Yeees!

72km - 7h43min. Better than expected. So happy right now. And tired.

Noodle stop

At 28km there was a chance to have some noodles, not really hungry but preparing for what's to come. Now run about half, 36km, and pace still pace around 6min/km. Ok.

Samuraj

This guy in samuraj costume is running 112km so I should not complain.

Here we go again...

This time 72km. See u in a bit.

Godspeed!

Time flies and this morning the three weeks with my parents visiting had already come to an end. I thought we would have time to do everything we wanted and a bit more but now realizaing that even if we have done plenty of things during the weeks many of the plans we had beforehand are still not done. As one usually say it's good to keep some things for next time:-)

Have a safe trip back to Boviken!

Hanami BBQ

Last day of mom and dad's visit here in Tokyo and what better way to spend the day than arranging our own hanami picnic. We took the bbq and lots of good japanese beef and went to the Saigoyama park in Daikanyama. This year we were not interrupted by a police officer so we could enjoy the whole afternoon. When I went back to the park with Maki shortly after she told me that we had been sitting next to a big sign stating that it was forbidden to use fire or bbq. Luckily that sign was written in Japanese so we couldn't know better, however it might explain why lots of the people passing by were smiling.

Bird mountain

Today we went to Ukai Toriyama restaurant in Takao mountain for an amazing lunch. The restaurant is built up in a beautiful park with small huts where each company get to sit in their own small house. You get served a number of small dishes (I already forgot just how many) and the meat that is grilled on your table for the main course is something special. As a bonus we got to see the end of a wedding cermony as we came to the restaurant, the bride and groom came out from the restaurant to the music from traditional japanese drums.















On the way back home we stopped by Kichiyoji and the park around the lake where lots of people go for hanami. Thousands of people are having picnic under the trees in the large park and on the lake people are going under the trees with small boats. If you can stand the crowds it's a very nice place to visit during cherry blossoms.

Night time cherry

The cherry trees has almost reached full bloom now and we're on our way back from a late night walk along the river in Naka Meguro. It's one of the best places in Tokyo to enjoy cherry blossoms, especially night time. It's fun to see the crowds making the best of the seasonal highlight event and arranging partys literally in the middle of the streets and temporary "restaurants" popping up selling can beer and cheep food. Good for us who didn't bring anything to the party!