■今朝は走りました。早朝から気温の高い日が続き、夏バテもあって、なかなか早朝走る日がありませんでした。今日は4時半に目覚ましをかけ、5時からいつものコースを6.13 km 走り、これで今月は8回のランで54.97 km を積み重ねました。残り10日で45.02 km の地点まで来ました。月100 km 走まで、まだゴールは見えていません。
I took a good rest and did not run this morning. I ran more than 6 km yesterday morning on my usual route, but it still seems to be hard on my body to run in the high temperature and heat and humidity. My appetite has been completely depleted.
This morning I woke up at 6:00 a.m., got up, carried the plastic trash into place, picked up the newspaper and went back home. As I read the paper, I thought about what to eat, but in the end all I had for breakfast was a cup of coffee and a yogurt.
My stomach isn’t particularly sick, but I don’t feel like eating. In other words, I’m losing my appetite.
It’s a little before 7:30 as I type, but compared to the heat of the last few days, it’s still rather comfortable. I think the heat was at its peak two days ago. At that time, just sitting still and looking at the computer made me sweat naturally. It was impossible to work for a long time without air conditioning. Compared to that, it’s much easier this morning.
In this morning’s edition of the Tokyo Shimbun’s “Global Changes” column, I read an article titled “What Greenhouse Gases Are Emitted in Our Lives? The article is entitled “The Future of Global Warming”. The subtitle is “Global Warming (4)”.
The annual greenhouse gas emissions from an average Japanese person’s life are 7.6 tons of CO2 per capita, which is equivalent to 3,270 liters of gasoline. That’s enough to fill up a 40-liter car every four or five days.
Looking at the contents of the 7.6 tonnes, it is surprisingly large: 30% of it comes from housing-related activities such as electricity in the house, 20% comes from transportation by car, and 20% comes from eating habits.
Looking at this dietary breakdown, meat consumption is the highest at 23%, with dairy products at 13%. Although all of these products are eaten in small quantities, the livestock industry has higher emissions through the cultivation of feed, manure disposal, and burping of cows that emit methane, a greenhouse gas.
It is estimated that if we change our diets and switch to a diet based on vegetables, dairy products and eggs without any meat, we can reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 0.3 tons per person per year, which is several times more effective than the reduction of food waste.
Changing your diet is not easy, but some people are working on it. These include eating less meat and practicing a vegan “full vegan” diet without meat or dairy products. In Europe and the United States, there are restaurants and supermarkets that specialize in this practice, and it is spreading.
Greenpeace, an international environmental organization, has called for the practice of “Les Meats” to reduce meat consumption by 50% worldwide by 2050. The world as a whole is growing in population and meat consumption is increasing. Deforestation is increasing due to the availability of land for grazing and growing grain to feed livestock.
There is also a movement to rethink the diet in France, including a 2018 pilot law that will make school lunches a vegetarian meal once a week. This is France, indeed.
According to research by the Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare and others, adults need 350 grams of vegetables per day, but all generations in Japan seem to be deficient in this regard. A healthy diet is good for the health of the planet,” says Ayako Sekine of Greenpeace.
More and more restaurants in Japan are starting to serve vegan food. On Vegewell, a search site for vegan restaurants and other services, the number of restaurants specializing in vegan food has increased every year and now stands at about 360.
The number of companies in the U.S. producing meat alternatives made from soy and other sources that do not use beef has grown significantly. Even major hamburger chains are taking steps to do so.
Good tasting beef should be a treat for everyone, but if a healthy diet can also help preserve the environment, the challenge is to get better at incorporating alternative foods into our diet.
I ran this morning. I haven’t run since last Friday, so it’s been four days. Anyway, even before dawn the temperature was high, and the last time I woke up at 4:30am and ran at 5am, I was on the verge of heat stroke.
Today I woke up again at 4:30am to run at 5am and this morning it was a little easier. I ran 6.07km this morning, which brings me to 48.84km in seven runs this month, and I’m now at 51.16km with 13 days left to run 100km a month.
It’s a little before 7 o’clock as I type, but the breeze coming in through the open window feels completely different from yesterday. It’s not a humid, sweltering breeze, but a slightly refreshing one. It was cloudy, but there were some blue skies, but it was definitely different from the previous day.
Yesterday, Hamamatsu recorded 41.1 degrees Celsius, the highest temperature ever recorded in Japan. I never dreamed that Shizuoka Prefecture would be in the press for this. It wasn’t exactly pleasant weather while I was running this morning, but I decided to just keep running, even if it meant taking it slow.
I was still dripping with sweat after the run, but my stomach was weak and I didn’t have much of an appetite. For breakfast I had hot coffee and half a puff pastry, then yogurt and half a cold pear.
As I said, body fatigue seems to interfere with my stomach. The only thing I can do is to try to avoid cold food and take something warm to reduce the burden.
