearly. It was a kind of "a chronic cold"? So this month I will care of my health much more, to put it concretely, not to wear too may clothes, to have enough gargle, to keep warm after running and so on.

Christmas season has already come to Shinjyuku.

The illumination was fantastic but it was too crowded.

Today's training: 10km run(in latter part I did some interval training.)
monthly mileage for December 10km

winter→snow→ski

They said it snowed much last day and it's enough to ski. The season for ski has come!! But don't forget to run.


Today's training: 15km jog
monthly mileage for November 191.5km

When to run

After long interval I could run and jog. I was absent from running for SIX days!!
And more tomorrow is my night duty day and on the day after tomorrow there'll be a farewell party , that is, I'll not able to have an enough time to run for next two days. Mmmmmm...




Today's training: 15km jog
monthly mileage for November 176.5km

Off,off,off and off....

I was on night duty yesterday and today awful drowsiness took me into the bed. So off and off.... Moreover I'll go for a drink tomorrow and attend a small congress the day after tomorrow. So it'll be off, off, off and off!! I have to avoid such a situation by all means. Get up early next morning and run, if could be.....

The first step

We my family enjoyed hiking around Tominnomori in Hinohara-mura.This was the first step for my daughters to begin moutaineering... It was a little late for the red and yellow autumn leaves but we could see icicles in the river and many frost flowers.
So we could experience both autumn and winter scenery.


The pass was steeper than I thought.

One of icicles in the river

dried persimmons Look very sweet but we couldn't eat them
This Dango is the reward for us who kept it up.

good couple day

It is extremely cold. And there is another reason not to run?????
My wife went for a drink with her friends(a year-end party), so my daughters and I ate out.
By the way, in Japan, today is the day for good married couple. (you can read 11-22 as "i-i-hu-hu"). I deeply appreciate all what my wife and daughters give me.

Today's training: off

Cold day

I was hit by cold wind completely and ran back home.
The important thing is to believe that tomorrow'll make me change,...perhaps...

Today's training: 6km slow jog
monthly mileage for November 161.5km

Everytime beer

Recently it's too cold to drink nice beer after running. But I will still run tomorrow to enjoy beer!

Today's training: 21.5km run( lost speed on the latter half)
monthly mileage for November 155.5km

Happy birthday

Today is my younger daughter's birthday.(but it's busy today so we held the birthday party last Saturday.) Her present was Korirakkuma?


Last night it was a little hard because a Pt of Lithium poisoning came in 1:00 am and we had to care her till morning (include hemodialysis). I fell asleep just after coming home. So I couldn't make an enough time to run.


Today's training: 8km run
monthly mileage for November 134km


Today's one point emergency medicine(from today I'll begin one point lecture of ER!!)
" Lithium poisoning"
Lithium carbonate is an effective drug in the treatment of manic depressive illness. However, it may induce multisystem dysfunction which, if not recognized, may be fatal. Findings that may be observed include neuromuscular disorder, seizures,coma and so on. Many text book tell that the plasma lithium concentration is a good parameter of clinical course and treatment,but in most hospitals like us they can't get the result of the plasma concentration timely. So we have to decide how to treat it in terms of clinical presentation.The most difficult point is to decide whether to do Hemodialysis or not. Lithium is the most dialyzable toxin known.

Mitake-san Trail running

It was a little chilly but fine and good for trail.
Jumping into the 6:11 train and began to run from Musashiitukaichi station to Mitake San and enjoy the autumn scenery around the Mitake-San and then returned to Musashiitukaichi again.


They said leaves didn't turn red beautifully in this year.

The water of the waterfall was very cold!!!
Off course I didn't jump into the waterfall.



Oshiruko made in Mitake-san. Sweet gave me the power to run back to the Musashiitukaichi.

Today's training: 30km trail run
monthly mileage for November 126km

Bad day or Good day?

Cold wind took my running motivation, but it was also the best situation to try my new windbreaker!!!


