■I ran this morning. According to the weather forecast, the probability of raining from 5 am to 6 pm this morning was about 10%, so I slept early to run from last night. I woke up before 5 o’clock this morning, but I got up at 5 o’clock when the alarm clock rang and started preparing.
It was the day of vinyl waste disposal this morning, so I left it in place in front of the park and started after the preparatory exercise. When I ran the usual course this morning, came back and connected my running watch to Epson’s website, he congratulated me “I have achieved 50km per month”.
This morning I ran 6.08km on the usual course, and this month I have accumulated 52.48km in seven runs in total. I have reached the point of 47.51km in 16 days until I run 100km a month. In the rainy season, which is raining every day, I manage to run early in the morning when it doesn’t rain, but if I don’t run on days when I can run, it will be difficult to achieve my goals.
■ I was planning to fly from Mt. Fuji Shizuoka Airport to Kyushu for a drive next week, but I canceled it. I was planning to stay at a guest house in Amakusa on the first day, but when Sun confirmed by phone, it was the reality that tourists from other prefectures were not welcomed due to fear of coronavirus infection. In Amakusa, no one is infected yet.
I thought about changing the schedule and going around another course, but the roads would be unusual due to the heavy rain disaster, and I was worried about whether I could travel as expected. Moreover, the locals also seemed not very pleased to be here. They are afraid of coronaviruses.
So I’m very sorry this time, but I canceled all plans. Fortunately, there was no cancellation fee since it was more than a week ago, but I think that it is really difficult for airlines and inn officials to cancel this much.
The government is about to start implementing a tourism promotion measure called a “Go to Campaign”, but now that the infection is reigniting, there is a doubt that it is a policy that should be spent over 1 trillion yen ..
As usual, the government eventually throws out a project to a friend such as Dentsu, and a lot of taxes called office expenses are lost. Whose pocket is our tax that goes missing? Repeating this kind of thing will make Japan really poor.
There is a media report that bribes are concentrated in some executives and huge national expenses have disappeared in a certain dictatorship next door, but there may be differences in amounts, but Japan is similar. .. Japan is no longer a moral nation that can blame others very much.
It is safe to say that Japan is undergoing a great social experiment to see how much politicians can fall without tension in the Diet and in the administration.
Humans are truly terrifying beings. To what extent can we fall, how greedy and how cruel. Looking back on history, it is a repetition.
■I ran this morning. I was awake from 5 o’clock, but I couldn’t get up because of the tiredness of yesterday. When I wake up and look out the window, a rain cloud seems to cover the sky, but it is not raining yet. I prepared and left the front door.
After the preparatory exercise, I ran the usual course 6.12km this morning, and this month, I accumulated 46.39km in 6 runs. In the remaining 18 days to run 100km a month, I have reached 53.60km.
Looking at the weather forecast, the rainy season front is stagnant and there is no sign of moving. Compared to the usual year, the rainy season front continues to stay due to the weaker Pacific high pressure.
We are planning to take a holiday from next Thursday to Kyushu. The rainy season will be over by then, but even if the airplane definitely flies, I’m worried about the local road conditions or the tourist facility conditions. I hope they have not been damaged by this heavy rain.
I plan to rent a car locally and take a leisurely drive, but there is a possibility that the road is cut off or it can not move as I expected, so I am wondering whether to go or not now.
Yesterday, I could see the blue sky after a long absence, and at the golf course, I was able to see the clouds in the afternoon. It seemed like the rainy season was over. I could see the Izu Peninsula beautifully from the clubhouse.
But from today, it’s back again. Rain clouds seem to cover the sky again this week.
Still, the temperature and humidity dropped last night, and it was a very refreshing night. I tried turning on the air conditioning on Saturday night, but it seems to have broken. It has been more than 10 years since I installed it. Is it a lifetime? Since full-scale summer is about to begin, it is very unbearable that there is no air conditioning in the living room. I plan to contact an electrician I know and order the Panasonic product for the 10 tatami room from stock.
■ Last week, a Subaru company contacted me, and the production at the Gunma Plant was completed successfully, after which parts such as a drive recorder were installed to complete the production. I was wondering if it could be delivered by the beginning of next week at the latest this week or later. Subaru Impreza.
I participated in the Joshu Ota Subaru Marathon with Taku last year, but the Subaru plant in Ota City, Gunma Prefecture, is a core industry that supports the region for Gunma Prefecture. Car sales have dropped completely due to the spread of coronavirus infection. The damage to key industries has a great impact on the region.
For Gunma Prefecture, where Taku plays an active part as a member of society, I decided to purchase a Subaru car with a little help. This is the first time to buy a Subaru car. What will happen? I am looking forward to the delivery.
I ran this morning. It seemed that the rain had stopped after 7 pm last night, so I was preparing to run a little, but I stopped.
Sun told me, “It’s raining.” When I opened the door and left the entrance, it was raining quite a bit. Unfortunately I couldn’t run last night. I haven’t run for four days since last Saturday.
I woke up at 4:40 this morning and when I opened the curtain and looked outside, it looked like it wasn’t raining. Fortunately, it wasn’t raining when I got up, started preparing, and opened the front door. After putting the vinyl garbage in place, I started running after a light preparatory exercise.
