Snow board?

I always ski when I go to ski alone. But today I enjoyed snow board.
I got many hits at my head, arms, knees and hip.

Kagura Mitumata ski park, where we could see the spectacle veiw.

A little tired

After night duty I fel asleep and missed to go to mountain....

Today's training: 16km run (including 1km splint X 2)
monthly mileage for March 72km(target 250km)

Goood morning!

I ran in the morning after a long long interval! I did it! I have changed!?
Tomorrow,of course, I will ?

Today's training: 8km jog in the morning & 18km jog at night
monthly mileage for March 56km(target 250km)

Keep running

Of course I like running, but sometimes I'm too tired to run.
When I am tired, Whether to run or not ?
I know that I can feel better after running even if I were very tired.
Keep running and I can find the way I should go!

Today's training: 24km run
monthly mileage for March 30km(target 250km)

Today's training: 6km run
monthly mileage for March 6km(target 250km)

３月１日

It's the beginning of the March. I want to spentd today more precious!
I want to spentd this month more precious too.

a calendar made by Yuki.

today's training: none...
monthly mileage for March 250km

Heavy body

I felt myself very heavy and couldn't run. So just jogged almost same as walk.

Today's training 21km jog
monthly mileage for February 242km (target 200km)

Ski in Blanshe Takayama (Shirakaba-ko)

I went to ski at Blanshe Takayama in Nagano Pre.
There is a mogle course and irregular 凸凹slope. I tried to attack it many times(almost all times) but I couldn't make it enough...
I have to come back!


On driving through the Chuou Highway, we can see beautiful 八ヶ岳.

spectacle veiw from the top
Today's training ski & 13km jog
monthly mileage for February 221km (target 200km

LSD

For ultra marathon runner it's very important to run for a long time as LSD.
But it takes much time. I want to do it at least once a week. I have to
find a time to do it.

Today's training 31km LSD
monthly mileage for February 208km (target 200km)

I'm afraid

I'm afraid that I can't run the next full marathon within
3hours. It's clear that I'm short of training.
But in winter I want to ski...so .... anyway I will do my best.

Today's training 16km jog
monthly mileage for February 177km (target 200km)

Can't

I have to do speed training to prepare for the next full marathon.
But I hate it... I ran slowly today too... I will do it when it will be warmer....


Today's training 20km jog
monthly mileage for February 151km (target 200km)

Ski in Tanbara

My daughter and I got up 4:30 am and went to ski!
It's excellent fine and rather warm like spring.
I enjoyed skiing. And father more I' m very glad that she also enjoyed it very much.


We could enjoy the scenery too.

There was a treasure hunting! She got the ..... bottom prize...

Today's training ski & 10km jog
monthly mileage for February 131km (target 200km)

New comer

A new sofa and a round table have come to my house!
It's not so big and suitable for me to take a nap!


The battle has started to get the position!
Today's training 16km run & 5km jog
monthly mileage for February 121km (target 200km)

Long surgery

I don't want to say I'm tired or exhausted.
But today I was dead tired because there was a long surgery(10 hours) yesterday and a night duty continued to it...
Now I could make myself refreshed after taking a nap!
Tomorrow I will run in the mourning???

Yesterday's training 7km jog
Today's training 10km jog
monthly mileage for February 100km (target 200km)

Muscle pain

There are many kinds of sport tights like what have function of taping(ligaments).
I bought "Skins" the other day , which get rid of muscle pain by phased pressure.
Surely it is very effective to relieve my fatigue.
But this time I have much muscle pain though I wore it....

Today's training 10km jog
monthly mileage for February 83km (target 200km)

course of Hasetune 30km

We ran the course of Hasetune 30km.
It isn't a pleasant couse because there are many parts of road.
Especially the first half consists of mostly road!!


We could see white Mt.Fuji from 刈寄山.

Wada pass where the trail from Mt.Jimba and that from Mt.Daigomaru meet.

Today's training 30km(Hasetune 30k course)& 5km jog
monthly mileage for February 73km (target 200km

slow Saturday

There was a extracuriccular activities of science at the school .
Nowadays children don't like science, so called "理科離れ" .
It is important that we let children to take an interest of scinence.



We made this game. It was called an irritable hand game.

Today's training 6km jog & 8km run
monthly mileage for February 38km (target 200km)

But

I could have a good time but no time to run....
I will run even if a very short distance as much as I can.

