Sunday, May 18, 2008

Buzzing the Emperor

So it's 4:00am on a Monday morning in Tokyo. I arrived last night and jetlag has taken hold. A normal person would turn on the TV but it turns out a DC Tri NTP member goes for a run around the imperial palace - as in the home of the Emperor of Japan. It was a greta morning for a run. S slight chill in the air, sun coming up, almost no traffic (which is good because here left is right and easy to get killed). The front of the Imperial Gardens were really beautiful - every tree has been groomed for decades. These are not miniature Banzai Trees, these are the full grown guys.

Saw a few road bikes out and a mixture of older Japanese doing stretching (good advice for all of us) and a few joggers - both westerners and Japanese.

A great way to start what should be an interesting work week in Japan.

50 minutes and about 5.5 miles

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