We had an early start to the day so that we could catch the famous bullet train from Tokyo Station (depart 7:20am) to Nagano (arrival 8:37am). In order to save time this morning, we booked our Shinkansen tickets at the JR East ticket office yesterday when we were at Shibuya…
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Do the Shibuya Scramble
Ah, that first night of sleep in a bed again after an overnight international flight does wonders! We woke up at 9am, and we went for a run around the perimeter of the Imperial Palace, a popular 5k loop for local runners (always run with the Palace on your left)….
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Kon’nichiwa, Tokyo!
I’ll admit it. When we secured our entries last year to the Tokyo Marathon, neither of us were particularly excited about visiting Japan beyond checking off another World Marathon Major finish. While others who have been to the country before raved about it, Japan just hasn’t been high on our…
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Grindelwald, the gateway to the “Top of Europe”
We had an early wake-up on Thursday to catch our first train of five for the day that would take us from Bruges, Belgium to Grindelwald, Switzerland in the Bernese Alps. Today was proof that travel isn’t always easy, and we were thankful that none of our trains were delayed…
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In Bruges
On Monday, we took the Eurostar train from London to Brussels, Belgium retracing our journey from April, but in reverse. After a half hour delay, we departed London around 1:30pm for the two-hour trip to Brussels. From there, we boarded an intercity train to Bruges, about an hour away. It…
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Championship Sunday in London
For the second time this year, our domestic flight was delayed out of Austin on Friday afternoon, which was putting us too close for comfort in terms of making our international flight connection in Atlanta. What started out as a lengthy connection in Atlanta turned into a sprint through the…
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Donkeys, Elk, and Moose…with a side of Sarah McLachlan in ColoRADo
When Sarah McLachlan announced the tour for the 30th anniversary of her album, Fumbling Toward Ecstasy, I knew that I was going, as that was the soundtrack to my college years. The only question was where? We originally considered going to one of the shows in Seattle, WA and exploring…
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The Road to Paris 2024
Our road to Paris 2024 actually started in 2022 with the first opportunity available to purchase event tickets for the Olympics….more on that in a moment. Our previous experience with the Olympics was for the men’s marathon in London 2012. We had attended the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for the…
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Kick-off to summer in Cozumel
I’ll be honest, tropical destinations generally aren’t my favorite. The heat and humidity beat me down, especially this time of year when I’m already trying to escape those conditions back home in Texas. But, I’ve got plenty of mountain adventures planned in the upcoming months, so we kicked off our…