Today's training 6km jog
monthly mileage for February 24km (target 200km)

Setubun Mame-maki

morning run?

Today's training 3km jog
monthly mileage for February 18km (target 200km)

A new month has beggun

I want to be a good skier on 凸凹 slope. I want to ski much more than in last year. But I want to run much, at least 200km in a month....
I will make time to ski and run as much as possible.

Yesterday' s tranining 5km jog
Today's training 10km jog
monthly mileage for February 15km (target 200km)

Ski in Yuzawa

In Tokyo it rained very hard. I though that although it was raining so hard in Tokyo it would be snowing in Niigata. But it also rained in Niigata!! The warming planet is very important and emergent problem!

runnig in the rain

There is always something good in hard time, like today!

Today's training 22km jog
monthly mileage for January 177km (target 250km→150k)

feel heavy

I'm not in good condition. I feel my body heavy.
There are many reasons. I have to overcome one after another.

Today's training 15km jog
monthly mileage for January 150km (target 250km→150km)

Ski in Oze

I went to ski with a husband of my friend.
He is a very good skier so I got many lectures! I could got a new image! perhaps....

Today's training ski & 8km jog
monthly mileage for January 135km (target 250km→150km)

Hasetune 30km

I entered for Hasetune 30km(mountaineering race).To make the entry for the Japan mountaineering (so called Hasetune cup), we had better enter this race.
Many runner have already made entries and it will be full soon!
The trail course seems to be easier than the Hasetune cup. The race will be held on 19th April, so I have much time to run.

Run run run

Or jog jog jog!
To keep running means to keep going ahead.
Today I will run for tomorrow.

Yesterday's training 8km run(pace run)
Today's training 15km jog
monthly mileage for January 127km (target 250km→150km)

fun run

Sometimes I forget that I run for my health, refresh and fun.
Of course I want to run as fast as possible and want to get the better ranking.
But don't forget to run for myself(my body and soul).

Today's training 21km run & 2km jog
monthly mileage for January 104km (target 250km→150km)

Runnig in the ordinary life

Yesterday I went to work alone(It was Saturday ). I wore for running and ran to the hospital. It was too short from my house to the hospital so I went seven kilometers out of my way.
And today I also went 13km out of my way too.
We call this "通勤ラン". We can make good use of our time.

Yesterday's training 7km jog
Today's training 13km jog
monthly mileage for January 81km (target 250km→150km)

short of training!!!

After a new year has come, I have not run much....
I have to change my monthly target....from 250km to 150km....
Of course I think winter is the season for ski not for running.... But it's too short of training. I have to change myself.

Yesterday's training 6km run
Today's training 21km run & 2km
monthly mileage for January 61km (target 250km→150km)

Family ski

We went to ski with grandparents from 10 to 12.
The first day it snowed very much but the second and third days it was so fine that children could play as much as they were satisfied.

But there was a big traffic jam on the way home, so I was sleepy...

First trail in 2009

I could finish the night duty by noon so I went out for trail!
Today's course was from Musashi-itukaichi to Mitake station.
I had a plan to go to Mt Otake, but I had to give up the plan because it was so late.
I could reflesh my spirit!

There were few people in the trail on weekday.

The only person in the rock garden

Today's training 20km trail
monthly mileage for January 32km (target 250km)

A Happy New Year

Although it is already 4th January....

2&3 January
After night duty we went to Yatugatake where there was a cottage of my superior's.
We enjoyed ski and drinking much beer!

My daughers enjoyed sledges very much.

This was the first time my smaller daughter skied!

4 January
I went skiing in the morning again and played with daughters in the afternoon.
I didn't run at all in this year but maybe I had trained much???



Today' s training ski?
Monthly mileage for January(this month target 200km)

My target of this year
1.At least two times trail monthly
2.Finish within 10hours in the Japan mountaineering race
3.Finish a full marathon within 3 hours
4.to be continued....
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

Last trail in 2008

To tell the truth, I was lazy in trail run in this year partly because I couldn’t participate in the Japan mountaineering race(Hasetune race).
I swear, promise that I will run the mountains as much as possible in 2009 and will enjoy mountaineering races ( have a afford to enjoy races).

In this year I had many events and had a nice time. I appreciate all persons that I had met and all the events that I could have. Thanks for nice year!