I ran 8.75km this morning, and this time I have accumulated 23.60km in three runs this month, and I have reached 76.39km in 23 days until I run 100km a month.
According to the weather forecast, it will be raining heavily today, and we are calling for caution that floods and landslides will occur in Shizuoka Prefecture as well.
In Gifu and Nagano prefectures, it seems that there is an urgent situation where people feel the danger of life. The announcer is calling for evacuation. The terrifying situation seems to be approaching.
■ In the “Live in Corona” section of the front page of the Tokyo Shimbun this morning, Malaysia’s former Prime Minister Mahathir responded to an interview via the internet, and talked about the path the world will take after the new coronavirus pandemic.
The Asian heavyweights, who know about World War II directly, emphasize the importance of international cooperation and peace to counter the threat of viruses. Mahathir, a witness and doctor of turbulent modern history in this article, said, “The new corona cannot be killed with a gun or rocket. We need to spend more time and money on virus research than on weapons,” and urge international cooperation to accelerate vaccine development and share the results of these efforts.
“When a war happens, soldiers move from country to country. On the battlefield, social distance and infection testing are impossible. This pandemic is pressing humanity to turn their back on the war. There is no time to fight.”
He also said. There are also complaints against Japan.
“The Japanese government, which has abandoned the war but is trying to change its principles as the US has told it, looks like a copy of the US administration. Tracking the United States means complicating the problems that the United States causes. I don’t think war can be a solution to a conflict between nations,” he asserts.
As always, he is expressing his candid and keen opinion. I should not be the only one who desperately feels the difference in his deep knowledge and perception of history when compared to our prime minister.
It took Japan 75 years after the war to get the current leader. This is the reality of Japan. Once again, we need to take a deep look at our postwar history.
I ran this morning as well. Following yesterday, I ran the usual course 6.14km this morning, and this month I have accumulated 14.84km in two runs. In the remaining 28 days, it has reached 85.15 kilometers until 100 kilometers are completed.
The weather forecast says it will start to rain again tonight, and tomorrow it will be raining all day long. I can’t seem to run tomorrow morning, so I can’t reach my goal unless I’m running in the morning when I can.
Yesterday, after the medical treatment, I went to the first Rotary club meeting in the new year. The Rotary club will begin its new year in July. At the Numazu West Rotary Club, the beginning of the Uematsu chairman year. And our club is the 30th anniversary of our founding. As with anything, breaks are very important. In that sense, the president and secretary change in the Rotary club every year, so you can start club activities with a new feeling.
After the meeting, Sun and I went to Gotemba to see the usual Chinese medicine doctor Uebaba. The doctor checked the condition of the blood that was taken last time and told me the result. The only problem was that bad cholesterol levels were high.
However, good cholesterol is also high, and it is diagnosed by other doctors that the ratio is within the normal range. After all, bad cholesterol is high and it is not good, so I was instructed to improve my diet.
Specifically, it was pointed out that drinking milk was not good for me. Certain factors in milk can have harmful effects on the body. If you make yogurt, the enzyme will also be decomposed. I used the freshly squeezed milk from my friend’s dairy farm as banana juice and ate it in the morning, but I decided to switch to yogurt. With the yogurt maker manufactured by Iris Ohyama, the milk I received is now being converted into yogurt.
I ran for the first time in 4 days this morning. I ran a little longer than the usual course and recorded 8.780km this morning. It’s 91.29km left to reach 100km/month in 29 days. The 100km/month has just begun.
Initially, I had a heavy footsteps this morning, but since I had three days of rest, it gradually became easier after I passed 3 kilometers.
However, I started to hurt my right knee just after 5 km. It’s a runner’s knee. I’ve been suffering for a long time. It’s just my right knee. However, after about 7 kilometers, my knee pain became easier, and in the end my footsteps became much lighter and easier.
After all, I was able to finish running at a pace of 6 minutes and 36 seconds per kilometer. The pace is not bad for me. But I’m worried about what happens to my knee pain when this is 10 and 20 kilometers away. Anyway, I was very pleased to have taken the first step in July.
■ It rained really hard yesterday. I had a meeting at the medical association from 7pm, so I went out. When I got home after 8:30, the rain was so severe that I couldn’t see the front even if I moved the wiper at maximum speed.
There was a roadblock sign when I ran this morning in front of the road that passed under the bypass I always go to on my way home. I’m sure water came out and the car couldn’t get through. When I went home last night, I decided that the road was dangerous and I took another road. It was the correct answer when I thought about it now.
■ Looking at NHK News, New Center 9 at night, I feel very strange. Despite not reporting the state of the Tokyo Governor’s election on the program, it has long taken up the issue of national security law in Hong Kong. Freedom and democracy in Hong Kong are at stake.
Of course, that is an important issue, but since the election to decide the top of Tokyo is being held, it may be the Japanese media that delves into what Tokyo’s government should be like. Apparently NHK’s idea is not so.
I wonder that NHK is so interested in Hong Kong people’s freedom and democracy, but for whom is NHK a public broadcaster?
