and healthy. i always figured i would get fit as i was running, so instead, ratherthan would get fit as i was running, so instead, rather than getting to fit and wearing myself out before he started, i actually put on a little bit of muscle weight, i went to the gym and focused on getting strong, rather than fit. i knew the fitness would come as i ran, and that s what i did. i got through it yesterday so it must ve worked! it was hard to bounce ideas off other runners, there s not many people who ve done what i did, and it s all very much trial and error since the start. but ust trial and error since the start. but just looking trial and error since the start. but just looking at some of the scenes you may well have passed by when you are running, what goes through your mind when you re out on one of those extended epic marathon runs? there definitely been extended epic marathon runs? there definitely been some extended epic marathon runs? there definitely been some very exten
Jul 17, 2021
With less than one week to go before the opening ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, it feels appropriate to celebrate Japan’s participation in the games by looking back at some of the country’s most memorable moments over the years, including some surprise team victories and heroic individual performances.
It all began for Japan back in Stockholm in 1912. The country has been a part of all but two of the events since missing out in 1948 (along with Germany) due to its role in World War II, and boycotting Moscow 1980 in protest against the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan.
Baseball fans wait patiently in line to get the one last noodle from Suimeitei, a beloved concession stand at Meiji Jingu Stadium in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward. The stand opened after the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and closed for good on Dec. 6. (Yoshie Watanabe)
People from near and far, from hungry students to baseball stars, lined up at Meiji Jingu Stadium in central Tokyo for their last taste of a savory dish served by a legend at the ballpark.
Suimeitei, a small concession stand tucked in the hallway behind home plate on the first-base side of the stadium, offered its last bowl of noodles on Dec. 6.