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Posts from December 2009

Christmas DJ

The week before Christmas has turned out to be quite a busy one on the DJ front. I’ll be spinning tunes at 3 events, staring tonight. The temperatures have dropped and snow is falling, but why not don your down jacket and come warm yourself in the embrace of bass. First up, is FROIDE at [...]


Even truckers love kittens

Struggling with an injury that has put paid to this winter’s marathon plans, but unwilling to sacrifice the aerobic conditioning that I have built up through marathon (over)training, I was back on the bike last weekend. It’s quite chilly here in Hiroshima, but with a wind jacket, some ridiculous looking cycling tights and some shiny [...]


Japan’s Running Boom

I am quoted in this short piece on Japan’s current running boom on one of the Japan Times blogs by Jason Jenkins With Japan’s “running boom” arguably at its peak, races around the country are filling up faster than ever. The 2009 Tokyo Marathon saw 226,378 applicants competing for 30,000 spots: a 68% increase from [...]


The Christmas sweater – Japan style

The season of Christmas sweater is almost upon us, and while these usually feature jolly Santas and portly snowmen, one of my students was sporting this one in class the other day.