Woke up and went out for an early run in Ueno Park. I intended to run 6+ miles, so I started with a much slower pace than the previous day. Ended up doing 8 laps around the perimeter of the pond, generally slowing down with each succeeding mile after mile 2 but picking up the pace to finish stronger in the last 1.5 miles (last two laps). I could feel the effects of the previous day's hard run, mostly in my feet but also in my leg muscles. Could have run faster in hindsight, it's going to take time for me to train up to a faster pace for longer distances.
Avg pace = 8:35/mi
Total distance = 6.49 mi
Elapsed running time = 55:45
I wore my heartrate monitor but unintentionally had Bluetooth turned off on my phone, dangit. We spent a quiet morning hanging around the Airbnb, doing laundry and cleaning the place up. I got a pizza from Summit for lunch, it was decent. After lunch, we took a couple of subway trains down to the Shinjuku area to see a show at The Samurai Restaurant. What can I say? It was about as kitschy a show as I have ever seen. The sound and costumes were over the top. It consisted of a number of acts interspersed with intermissions that were at least as long as the acts themselves. Maybe there was a storyline to some of the later acts, but I couldn't follow it, other than themes of good and evil, magic, fighting, and incongruous singing and drumming (lots of that). We started with a toast of sake that was bubbly and sweet, then ended with macha tea. At least we had a couple of drinks to make it more fun(ny). Ann kinda felt gipped from the paucity of actual theatrical content, I enjoyed the absurdity more. Afterwards, we saw the Godzilla statue and the 3-D cat display, both somewhat meh. We headed over to a nearby park with gardens that Ann wanted to see, but closed for visitors at 4:00. So we walked around the shopping and dining areas, eventually having dinner at an Indian food restaurant that was surprisingly good, especially the naan. Ann was fading, all the activities of the previous days (and no coffee in the morning) caught up with her. After dinner, we walked over to Shinjuku station, after going into the wrong station next to it and took a JR train to Shibuya. We were in rush hour, and the trains and stations were quite crowded. The Shibuya Scramble Crossing was something to see, thousands of people crossing the roads at the same time. We walked around this area to soak some of it in, then took the subway back to the Airbnb. Packed up most of our stuff and cleaned up the flat, then went to sleep. This was the most tired I've been at the end of a day on this trip.
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