Okay, I need your help again. I'm flying to Taiwan from Tokyo on July 29th. I need the typhoon to not still be over Taiwan at that point. Here's the typhoon right now. The first number, that's what day they predict that the center of the storm will be somewhere in that big circle. I need it to go FASTER. I need it to go WEST. This time not pushing it out of the way, but pushing it faster west so that it passes over Taiwan quicker and will be on it's way to China by Tuesday. So, please think about the typhoon going faster west. Further West. This will also be a good thing because the less time it hangs out over the ocean, the less chance it has to get stronger, the weaker it is, the less damage it'll do.
Now for an update. Yesterday was awesome. I got just about everything I need to do done and all that's left is my bed appointment at 11am tomorrow. And then packing up the last few things. And then going. Woo.
I also went for my run yesterday. Now, this was suppose to be my w1d3 run after my 30 minute run. The wind was KILLER. Like, on the way over the bridge it was fine, strong, but nice. On the way back it was pushing me sooooo hard. The final hill, it literally felt like I was trying to run through water. I gave up, about 2 minutes from the end of my 30 minutes and started to speedwalk, and I went FASTER. It was rediculous.
So then, I do my 5 minute recovery walk and start on w1d3. Now I've had two minds about this week. I've found the 1 minute interval too easy. But I leave for Tokyo then Taiwan on Monday, and I didn't want to push myself so hard that I got to a point that I'd be pushing myself during my trip. I don't expect to be able to run every other day, and I expect that my progress, due to inactivity, will slow down considerably. I don't want to be pushing myself hard before I leave only to find that the level I make it to while I'm on my trip kills me because I'm running after sightseeing all day. If that makes sense.
But yesterday, I was just sick of it. I accidentally over ran the 60 seconds for the 2nd time that day, and I just said to myself, fine. How far can you do? So after 4 of the minute intervals, I did a 2 minute interval (and felt a bit winded, but good), walked for 90 secons, did a 3 minute interval (felt a bit more like I did at the very beginning of the program, rather winded and happy that I could walk again), walked for 90 seconds, and then did a 3rd longer interval, but lost track of the time, and was comfortable to run until the end of the 20 minutes, so around 4 minutes. I followed the day with a cool down walk. It was good. I think, I don't know. I think I'll just have to try and see what feels comfortable for me during my trip. I think that if I need to I'll stick with week 2 after my 30 minute run, but I'll forgive myself if all I do is the 30 minute run and a 30 minute walk, if that's how tired I feel. Or less, if I find that I don't have time after seeing everything I want to see. I can exercise any day, I can walk around Takoro Gorge probably once in my life.
Afterwards I hung out on the beach for a bit with Juliane ("YOU lee AHN eh" she's German) before driving back, catching a shower, and walking around Miyako Matsuri for a bit. All of the other girls were all dressed up in yukata, but mine's all packed away :( But it was fun, and we got some cotton candy before heading to pizza where the whole old skool crew was there, it took us about an hour to get our pizza, another 45 minutes to another hour to get our salads, but good company, and I've finally met the infamous Owen-sensei, who's on Miyako for the summer with his wife and his 1 year old.
We didn't quite leave before they started otori, but left before too long. Milton's wife, Tomoko, wrote me a beautiful good bye letter in English (which she doesn't speak very well, so it showed extra effort), I really need to keep in contact with them.
Then we headed to Anchan and Ryu's new restraunt that doesn't open until the 1st, but they had Hiroko's birthday party there. Good atmosphere, good location, good people, good fun, dangerous floor. I fell down a step I didn't see and didn't hurt my ankle! I had a choice, in that second of falling. Recover and possibly really hurt my ankle again, or just fall. So I just fell. I have a hugenormous, beautiful bruise on my right knee. About 3 inches long ;)
After, sleep and waking up too early for the final bill with the gas man. Because of my deposit, I only had to pay about 17 bucks for the last two months ;D
Then, with the typhoon in the area, things were girigiri today about weither we could go snorkeling or not. (They're pretty much muri tomorrow, but we may try to go anyway). But me, Juliane, and Jason tried anyway out at Arugusuku. It was windy. And the waves were ROUGH. But it was awesome. I swear, about half of the fish I saw, it was my first time seeing that species. Soooo good. And for a while, me and Juliane were swimming INSIDE this school of fish (about 6-7 different species) but they were swimming in front of, surrounding, behind us. Literally getting within a few inches of our bodies. It was like they were uber curious about us! not the other way around. We also saw this HUGE fish, about a foot and a half long, about a foot tall, fat, that just chilled out, looking at us. And you could tell, it was checking us out. We'd watch it, it'd watch us right back. I figure it figured we were the only things in the area that were big enough to eat it, so it was being cautious.