Can you see the buildings in Shinjyuku?
today's training: 28km trail run!
monthly mileage for December 203km(target 200km)

today's training: 10km run
monthly mileage for December 175km(target 200km)

Yeees!!

I went to run trails after a very very long interval except the Mitake trail race.
I could enjoy fully the trails where there were many slopes, trees, fresh air and so on.
I will come back soon! Go to mountains!!

At Mt.Hinode where we could see Tokyo(for example Buildings in Shinjyuku )

We enjoyed the delicious oshiruko. And then she gave us her signature!

today's training: 25km trail run & 6km walk
monthly mileage for December 165km(target 200km)

Merry.....

today's training: 21km run
monthly mileage for December 134km(target 200km)

Eve

My parents came from Mie Pref. and we went to the restaurant together.
Tonight Santacrows will come, so we have to go home early to fall asleep before he comes!!

The cook of the restaurant said that he was in the freest Eve that he has ever experienced.



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Happy birthday!

My daughter is eight years old today.
And the Tokyo tower is 50 years old today!
We held a small party at home and went out to see the Tokyo tower!

This is the birthday present. "Roller blades"





We drove into the midtown. In the Tokyo Midtown there was many spectacle illuminations, but too crowded...



A pretty animal had come!


Then we went to the Tokyo tower where there were as many people as in the Tokyo Midtown.

today's training: 6km run(25;35)
monthly mileage for December 113km(target 200km)

When?

I ask myself when I will run in the mountain????
Of course I like trailrun but I have not been runnnint in the mountain for a long time except last week trailrun race.
I want to go mountains. I will go tomorrow!


today's training: 8km run
monthly mileage for December 107km(target 200km)

.......

I have been in a bad condition for a long time....
cold, cough, diarrhea.... I have to change myself... as soon as possible....

today's training: 8km run
monthly mileage for December 99km(target 200km)

Muscle pain

I have muscle pain in both legs. I was sorry that muscle pain came out from only 15km running. That's because of the extremely short of training.
I have to start from ZERO.
Firstly I will start the morning run!!!!???

today's training: 6km run
monthly mileage for December 91km(target 200km)

Mt.Mitake trailrun race

We stayed in Mt.Mitake last night. In hotel(民宿)　it was very cold but they served very nice dishes and we enjoyed them very much.
When I woke up in the morning, it rained very hard and I fell down so deeply. Soonerly the rain changed to snow that was the first time in Mitake.
The trail was in the worst condition and many runners slipped and fell down. Last year, I got severe injury in this race so I took much care for my steps.


I like winter because I can see snow!

The two animals ran and ran in the snow!


This was the last race of this year. Thanks for everyone.

today's training: 15km trailrun race & 6km jog
monthly mileage for December 85km(target 200km)

What I have to do

Is to keep doing my best everyday. But I am not a tough, so I will do at least half of my best everyday?
Anyway I will make the most of each days.


This weekend I will run the trail after a very long interval.

today's training: 4km jog & 4km run
monthly mileage for December 64km(target 200km)

stiff body....

Winter will come soon. The colder it becomes, the more I will have to do strech.


Beautiful fallen leaves. But I don't want to be a fallen leave!

today's training: 21km jog
monthly mileage for December 58km(target 200km)

drink again

8 December

I drank with my friends of the university.

today's training: 15km run

9 December

I feel my body very heavy and stiff... I have to make myself in the good condition by this weekend.


Let's go ahead!!


today's training: 10km run in the rain


monthly mileage for December 37km(target 200km)

A year end party

We held a year end party last day. There were about eighty and we had a very amusing time. I drank much of alchol, too much.....
In this morning severe headche and scareful nausea hit me and I couldn't get out of the bed till the afternoon.
But!! It was so fine today. My condition had been getting better and better, and I could go out for a walk with my daughters and then jogged.


A vegetable shop along the green road


We could enjoy the late autumn surrounded by reds and yellows.
today's training: 6km walk & 6km jog
monthly mileage for December 12km(target 200km)

rehabilitation

I got a lot of damage from Tukuba marathon. But I have been getting well against my cold and the pain in my legs have also been distinguishing.
I will walk tomorrow in the morning! If I could get up early.......