NHK should collect the charges separately from the news and other departments. NHK makes a lot of great works, including the NHK Special, and I’m happy to pay for that, but I don’t feel like paying a yen for reporting.
Only a few reports have been published regarding the Abe administration. The essential Tokyo governor’s election and the issues of freedom and democracy in Japan have only been reported casually. I don’t know who NHK is for public broadcasting.
I ran this morning as well. When I came back and connected my running watch to Epson’s site, he celebrated, “I have achieved 100 kilometers per month.” With this, we have achieved 100 kilometers per month for 6 consecutive months from January this year.
Unfortunately, in December of last year, I lost my continuous record of achieving my goals due to cataract surgery and a cold. However, in 2020, I continue to achieve my goals.
This morning I ran a longer distance than usual, stacking up 8.70km, and this month I ran 100.82km in 17 runs.
For breakfast this morning, I drunk a small apple and a freshly squeezed milk from a friend into a juicer to make juice. I made it by mixing it with ice, so it was very cool and delicious. It’s dehydrated by running, so the taste is exceptional.
While doing so, it has been reported that the rain may intensify in Kyushu and damage may occur. Rain clouds are gradually approaching Kanto, so it is likely that it will be pouring from tonight to tomorrow. Yesterday it was a hot and humid day with temperatures above 33 degrees Celsius, but it seems to be over today. From tomorrow, the rainy season will return and it will be a rainy day.
I ran this morning. It seemed like I had a good night’s sleep while the cloudy rain clouds covered the sky, and I woke up at 4:40 am, which was earlier than the alarm clock. It was a garbage day, so I brought it to the designated place and started after the preparatory exercise.
When I came back and connected my running watch to Epson’s website, congratulations appeared on the screen. “You have reached a total mileage of 7,000 km.” It means that I have run a total of 7,000 kilometers since I started recording with Epson’s running watch.
I ran a little extra course this morning and piled up 6.80km, and this month, I got up to 92.11km in 16 runs. In the remaining 4 days, I have left 7.88km to run 100km a month.
I’m always thinking of taking a rest at the end of the month and a little longer run on the first day of the month, so I plan to take a rest next week. However, I have to run 8 kilometers before that, so when it comes to that, the only days left are Saturday.
This is because on Sunday, there will be one or two rounds of the new Numazu Country Club President’s Cup, and I will have to assist as a race committee member.
By the way, I ran into something unexpected that I was running today. What a bee stabbed behind my left ear! When I was running, I heard a hum, and when something flew away, I tried to drive it away with my hand, but I was bitten. It hurts quite a bit.
When I came home and read the Tokyo Shimbun, I was surprised to find an article that someone was stabbed by a bee while working and died of anaphylactic shock. In this article, a company employee who was mowing near a tunnel in Oyama Town was confirmed dead by a bee stinging at one place on his left arm. The cause of death is considered to be anaphylactic shock that causes an acute allergic reaction.
It seems that the Gotemba station is investigating the accident. It’s because of the constitution, but anyone can have such a reaction. Fortunately I haven’t had a particularly strong reaction so far, but I’m chilling with ice and applying a steroid ointment and watching. Anyway, I didn’t know that a bee sting would hurt you so much.
In the run this morning, my body was heavy and I was slow on foot as usual until after 5km, but I was conscious of trying to kick the ground firmly and continued to run stronger than usual. Then, for the last kilometer, I was able to run in less than 6 minutes as an average pace. In total, I run 6.81 km and the average pace is 6 minutes 29 seconds, so it’s not bad for me. To put it simply, it means that the muscle strength for running is weakened. It seems that muscle training is necessary.
■ By the way, this morning in the Tokyo Shimbun’s “Liten and Time Review”, Professor Takeshi Nakajima, a professor at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, wrote “Post-corona for local production for local consumption.” The subtitle is Gandhi’s Neighbor Principles.
Known as the father of Indian independence, Mahatma Gandhi criticized the existence of railways. It says that evil will spread on the railroad. Nakajima writes that the true meaning of this word was convinced by the Coronal Evil.
Gandhi was skeptical of modern speed. People have forgotten to walk slowly and find value in going far faster. As a result, farmers began to sell grain to high-selling places, starvation occurred, and infectious diseases quickly spread with the movement of people.
Gandhi said, “Good things go like snails.” Gandhi preached the principle of “neighbors” and emphasized mutual support with nearby people and promoted local production for local consumption.
As a result of extreme globalism, the coronavirus has spread rapidly around the world. Even if you invite a large-scale factory, the profits will only be returned to some people, losing the independence of the workers and the independence of the area.
Instead, eating food produced by neighbors, wearing clothes made by the neighbors, and living in a house built by the neighbors will create employment and start the economy around the area, says economic criitic Takuro Morinaga.
Morinaga proposes the expansion of a small decentralized economy based on Gandhi’s economics. Correct the widening gap and prevent the destruction of the global environment. Further review global capitalism. He claims that this is a post-Corona world model.
Now the world must be at a major turn, post-corona values must be a correction of neoliberalism. Lastly, Nakajima wrote that a new vision should be sought from the principle of neighbors.
