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y be running outside in this arctic tundra of new england some days are easy and i hop right out of bed and get to the pool for 7am other days i am dragging and it takes every ounce of my energy just to take that step out of bed some mornings i am so tired i could cry some days i am so hungry i feel as though i can eat everything in sight some days i just cry because this is so damned hard but then i remind myself of what i am doing i am training to become an ironman this is going to be by far one of the hardest yet most amazing days of my entire life reminding myself of the goals takes away the weight and reminds me of just how awesome this journey is and where this goal is going to bring me this is freaking amazing created by chele76 at 9 28 pm no comments monday november 17 2014 reflections tempis fugit seriously the summer and fall crawled slowly as much as they flew i blinked my eyes and they were gone long days dragged by so much can happen in such a short time and nothing can happen at all in months the primary focus of my life has been training for the ironman i live sleep eat breath poop ironman i quickly dropped 30 pounds as my training began i ve grown stronger my endurance has been growing by leaps and bounds but i still have so far to go i ve been dealing with a bit of a shoulder injury the past 6 weeks or so that has been holding my swim back a bit and has resulted n me reaching out to a swim coach for 5 weeks of private lessons i m excited for those lessons to start and refine my technique my riding has been coming along well in september i rode on my first 50 mile ride in a few years it was easy training brings great results it was awesome to see the rewards that day i have a goal of being able to complete the bike course in 8 hours so i have a lot of work to do at this moment it would tae me approximately 9 hours to complete the bike and the run i ve been pushing the 5k training next week is a goal race where i am trying to complete a 5k in under 35 minutes i m feeling pretty great about that the next month will be about me adding volume to the bike i also need to be more diligent about my core work strength training and yoga recovery time it s a lot to balance and has resulted in me having little no social life but i cannot complain training make me happy i ve never been happier in life i am happy with myself more then ever i think i ve finally found what makes me happy in life imlp2015 created by chele76 at 8 55 pm no comments wednesday july 30 2014 five days in kyoto when we settled into our house in kyoto we quickly found a grocery store and bought items to cook breakfast we were all very grateful to have some food that we recognized enjoyed and did not need to have an adventure to find i was very happy to have this great breakfast on our first full day our first day was dedicated to getting our bearings and making a game plan we had seen on line that there was a tourist center close to the imperial palace grounds so we made our way there the palace grounds were about a two mile walk away and the weather was beautiful unfortunately we were unable to locate the tourist center so we took advantage of our location and explored the palace grounds we eventually found the tourist center and were given some advise on what were the key sights to see in kyoto a quick train ride brought us to fushimi to see the first of many temples there was a station where we were able write down a wish and have bhudist priests burn and pray upon it we walked around the grounds and explored the many toriis these were in the formation of a larger tunnel with writing on one side when you look into the tunnel it is solid orange and the reverse is filled with writing that evening we decided to try japan s version of tacos which we lovingly named japacos they were on a sweet soft bread and our selections were japanese curry or your traditional meat cheese lettuce tomato combonation after dinner we went to a brew pub we found it was time to try some craft beers and see how they compare to ones from the states we tried quite a few but the overall consensus was that japan was not known for having the worlds greatest beers the next morning we made our way to gion on our way there we visited a few more temples including higashiyama which was just massive when we made our way to gion we came across some tourists dressed as geisha this is something that i wanted to do but there were only so many hours in this trip and with the heat i am certain that the white face paint would be dripping and smeared very quickly we found a little place to have lunch and ended up having more traditional japanese food and not by choice the next day i had the opportunity to wear a kimono for the day i hired a service where a japanese shop owner came to our house to dress me and set my hair it was a great experience but the kimono was not easy to wear it was a tight fitting cloth with many layers of fabric underneath it felt similar to wearing a corset our first stop for the day was the bamboo forest there were many tourists exploring the area by bicycle and rickshaw we walked around for a mile or so before we headed to our next destination kinkakuji temple also known as the golden pavilion this was another area that was popular with tourists the temple was very pretty to look at surrounded by a beautiful zen garden as i was walking around and taking pictures a few people stopped and asked to have their picture taken with me i thought that was odd but still a great compliment mostly because i am clearly a western in a traditional japanese garment unfortunately i only had the kimono until 6pm so i had to make my way back to the house before it got to late and return it to the owner here is a close up of the detail and my hair setting for the day and amazingly enough this was everything that was underneath the kimono so many layers of ropes to hold everything up and in that night we had more good luck by finding a spanish restaurant it was great to have some nice wine and piles of tapas our last full day of kyoto brought us to a sake brewery this is a 300 year old plum tree that was in the chairman s house the brewery was named after this tree the hospitality was amazing we were given a lesson on sake brewing followed by a tour of the brewery itself sake season was over but plum wine season was ongoing so we were able to try plum wine from the vats and eat plums that has been taken out of a previous batch after the tour we were then given sampling as you can see they were quite generous with the line up we were able to taste each one of these in this line up included multiple sake jumai and not jumai aged and not aged fruit infused plum wines sparkling plum wines it was all very tasty after the brewery we went out for lunch at a traditional japanese restaurant meaning more fishes cold noodles and gelatinous stuff we then went to a temple for macha and to the deer place which was exactly as it sounds more temples this one contained a massive buddha and at the end of the day we decided that pizza la was the necessary way to go it was awful it was expensive we didn t know quite what we were eating but it was awesome all the same created by chele76 at 6 32 pm 1 comment friday july 25 2014 shinkonsen and meat rest and relaxation time was over and now it was time to make the trek to kyoto this time was much less hectic we reserved our tickets even had places for our ginormous