TokyoRacer
My blogs
Blogs I follow
- Diary of a Rubbish Marathon Runner
- About a Ewen
- Eagle
- IN THE LONG RUN
- japan running news
- Marathon Exploits
- one man running club
- Rex Parker Does the NYT Crossword Puzzle
- running masters
- School of Running
- Solo Run
- stanchow.net
- The Greater Perrinville Athletic Association
- The Ohtawara Marathon Project
| Gender | MALE |
|---|---|
| Industry | Advertising |
| Occupation | Copywriter |
| Location | Tokyo, Japan |
| Introduction | Serious runner since age 34.
Member of Namban Rengo, Tokyo's International Running Club.
PBs: 5K: 15:58 (age 39) 10K: 33:32 (age 37; also 33:42 age 40) Half: 1:13:54 (age 41; also 1:21:45 age 59) Full: 2:44:48 (age 37) I ran marathons between the ages of 35 and 37, gave them up, ran some more in my early 60s, and have given them up again. Too painful (maybe because I tried to run them too fast) and I got tired of all the long training runs, which also put too much stress on the body. So I'm back to tempo and interval training for 10Ks and Halfs, which I enjoy a lot. Winning, or finishing near the top, in my age group is fun too. Hope to run some big races in various countries and crush the competition. :) Still feeling about 45..... |
| Interests | Running, racing, Namban Rengo running club, watching good movies, reading good books, being slim, strong and denying that aging happens. |
| Favorite Movies | Blade Runner, District 9, Being John Malkovich, The Usual Suspects, Three Kings, Time Bandits, Galaxy Quest, Six-String Samurai, The Commitments, Blow Up, Rashomon, and the best movie ever made, The Seven Samurai. |
| Favorite Books | Top 10 Favorite Authors (alphabetical): William Gibson (early: cyberpunk; recent: just...cool) P.D. James (mystery) Neil Gaiman (science fiction/fantasy) Peter Hoeg (general fiction) Elmore Leonard (crime fiction) Jonathan Lethem (various genres, often in the same book) China Mieville (science fiction) Neal Stephenson (cyberpunk) Vernor Vinge (science fiction) David Foster Wallace - Infinite Jest, Consider the Lobster |