it’s 6:30 am and we awake…it’s not the weekday though…nor a satruday…on a sunday? yes! we wake up to go run our bodies in motion.

today we joined a running club introduced to us by tomoko-chan. she and fernando visited us one weekeday and suggested we come out and see what it’s like. we met at the griffith park at 7:30 am to be greeted by many of the members. we introduced ourselves and found out each others running experiences. the age of the group ranged from 11 year old matthew (son of one of the guys there) to 60 or 70 something ojiichans and obaachans.

warm up began with ‘radio taiso’, which is essentially a japanese warmup ritual. they played the ‘radio taiso’ song and did a funny and goofy stretch routine. after that, we split up into groups based on general speed and headed out. i ended up running with saito-san around the griffith park loop for a brisk 5 mile run. our paced ended at about 9 minutes/mile. so-so…but good considering a tough 8 mile run on thursday and 2 hour game of バスケット(basuketo) on saturday.

after our run and some cool down and some ‘talking story’, we headed to acapulco for a breakfast buffett including champagne. it was nice to meet some of the other members and to learn about their training regimen.

looks like we found a sunday activity. i’m still a little sore from the weekend…but now we have motivation!