Yesterday a twenty seventh years old young man fell down with ventricular fibrillation "Vf" while playing football with his friends at a gymnasium. Immediately one of his friends started CPR and the other brought an AED and delivered shock two times and got the recovery of spontaneous circulation.
Soon after the emergency medical service "EMS" arrived and dispatched him to our hospital. while dispatch, he fell down several times and was delivered three times shock by EMS.
Finally his cardiac rhythm was Vf on arrival,so we continued to deliver DC (total was four times) and give several drugs for arrhythmia. At last we got his stability and he had no neurological deficit!!!
We could talk with him about his friends ,fiance and so on.
Great by standers, great EMS staffs and great our ER team!!? It was a GOOD day!

Today's training: 15km slow jog
Monthly mileage for November: 96km

New shoes!

I bought two running shoes last Tuesday as training ones those had soft soles but weight a little heavily. Both were Asics(I forgot the name..GelXXXX?) and not so bad,but I thought Mizuno "Wave Rider" was the one of the best shoes for training.
Why not bought Mizuno? Because I like Asics "Gel Fuji" and to tell the truth I chose the cheaper ones...I regret a little...
Today I'm on night duty so could run only in the morning.

Today's training: 8km jog in the morning
Monthly mileage for November: 81km

Off

My condition is so good but had no time to run today. I'm afraid I can't achive my monthly target mileage "300km" . But it's important to take a rest for tomorrow!?

Today's training: off

Next target

I have only a slight cough so I could recover perfectly. Instead of me, my wife had had a terrible cold from Monday.....
Anyway my condition is very good so I can think about my next target.Next race is Mitakesan mountaineering race on 9tn December but it's very short race(15km) so I decide that my next target is a full marathon on March.

The Artsports which is a sports shop where there are many trail run goods present free photos of Hasetune Cup. This was a one of those I could get.

the moment of my goal

Today's training: 15km run
Monthly mileage for November: 73km

Off

I'm on night duty today. And I couldn't get up early so today is off.

Today's training: off

Shichi-go-san,七五三

Next December my older daughter will be seven years old so we held Shichi-go-san today. From early in the morning we went to a barber to make her hair style match a Kimono,then went to the shop to make her wear a Kimono,to take photos and went to Tanashi-shrine. Finally we(include grandparents)had late lunch at a restaurant. It was a long day...

Shichi-go-san is a Japanese traditional festival to celebrate the growth of children. Boys of five, girls of seven and three-year-old boys and girls will be taken to a shrine by their parents in order to give thanks to God for His help.　




By the way I could recover from my cold.So from today I restarted my training.

Today's training: 10km very slow jog
Monthly mileage for November: 58km

Ekiden

Today ekiden carnival was held in Syouwakinenn-Koen in Tachikawa.
Terrible to say it was rainy and cold today and still more my cold was bad ,especially I was coughing violently. So I took a cough medicine(Codeine phosphate) which was very effective.Barely I run 10km but I have to reflect my health care.mmmmmm. Anyway we drunk supreme beer after race.Off course just running is interesting but relay is more interesting because it makes a sense of solidarity.

from left first - second - third - the anchor

Today's training: 10km race
Monthly mileage for November: 48km

the bad day II

I was absent from work too. I regretted my carelessness and looseness about my health. Anyway, taking a rest is a necessary step to go ahead now.

taking a nap is one of essential steps

the bad day

My cold has been getting worse and I was in the bed all day along today.


Today'training: off

sore throat

I had a sore throat. It's time to take a rest.

Today's training: off

sports meeting

Today the sports meeting was held . It was held for the members of Gakudo-clubs in Kodaira-shi. Gakudo-clubs are the system of primary schools to look after students after school whose parents have works. So tired that I couldn't run at all.

running : The time will come to run together??

Pan-Kui race(Getting Bread Race?)

Today's training: Off

Desert

These are today's desert.Both are gifts from my friends.Very nice so check it.

Mt Kumotori and Mt Fuji

I woke up at 4:00 am and went to Okutama. The bus was full of hikers and most of them were the 50's or 60's(?). Their power was admirable! I climbed up Mt Kumotori at first where we could see the marvelous Mt Fuji, then run along the mountain ridges. It was a good season to see the autumn scenery, such as colorful fallen leaves. Finally today's goal was Moeginoyu(Onsen).

world above the clouds

Mt Kumotori (highest in Tokyo) and Mt Fuji(highest in Japan) Can you see Mt Fuji?

