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by James๐ Tsukuba Morning Run
Chill run through the center of Tsukuba (home to JAXA). Lovely running and cycling path directly to the station where you can catch an express train to Tokyo.5.1km
36.1min
35.2m climbed
153.6avg bpm
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Checkin to Tsukuba Space Center (็ญๆณขๅฎๅฎใปใณใฟใผ)
Not as commercial as Johnson Space Center. But still way cool! -
Checkin to tonarie CREO
Where you can sing your heart out in a booth. Too cool! -
by JamesAfternoon Run
Amazing how a run cures what ales ya.4.4km
30.2min
30.4m climbed
142.8avg bpm
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Checkin to Verve Coffee Roasters
Coffee ride with Brompton ๐ฒ -
Checkin to Tokyo Station (ๆฑไบฌ้ง )
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The Week #236
by James- ๐ Happy New Year! 2025 is off to one heck of a start. I'll be fastening my seat belt and try to keep my attention on things that I can actually do something about. And for everything else I'll wait for all this to blow over (๐ง).
- ๐ฅ On Leo's last day of winter break, I took him to see Sonic 3 in Minatomirai. On the way there I was walking and talking with Leo and we realized we haven't seen a movie, just the two of us, since the Mario movie came out a couple of years ago. The movie itself was quite enjoyable. Jim Carry is ace. After the movie was over, I learned that my co-worker's kid was in the same screening with their friends! Small world!
- โ๏ธ On the way back to the station Leo was hungry so we dropped by Starbucks for (it turns out) his dinner and a cup of coffee. After a rough couple of days with Leo, to have him re-centered and properly communicating was such a breath of fresh air. It reminded me that being a Dad is pretty great.
Rainy view from Starbucks - ๐ช I closed all of my rings this week. Deciding to do some other form of exercise at home (yoga or kettle bell) on the days I don't run has been key as I'm done in 15 minutes and that's usually just enough to close the remaining rings if they aren't already closed.
- ๐ง In my headphones this week is New Jeans, a Korean pop band. I haven't listened to K-Pop (BoA, S.E.S. etc...) since the early 2000's when I almost exclusively listened to Japanese and Korean music. Waking up in the middle of the night I have their song ETA (Apple music, YouTube) running through my head. I should learn to read Hangul.
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Checkin to Yokohama Burg 13 (ๆจชๆตใใซใฏ13)
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by JamesNew Jeans Run ๐ง
Havenโt listened to k-pop since the early 2000โs. So good. Happy with my pace as it was mostly uphill on the way back.5.0km
34.6min
76m climbed
154.5avg bpm
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Checkin to ใใใ
ยฅ620 ($4 US, ยฃ3) for a lovely bowl of wantan salt ramen. ๐