Then, or rather, from the beginning, Juliane's mask was just Not Working Right and she just gave up, and went back towards shore, keeping an eye on me from there. I went around a bit by myself and saw a long skinny fish, about 2 feet long, silvery, with a long snout, and an eye bigger than the old silver dollars (the Old ones, like Ryam has), with a body about only 3 inches in diameter. It was funky. I also saw a school of about a hundred zebra striped fish, but yellow, not white, and a I think you call 'em sea slugs? The pretty little brightly colored things? This one was orange. A ton of sea urchins and anemones, and a couple nemos. I gave up about an hour fifteen and went back towards shore, where it turns out Juliane and I have the same foot size, so she borrowed my fins and mask and went back out for another 40 minutes or so while I watched her from the shore.
Jason was out spearfishing this whole time, but didn't see anything big enough to catch. He said he saw a small octopus though. Groovy for him. I'm glad it was small and he didn't kill it. At least he's the kind of fisherman who takes only what he'll eat.
The waves and the current were really strong, but the viability was good and we saw a bunch of stuff. I'm gonna call it a good day.
After I dropped them off, I did a shower and an errand and went to Mitchan's for lunch. Where he gave me an awesome book on the fundementals of Buddhism (and I got his email, he wants to know what I think of it), and a present for Leo for his birthday. We had a really good conversation, going every where from linguistics to religion to experiences, to temperature, and beyond. He said that his new lesson for the day was that in degrees Fahrenheit water freezes at 32 degrees. He didn't know that previously, or the formula for converting it (degrees C x 1.8 + 32, I love the internet), and that that would have been something that he think would have been interesting to learn in school, as it has real world implications (ie: you travel to America and you need to know weither to bring sunblock or a sweater).
Then, on his suggestion, I went to San-e to get a caligraphy pen, and because I was there I poked around the clothing. I had a faint idea to buy Leo (or myself) a junbei, but I didn't see one I liked enough for the price they wanted, but I did find a sale on exercise pants, dry fit, and as the ones that I've been using for school have started to wear thin in the crotch (10 buck pants, I wore them for about 6 months, totally worth it), and they're starting to get tight around the thighs, I figured getting two more pairs of capris that fit better and a new pair of shorts would be worth it (21 bucks, 3 new dry fit pants ;) ). The thigh problem is not because I'm gaining weight, mind. It's because of the running. My thigh muscles are getting more fit, and a little bit bigger, so all of my pants have become a bit tight around the thighs. I don't mind it, I think they look better. They're no longer sticks with a bit of fat round the buttocks, but actually neatly proportioned legs, with nice calves and good thigh curvature, before getting to my now a little higher and firmer, but seemingly just as squishy badunkadunk. Yes, you may in fact see me in spandex at dragon con this year.
In a little bit the second day of Miyako Matsuri starts where they're crowing Miss Miyako and the have a giant tug-a-war, which they'll cut up and give out for good luck. I'm gonna go, but I need to finish my crunches first (I've used this as a rest time between my push ups). I'm still pushing myself too hard on my push ups, doing w3c3, but I think it's good. I'm still going up in numbers, even if I'm not going any higher than the max. And this is after snorkeling in rough waters this morning, so I still feel good about it.
I think they cut of my internet later tonight, so I probably won't be updating much in the next few weeks. But I'll have my computer with me, so maybe I'll try to write up a bit about my trip and then post it late.
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