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  • Checkin to y'sroad ๆจชๆตœ

    y'sroad ๆจชๆตœ 35.453977 139.63868
    Sep 16, 2024
    by James
    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Just lookingโ€ฆ
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  • Sep 15, 2024
    by James
    I love about our local onigiri ๐Ÿ™ shop. Not only are they larger and cheaper (with more goodies inside), they give you a hard boiled egg and a small candy to little kids. Local business ftw.
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  • Sep 15, 2024
    by James
    ๐ŸŒˆ 5am run club
    Chill run listening to The War on Car, special guest Rick Steves. Really good episode. Greeted by rainbows today.

    4.1km

    30.4min

    25.4m climbed

    147.6avg bpm

    ๐Ÿ”—permalink 1 interaction
  • Sep 10, 2024
    by James
    Barely 5am run club
    Chill run with Coolioโ€™s Gangstaโ€™s Paradise on in the back.

    4.4km

    30.3min

    35.2m climbed

    158.9avg bpm

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  • The Week #219

    Sep 10, 2024
    by James
    • โ˜€๏ธ I've had an Apple watch for about 5 years. The entire time I've run with the default watch face. You know the one, it has the weather, phase of the moon, temperature and rings. It suddenly occurred to me that I could customize the complications to something more useful and meaningful to me than the phase of the moon: UV index. Knowing at a glance what the UX index is at wherever I'm at is super handy for knowing how much I should avoid being outside with appropriate protection.
    • ๐Ÿƒโ€โ™‚๏ธ I ran three times this week, bringing my total to 69 runs this year so far. 2 more (extra) runs and I will be out of "run debt". Run debt being 100 runs in 1 year is about 2 runs per week, and I didn't run for a few months earlier, so I'm making up the difference.
    • ๐Ÿšฒ The binge of information about Bromptons continues. I've probably watched every video about them in Japanese and a bunch from VeloWorks on YouTube. I think his shop was on an episode of ProbablyRiding recently. I've settled in a C Explore. 6 gears seems more important here in Yokohama than it would in Tokyo because there's heaps of hills in every direction. While the flat S-bars are tempting, I reckon the M-bars best fit the type of riding I intend to do. I've looked around on Yahoo Auctions and Mercari and while there seem like there's deals to be had...after watching Second Hand Brompton Tips, there's so many things to check for that can't be easily checked online...I shall think a bit more.
    • ๐ŸŽฎ Leo's been on a Mario kick this past couple of weeks. We've picked up Mario 64 after (what feels like) a year long break. After playing more modern Marios for so long, the limited camera control really ups the difficulty. Noteworthy point is we finally got 30 stars, enabling us to go to the second boss. This is the furthest I've ever been in the game.
    • ๐Ÿ”จย  Every boy goes through a stage where he wants a secret hideout. Leo is no different. For weeks he's been going on about wanting to build a secret hide out in the house. He's taken over a closest. Built a fort. Put a sun-shade up in front of nook in my office area. But the quote all homeowners love to hear is, "It's easy. We'll take a hammer and take down the wall." ๐Ÿ˜ฌ Completely unrelated, I've relocated my hammer to be out of reach of children.ย 
    • ๐ŸŽถ Music recommendation this week is FlavourTrip. Especially this mix in Greece. Sidebar: nomad DJ sounds like a pretty sweet gig for a season of life.
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  • Checkin to Starbucks

    Starbucks 35.39618502756755 139.46679593771043
    Sep 08, 2024
    by James
    in Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
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  • Sep 08, 2024
    by James
    5am run club
    Back to summer, but at least the UV index and Sun arenโ€™t that bad at this hour any longer.

    4.5km

    30.6min

    43.8m climbed

    156.3avg bpm

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  • Checkin to ้ญšในใ„

    ้ญšในใ„ 35.410129 139.511116
    Sep 07, 2024
    by James
    in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
    Train sushi for dinner.
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  • Checkin to Kinuta Park (็ งๅ…ฌๅœ’)

    Kinuta Park (็ งๅ…ฌๅœ’) 35.63049759110192 139.6201553195715
    Sep 07, 2024
    by James
    in Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
    Every park should have a stand that sells shaved ice and cold drinks.
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  • Sep 04, 2024
    by James
    5am run club: first hints of autumn ๐Ÿ‚
    Last run summer was back. Now weโ€™ve got autumny early mornings. More like this please. Getting close to matching my pace in WA last month despite hills. ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿป

    5.0km

    31.0min

    29.8m climbed

    165.1avg bpm

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