Sunday Run

So far so good. I got 68 miles in this week. It's my second week in a row over 60. I feel like I am training seriously again and it feels good. Today I went for the traditional long run and did a slow 16. I was trying out a new course so as it is with new courses, it was a bit slower than usual. There was a lot of uncertainty and backtracking as I had to decide which way to go many times. The route was up the hill to Kurondo Ike, ike means lake. At the lake I studied the map of the area and asked a few guys for directions. From the lake I decided to cut through the woods on the Kurondo ike hiking course to get to the main highway. The trails were quite slow because at times I was running over over slippery rocks and up and down stairways. I eventually made it out of the woods and hit the main highway. Basically I followed the highway up and over some big hills and looped home. On the final leg down the farmers road I ran into a couple of farmers who had driven their truck partly off the road. It was about to go over the cliff so they were working hard to lift it back onto the road. I say lift it because as with many things in Japan the truck was quite small. So I stopped for a bit to help them get their truck back on the road and then headed home for a long drink of cold water and a great breakfast with Loran.