Mt Fuji again.... I declare that I'll challenge the Mt Fuji climbing race next year again.

trail running in the autumn breeze

Today's training: 30km trail running

Kumotori

I took a rest today to prepare for tomorrow's trail run??
I will climb Kumotori-Yama for the first time. It's the highest mountain in Tokyo and about 2000m height but it's so popular that even older hikers can climb safely. So I'm sure I can trail-run swiftly.

Today's training: off

Last 8 days to Ekiden

I will participate Ekiden(relay) on 10th November with my hospital staffs. I will run the 10km part.It's the first part. So I have to change my body from as a long distance runner to a short one.

I want to climb up this moutain!!

Today's training: 8km run( something like build up)
Monthly mileage for November: 8km

It took two days to sober up fully... Today I'm in the hospital all over the night on job.

Today's training: off

get drunk

In yesterday's farewell party we drunk much of beer and wine, I was still sick today. I couldn't run at all today. In the evening I had sobered up at last. I promise I'll not drink a few days.


Today's training: off

A farewell party

Tonight a farewell party'll be held.One of our ICU staff will resign his post and will work in another hospital.

Today's training: 15km slow jog

Disney Sea

I'm on night duty today. I'll write about our journey to the Disney (stormy) Sea tomorrow.

Yesterday's training: walking all the day(in the Disney Sea)
Today's training: Off(28th)

Saturday 27 October
I went to the Disney Sea with my older daughter as a hospital journey. From in the mourning it was raining and about at noon it began to rain cats and dogs,stormy day! So it was so empty that we could enter the most of amusements without waiting.
We could enjoy fully from 8:00am to 8:00pm.

Tomorrow I'll go to the Disney Sea with my older daughter.I'm afraid it'll rain, but we'll prepare for the cold rainy day perfectly and surely enjoy fully all day long. From now I'll check it on from Internets and decide where to go and see.

Today's training: 2km walk & jog in the morning(it began to rain on my way)
10km run 　in the evening in the rain

A wedding anniversary

Yesterday was our wedding anniversary, but I was in the hospital on the job. So today is the substitute day.

have been married for nine years

Today's training: jog & run 15km

Off

I'm on night duty today and will work till tomorrow afternoon.

one of a little autumn on the Green Road


Today' training: off

autumn on the Green Road

Till I had finished the presentation and the race, I put off many things. So in this week I have a lot of things to do. Some are tiresome and boring, but I think I had changed a little after the race and I can do everything positively??

Green Road: my running course

total distance is 10km and then you can reach Tama-ko, around that there is also 12km course.

Today's training: 6km slow jog in the mourning

muscle pain

As I thought I had muscle pain here and there. For a few days I will heal my body.

On today's newspaper they reported the accident.We trail runners all regret it, and have to remember when we run around the mountains.

Today' training: 6km walking

accident

I knew the news from internet that 40 years old male runner slipped the valley wall and died at the 45km point near Gozen-Yama.
I pray for the repose of his soul as one companion of runners.
And we have to think about security of trail running ourselves again.

today's training: 8km walking

Japan Moutaineering Race “Hasetune Cup”

I finished the race!!! And felt great satisfaction
The time: 10:14
Finished the race in 51st.(more than 2300 runners entried and 2003 runners started)


Here is my race report.

We could see the blue sky and feel comfortable if we don’t run! It was too fine and the temparture was 24℃. To meet the situation, I took 2.75L of drink and consequently my bag weighed 4.7kg.
The strategy of this time was that in the first half I drink enough and save my stamina and run faster after my bag gets lighter.
The cource condition was not so good because of the yesterday’s rain. It was muddy, foggy and easy to slip. (I slipped and fell more than five times.)
But actually my condition was very good and I realized it after I passed the first chek point(22.6km).
Soon after I passed the first check point, it was getting dark so I put my lamp on. Till the middle stage there were some runner in front and behind me, but between the last 30km, there were few runner around me and it was complete dark. While running, I could find the small light ahead and it came nearer and neaer and then I passed by him. After that the dark came again.
Although I lost the way once,I passed by many runner in the latter half and could finished with a smiling face.
Surely I will be back in the next year! It was one of the best experience that I have ever had.

A photo before start.