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Hello everyone! Anand here as always! It’s getting warmer, right? Hopefully spring will come soon and bring both longer and warmer days. I’ll be happy once I can sit on the roof of my building and read a book with a beer in hand. But that is something for another day.

If you pay any attention to these blogs, you will know that I love running. When I lived in Katsuura there was basically nothing for me to do after work so I just started running around the city. I actually became pretty good, having run my first full marathon last year. But after I moved to Yokohama I took a break so I could get accustomed to the big city life.

But since I have been in Yokohama for six months now (wow!) I am settled enough to get back into it! I decided that my first run would be something I have never tried…a trail run! I have done all of races on roads, so I thought a dirt trails would be something interesting to try. I chose the 1st Ise-Ebi run in the town of Onjuku, Chiba as my first choice. I was a little nervous about my first run in several months, but luckily I had a friend run with me.

And so I ran last Sunday.

And…it was great! Instead of just running on the road, I got to run on the beach, through the dirt, and up some crazy hills. I even got to climb some rocks. Part way through the run I realized that I wouldn’t be able to reach my personal best time, so I just focused on enjoying myself. And what ended up happening? My time was not so bad! In fact, I don’t think I have ever enjoyed myself more while running.

I guess somewhere along the line I started taking running too seriously. I forgot how fun it can be. I’ll definitely be running again.

Until next time,

Anand