In this morning’s Tokyo Shimbun’s “Great Wave and Small Wave” feature article, “The Sisterhood of the Corona Disasters,” the author Akira Oya and Mikako Vrady argue that women’s solidarity in the age of social networking and “austerity is a feminist issue” are extremely important issues to be discussed.
The Sisterhood is a social, ethical and emotional pact between women. It is based on the understanding that together we are stronger than one.
… It is a league of social women without regard to birth, religion or ethnicity. Sisterhood is the ethical, political and practical word of modern feminism.
Brady points out that if the government cuts spending on the basis of financial difficulties, the first people to suffer are those in the public sector and those at the lower end of the wage scale and in informal jobs in the welfare sector, such as childcare workers and caregivers, who are overwhelmingly women, according to Brady.
Oya also points out that women are even asked to watch their children study due to the closure of schools for the coronation disaster, rather than doing household chores and other duties. Indeed, under a “state of emergency,” women’s private care burdens increase and they are more likely to be exposed to reduced treatment in the workforce.
We crave a “Sisterhood” for women’s survival that transcends class, environment, and sexuality, as Oya calls it. It is tied to the fact that this is the time when it is easy to be put off by the Corona disaster.
It is true that history has always shown that when there is a crisis, the weakest of the weak take the brunt of the crisis. And what we can say with certainty is that a society that makes life difficult for women and children is a society that makes life difficult for everyone.
It’s another hot morning. As I type here in this un-air-conditioned room, I start to sweat, even with the windows fully open.
Yesterday, I competed in the monthly competition during the day and had my monthly dinner time with Turu and her husband in the evening. Anyway, it was a hot day. I tried to avoid heatstroke during the day, but looking at the results of the monthly competition, there were almost 5 people who had to give up during the race due to poor health. Certainly, in those weather conditions, it could have been dangerous to play, considering their physical condition and age.
Although I only showered at the golf course and went home, I did bathe in the water when I got home to try to bring my temperature down further.
However, when I think about the climate and the changes in my health over the past week or so, I tend to take a lot of cold drinks, which is not good for me. In my case, my stomach doesn’t seem to be strong, and if I take only cold food when my body is fatigued, I get gastritis.
Yesterday, of course, I continued to drink balanced drinks with ice, but at lunch, for example, I tried to take hot tea. At dinner time in the evening, I had a toast with a well-chilled draft beer, but I drank a hot cup of tea soon afterwards, and then had a hot tea chewy instead of a well-chilled draft beer.
When I got home again, I took a water bath and repeated the hot tea for my drink. I don’t know if that helped or not, but I didn’t get gastritis and I was able to get through yesterday’s heat safely.
I suppose it varies from person to person, but in my case, fatigue seems to come in the form of gastritis. I have to be careful.
The end of this week will be the end of this heat. Next week, it may get a little easier. This is the summer when the air conditioners are in full activity.
After the rainy season, which was literally all rain, we’ve had a handful of extremely hot days. It’s no wonder our bodies are going crazy under these conditions. In addition, the new coronavirus outbreak has thrown things into disarray.
The Olympics have been postponed, and not only is this the year my first grandchild was born, but in many ways, it’s going to be a truly unforgettable 2020.
さすがに今朝は疲れました。残り3 km ほどになった地点からはランニングキャップから汗が滴り落ちてきました。一歩また一歩と踏み出すたびに汗がポタポタと落ちてくるのです。きりの良いので、10 km を超えたところでゴールとしました。1時間15分42秒かかっていますので1 km あたり7分12秒というペースで走ったことになります。
I ran this morning. The last time I ran was last Saturday the 8th, so it was my first run in almost a week. I was still tired from golf, but I’ll have to work hard if I’m not going to make it to my planned 100km per month run.
This morning I deviated from my usual course and drove to Momosawa Shrine and back, racking up 10.51 km, which brings my total to 42.76 km in six runs this month. I’ve reached 57.23km with 17 days to go.
As expected, I was tired this morning. Sweat began to drip from my running cap when I got to the 3km mark. I finished the run after 10 km, which took me 1 hour, 15 minutes and 42 seconds, which means I ran at a pace of 7 minutes and 12 seconds per km.
I think I was in a mild state of heat stroke after the run. I needed to bring my body temperature down, so I started by taking a cold shower. After the shower, a cold watermelon was the best thing I could do to help with the dehydration.
After that, unfortunately, I didn’t have an appetite. I just drank the almond juice and didn’t feel like taking solid food. With today’s buildup, I managed to get closer to my planned plan. I left myself open to the possibility of achieving my goal.
I woke up at 4:30 this morning and started running 30 minutes earlier than usual, mostly for the purpose of getting out of the heat. I was surprised that it was only 4:30 and it was dim. The season is already heading into fall.