Last Friday, we celebrated Dan’s birthday with our running group (aka our hash). It was loads of fun, but before I get into that I have monumental news: I went for a run today! It’s my first run back from my achilles injury. It was slow and a little painful (not in my achilles, but […]
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Dan’s 31st Birthday Hash Bash!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged baking, birthday, cricut, cupcakes, Dan, F3H3, fitness, goodie bags, hash house harriers, injury, Japan, party, running, Shinagawa, spring on March 13, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Are You a Bulugan?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged ambassador, Bulu Box, diet, fitness, hash house harriers, injury, Japan, running on March 12, 2013 | 4 Comments »
Now that you’re all caught up on (most of) my out of town races, it’s time to catch up on my every day happenings! But first, I’m excited to announce that I have partnered with Bulu Box and became their newest ambassador! Bulu Box is a fun company that sends you 4-5 vitamin or supplement […]
Dinner at Club 33 in Disneyland!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, California, Club 33, Dan, Disneyland, food, Tinkerbell half marathon, travel, vacation on March 12, 2013 | 2 Comments »
To start, Club 33 is a private club inside Disneyland park. Currently, membership is $10,000 USD, with annual dues at $3,000. It is not open to the public, not even for a peek! There is a tour you can take at the park that takes you into the lobby, but not the restaurant upstairs. The […]
Let’s Talk Tink…
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, Dan, Disneyland, family, race, race report, running, Tinkerbell half marathon on March 7, 2013 | 1 Comment »
In continuing with my catch-up attempts, let’s talk about the Tinkerbell Half Marathon! It was a dream week, really. You fly to Florida, play at Disney World for a few days, then fly to California and have fun at Disneyland! Despite food poisoning and missing purses (see last post), we were determined to have a […]
Race Week at Disney World
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, Boardwalk, Dan, Disney, Disney World, fitness, Florida, half marathon, marathon, Orlando, Port Orleans French Quarter, race, running, travel, vacation on March 4, 2013 | 2 Comments »
We had a crazy week in Orlando, a lot of ups and downs. Some of the downs were Dan getting a bad cold, I got food poisoning, got my credit card number stolen and charged up, left my purse at a hotel and the staff wouldn’t let me go back and get it (more on […]
Engaged!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged American, Dan, engaged, holidays, New Years, Portland, proposal, races, running on February 19, 2013 | 2 Comments »
I figured this life event was important enough to have its own entry: Dan proposed and I said yes! On Monday the 31st, the first thing we did that morning was head into downtown Portland to get our shirts and bibs for a 5k we were doing that night- the First Run 2013 5k. We […]
Winter Vacation: Northwest Highlights!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, family, friends, northwest, Oregon, travel, vacation, Washington on February 18, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Having spent over a month in Oregon and Washington, I had too much fun! So here are some highlights 🙂 As soon as our flight landed in Seattle, we met with Kelsey and Jim to see the Nutcracker and have dinner at Daniel’s. Fun AND delicious, except we were horribly jetlagged! Surprised my family for […]
Winter Fun in Tokyo
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Christmas, crafts, Dan, F3H3, fall, fitness, holidays, Japan, Mt. Fuji, running, sewing, Thanksgiving, winter on February 16, 2013 | 1 Comment »
Before surprising my family for Christmas in the states, we had a jam packed holiday season in Tokyo! We were invited to a Thanksgiving dinner at our friends’ house on the nearby air force base. We brought pie and cookies and had a great time stuffing ourselves with great people! We arrived! Me and my […]
Kyoto!
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Dan, fall, Japan, koya, Kyoto, Nara, Osaka, shrine, temple, torii, travel, trip report, Universal on January 28, 2013 | 2 Comments »
Almost 2 months?! Where have I been?! If you guessed traveling, you’d be correct! I just don’t seem to make it to my laptop too often when I’m on the road. At the end of November, Dan and I took a shinkansen (bullet train) down to Kyoto and had an amazing weekend of sight seeing! […]
A Tale of (Too Many) Shoes
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged America, feet, fitness, Japan, marathon training, running, shoes on December 6, 2012 | 2 Comments »
Yes, lots of Nikes. That’s what happens when you have access to the Nike Employee Store in Portland OR, and everything is always half off! How’s the marathon training going, you ask? Tough. But if it was easy, then more than 1% of the world would have run one! I have been having major foot […]
I’m Laurel!
Seattle resident with a love for running, hashing, baking, and being outdoors. Originally a journal for my family during my 3 years in Tokyo, Japan (hence the blog name), I now write about my every day life working at my local gym as well as nannying, running/fitness, as well as enjoying my hobbies.
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