Tukuba marathon

I couldn't run from 22nd this month because of bad cold.
I wonder wether I should run this race or not. I had a plan to drink with my colleague after the race, so I decided to run!
The result was////////// Buut I could gain confidence because I didn't give up on the way and I didn't walk although the speed was like walking....
I will run the next full marathon till I can finish it within 3 hours.

today's training:42.195km race
monthly mileage for Novenber 207km(target 300km)

Cold....

I have a sore throat and headache.
I have been having a slight cold for a long time but in this time I'm getting worse. I have to get rid of it by next weekend when Tsukuba marathon will be held.

today's training:6km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 165km(target 300km)

Reflesh!

I'm very sleepy because of the last night duty.
But It is very fine today, so fine and I could let me refleshed.


today's training:8km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 159km(target 300km)

Happy Birthday!

From the morning my daughter was very excited and jumping all the time!
We parents have caught a cold so we were depressed. But she was so vigorous,cheerfull and in high-spirit!! We got so much energy from her.


Five candles for five years old.
today's training:6km run & 2km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 151km(target 300km)

That's it!

My next target is Tukuba marathon which will be held on 30th this month.
I hope I can finish the race within three hours.
There are only less than two weeks, so I have to prepare for it.
But I feel my body heavy.....

This is what I have been looking for.
today's training:21km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 143km(target 300km)

ordinary day

It was rainy and cool . Maybe good for running.
But I had to go for shopping to buy a present for my daughter's birthday.
She wants a Kuromi doll that I can't find in my near stores.
Finally I could find it in Ikebukuro!!

today's training:10km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 122km(target 300km)

happening

The main personal computer in my house was out of order!
There were many data(photos & music) in it.
When I took it to the shop, they said it might be impossible to recover it...
It will take one week to know whether or not.

today's training:6km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 112km(target 300km)

Petit trailrun

It was very fine and warm. The best day for LSD(long slow distance).
And I could be off from the night duty earlier than usual.
I ran around the Tamako and Sayamako. I couldn't enjoy the autumn scenery than I had expected but I could find a few beautiful red leaves.

I hope I can enjoy the red and yellow leaves this year much more than last year!!

Anyway I want to go Moutains .I want much steep hills!

today's training:33km jog(road & trail)
monthly mileage for Novenber 106km(target 300km)

Trail runner?

Nowadays I haven't gone for trailrun for a very long time... I'm very sad...
Of course I'm eager to go, but I have something to do on every weekend. road race, my daughters' events and many day and night duties.
I hope I can go to a mountain to run in next mounth.
today's training: 6km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 73km(target 300km)

Tired

I don't want to say "I feel tired". I will try never to say it.
But!!!! today I felt it... """I felt so tired."""


today's training: 5km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 67km(target 300km)

Ekiden(long distance relay road race)

There was a big Ekiden race in Syouwa kinen Park today.
Over 1000 teams took part in it and each team was consisted of four runners and more there was a short distance race in the morning and a long distance race in the afternooon. After all over 10000 runners were gathering in the park!
We took part in the long distance race ( 10.8km-5.8km-3km-5.3km).
I ran the first part. Surely it was the best time.
39:34/10.8km
After the race we went out for the drink! With other teams!
We could have a nice time with each other.


Our team was consist of men & woman. The total ranking was 189/?(about 1000),but the category ranking was 18/?. !!


Our team, our cheering party and other teams.全員集合


An owl was also cheering.

today's training: 10.8km run(race) & 4km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 62km(target 300km)

Fly away

I like running. But I like run freely rather than on the regular straight road.
I want to run as if I am flying!?

A free man in the sky???

Yesterday's training: 5km run & 5km jog
today's training: 3km run & 3km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 47km(target 300km)

Sports meeting no.3

The sports meeting was held. It was for the children whose parents have job and can't go home so early that their children have to stay longer than usual.
It was so cloudy that if you don't stand still you feel chilly.


There are so many elementary school.


Today's leading part was senior daughter

today's training: 6km & 7km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 31km(target 300km)

福生健康マラソン 10km race

Three years ago when I began to run I took part in the running race for the first time (except when I was a student). The name of the race was 福生健康マラソン.
I ran 10km 43min 50seconds in the first race, and I ran the same 39min 16seconds at this time.
I want to belive that I am evolving! Of course I will continue to do my best for all my life.



today's training: 10km race(39:16) & 8km jog
monthly mileage for Novenber 18km