luggage we waited on the track for our train and got the full experience every train does not stop at every station so at times a train will rocket by at crazy speeds practically knocking your socks off we finally got to see what these look like up close you can see how pointy and aerodynamic the front ends are once we were on the correct train small mishap when we got on the wrong one and almost ended up who knows where and we were kyoto bound the trip was easy and comfortable after one quick subway change we found our neighborhood and our house for the next 5 days we spent a few minutes getting our bearings on the neighborhood then walked for dinner our sites were on kyoto s best steakhouse it was a small adventure trying to find it but once we did we re were in for a meat filled treat something we definitely needed after the past few days of transitional fare created by chele76 at 5 29 am no comments relaxation time in hakone after out trek up mount fuji it was now time for the relaxation and the fun part of our trip the hard part was over we had to lug our big american luggage backpacks and poles across four busses to get to a point where the resort would send a shuttle to pick us up the place we were staying at sounded nice in the write up but we wouldn t really know until we got there our rooms were traditional japanese style very simple clean lines note the absence of any beds this is on purpose while we were at dinner we came back to the room to find the tables slid away and the beds made up for us again traditional japanese bedding which consists of mats padding on the floor we passed our time by onsen laughing talking having some drinks and finally relaxing a bit the food was a challenge at the resort it was also traditional japanese there were many dishes that were mysterious gelatinous blobs cold noodles and picked vegetables don t ask what any of those was as most of it was a mystery to us we were able to recognize miso soup sushi and rice other then that it was an experiment to guess what everything was also the above food pics are only a small sample of the many components of our two meals at the resort created by chele76 at 5 20 am no comments wednesday july 09 2014 fujisan we woke up early to catch the bus up to the 5th station it was cloudy and raining when we arrived the previous morning so we hadn t actually seen mt fuji at this point we had such a wonderful surprise as we walked out the front door of our hostel spectacular views of mount fuji the bus dropped us off at the 5th station where we picked up some provisions and had some breakfast which was absolutely aweful the rice balls were very fishy since they were wrapped in seaweed the orange juice was very similar to tang and this came with miso soup and more picked stuff we could not figure out after a few bites and knowing i had a full day of hiking ahead i ordered a breakfast pizza which essentially was a piece of bread with tomato sauce and cheese on it after breakfast it was time to make our way up the mountain the views along the way were spectacular the trail was not technical at all just never ending there were guide ropes to keep you on course for most of the way and the hike started very close to the tree line so we were alpine most of the day there are many stations along the way in which you can have your hiking staff branded with different markings this was costly but a good way to force yourself to stop and acclimate for a few minutes since we were up so high it was important that none of us became too sick from altitude sickness the stations also had a number of sleeping or resting huts these huts were not free of use and were quite expensive here i am representing the ironman shirt and posing with my staff in front of a hut as we got higher and higher the weather became more challenging the temperatures started to drop the wind picked up and it became more difficult to push through i was frequently reminded of my hike up mt katahdin a couple years ago i noted that this was a physically challenging hike but not nearly as mentally exhausting this is the 7th station torii gate after the 8 5 station came the 9th then the summit this last 600 ish meters were exceptional challenging and took over an hour to push through the air was thinner resulting in a headache my legs were exhausted since i basically had been going up a stairmaster for seven hours just as i thought i couldn t go any further i made a trail friend a guy from vancouver cheered me on said a few words of encouragement and distracted me from the physical discomfort he have me that last push of energy i needed and took this pic of me at the final torii i summited mount fuji it took me 7 5 hours which included a fair amount of rest stops it was exhausting and now we had to go down the mountain luckily for a majority of the return trek there were soft lava rock switchbacks which allowed us to return in about 4 5 hours we hiked mount fuji created by chele76 at 11 28 pm no comments prelude to fuji our next adventure was to travel from tokyo to kawaguchi ko to hike mt fuji we began our morning with some breakfast from the local mall and checked out of our hotel a difference we quickly noticed was that public eating seemed to be frowned upon as we tried to find a place to enjoy our take away meals we were repeatedly turned away a quick observation here is that there are a lot of rules protocol that are followed and exceptions are not made it is difficult if not impossible to order food substitutions if you ask a question and the answer is no there are no exceptions with our take away food we ended up having to eat at some outdoor furniture in the rain i was happy to try these very tasty pot stickers next we were to haul our luggage to the station and make our way to the fuji area we had no idea ahead of time but when we arived on the platform we saw that the train was very kitchy and quaint the hostess was happy to take some touristy photos for us when we arrived at kawaguchi ko we were very distraught to hear that extreme winds were occurring on the mountain and people were not being allowed past the 8th station we had traveled this far to hike the mountain and were determined to not be turned away after talking about our options we decided to check into our hostel and figure out out next steps the manager of the hostel was wonderful he looked up weather conditions and we quickly came to the realization that we needed to forgo our plans to hike overnight and see the sunrise instead we would hike the following morning although some of us were sad we all understood this was probably for the best as now we would have the opportunity to get another nights rest in before the big hike we spent the evening havering some tea and relaxing before an early night created by chele76 at 11 01 pm no comments tokyo day two of tokyo was just as overwhelming as the first we felt more comfortable with navigating the local jr line and subway system so we made a trek to shuboya for some shopping unfortunately we did not have a clear direction of where to go so we spent a lot of time walking around and picking up some small items later that day we went to visit a bar owned by a friend of a friend in an older part of tokyo which was not destroyed in the war the streets were pedestrian and bike only the buildings were narrow and quaint this picture literally depicts the entire bar it held ten people in extremely close quarters we were shown wonderful hospitality whil...