さらなる走力アップを求めるか

八峰マウンテントレイルの2日後の夜。右膝の激痛で眠れない。

ジョギングを始めて半年ほど長距離を走るたびに必ず風邪をひいた。全身疲労困憊で膝も痛くなった。ところがここ半年ほどは全く風邪もひかないし、脚も膝も痛くならない。

身体も慣れてきて体力がついてきたのだろう。10月に100Kを走りきった弥栄のウルトラマラソン。3週間前にサブフォーを達成した湘南国際マラソンの後も全く普段通りの身体だった。レース本番で蓄えた力をきれいに全て出し切ったようだ。しかし今回はちがう。身体の許容範囲を超えた大きな負荷がかかった。

この大きな負荷の運動量で走っても身体に全く影響を及ぼさなくなるような未知の世界に自ら身を投げ入れる勇気があるだろうか。SNSで多くのメリークリスマスの文字が踊る12月25日の師走の夜更け。

There are 5 of us in my family

I renewed my Youth Hostel membership card yesterday. Renewal cost or rather annual fee is 3,000 yen. I transfer using Net Bank putting my registration number in message column of bank transfer form. Only if you have a membership, you can stay there much cheaper than nonmembers. The price is 500 yen discount per person. When my family, 5 of us, gets a membership, we can break even right away.

Mileage Card

Today, I signed up for a Japan Airlines mileage card, not a credit card, for my son. He, is going to be a junior high student this coming April, and I are going to Nepal coming at the end of next month.


Yes, it's his graduation trip. Last week, I appied for his passport that valid for 5 years. As for me, this is going to be the second time to visit there. Traveling Nepal is mainly trekking on Himalaya. After trekking, my plan is going to a national park that boasts a lot of different species of  mammals, including rhinos, tigers, deer, monkey, elephants, leopards, sloth bears, wild boar and hyena. And also birdwatching is very popular, but I don't know anything about it.


By the way, do you get miles using your credit card? The good thing is that you get extra miles when you use it. My credit card is not an Airlines. I don't earn miles by shopping at all.

Snow-Making Machine

I spotted the best budget ski area with a day trip from Tokyo region. The ski area, http://misaka.kamuisp.com/ , is located near Mt. Fuji in Yamanashi Prf. I drive there. It takes about 2 hours from my condo in Totuka, Yokohama City. The ski area has 4 chair lifts and 3 skiing runs open. But slopes are very small, just 200 meters of altitude difference. The longest slope is just about 800 meters, and the steepest slope goes up to 20 degrees inclination. This ski area is for families with young children.

Additionally, the rest of the mountain is completely free of snow. That means this ski area has one of the largest snow-making system. The snow-making machines are being placed on the mountain. Skiing with artificial snow is not so good, but it still feels good to ski outside with my children.

Makoto is the 2nd time for skiing