{"id":172,"date":"2012-11-27T18:46:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T09:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/laurelraab.com\/?p=172"},"modified":"2012-11-28T22:23:48","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T13:23:48","slug":"a-run-around-my-block","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/?p=172","title":{"rendered":"A Run Around my Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dan and I are in the thick of marathon training! It’s had its ups and downs, but we are logging crazy miles these days (though I had to take a week off for a tendonitis flareup- more on that another day!). <\/p>\n

For the most part, all you know about my runs is that it generally looks something like this:
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So on a day when my foot injury got the best of me and reduced me to walking, I thought I’d snap some pics on my phone of where I spend more and more of my time these days!<\/p>\n

Since I started taking pictures when I was already out, we’ll start about three quarters of a mile into my run:
\nWe’ve just crossed the one intersection I have to endure, and now run along one of Hachimanyama’s main roadways for a quarter mile:
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\nA quarter mile later, I turn right and run for a few paces before turning into my favorite part: the gardens!
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\nThese gardens are awesome! They are planted every few weeks, and when I was out today I noticed they were clearing space for Christmas decorations! I run a lap around the garden, and then duck down a little path that leads to a giant clearing in the park:
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\nEssentially I now run a big loop around a public park. Here are some things I see in my loop:
\nPlayground. I try to get out as early as I can, because anytime after 2pm, the paths are jammed with parked bikes, mommies talking and a ridiculous amount of children!
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\nNo landscaping, but plenty of places to run around, or sit on a bench
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\nNice, car-free paths \ud83d\ude42
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\nA small cemetery that’s too pretty to be scary
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\nA doggy park! There are 2 fenced-in areas, and I’m not sure what the difference is.
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\nEnd of the park! From this point I turn right and run til I”m at the intersection again, where I cross to go home or go right to repeat my 1 mile loop in the park
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\nBut let’s pretend we’re going home! Here’s the one intersection where I can never catch the crosswalk in my favor
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\nAnother quarter mile or so along Hachimanyama’s mainway
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\nEventually I reach a path with some barriers to keep traffic out. It means I’m close to home!
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\nThis path may be almost a half mile. It stretches past a school (with a friendly guard who always smiles and waves at me!) and a golf driving range
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\nJust past the driving range I make a right and am on Rokakoen’s main street. Here is the most slightest incline, where depending on how long I’ve been running feels ridiculously steep!
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\nHome stretch! I can see our bike shop, grocery and post office!
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\nThis is my block! I start pulling out my phone to shut down my GPS tracker and the best part? It’s ever-so-slightly downhill!
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\nOh yes. The resident door to my building. I’m generally crying tears of joy at this point \ud83d\ude09
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Dan and I are in the thick of marathon training! It’s had its ups and downs, but we are logging crazy miles these days (though I had to take a week off for a tendonitis flareup- more on that another day!). For the most part, all you know about my runs is that it generally […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[181,244,11,245,71,130],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-fitness","tag-hachimanyama","tag-japan","tag-marathon-training","tag-rokakoen","tag-running"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=172"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=172"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=172"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/penniestoyennies.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=172"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}