4-mile Training run in my hometown!

 Arrived in the US and did a 4-mile training run in my hometown of Salinas, CA. Enjoy the photos of the mountains near my parent's home. Regardless of country, pushing forward to overcome blood cancers and all cancers! 12 days until half marathon! Support my efforts and half marathon at https://pages.lls.org/tnt/mry/yourway25/BGonzalvo Grateful with hope! GO TEAM! アメリカに到着し、故郷のカリフォルニア州サリナスで4マイルのトレーニングランをしました。実家の近くの山々の写真をお楽しみください。国を問わず、血液がん、そしてあらゆるがんを克服するために、前進します！ハーフマラソンまであと12日！

 

 

 

10-mile Training run! (Koenji <-> Asagaya x 10)

This morning, I did my longest training run, a 10-mile training between my home station Koenji and the next station Asagaya under the train tracks in the shade. :) I began to feel my legs in miles 9 and 10. Pushing forward to overcome blood cancers and all cancers! 15 days until half marathon! Support my efforts and half marathon at https://pages.lls.org/tnt/mry/yourway25/BGonzalvo Grateful with hope! GO TEAM! 今朝は、自宅駅の高円寺から隣駅の阿佐ヶ谷まで、日陰の線路の下で10マイルのトレーニングをしました。9マイルと10マイルで脚の感覚が戻ってきました。血液がん、そしてあらゆるがんを克服するために、前進します！ハーフマラソンまであと15日！

7-mile Training Night Run (Shibuya -> Yoyogi -> Shinjuku -> Koenji)

 

So hot in Tokyo that I did a 7-mile training night run from Shibuya (crossing location in Movie "Lost in Translation" to Shinjuku to Koenji. 3 weeks until half marathon! Support appreciated! :D 

(Note: Photos taken at the end of the run showning at the top.)

 

Arrived in Koenji!

I can see Koenji sign! Getting closer! :)

Run crossed paths of Tokyo Medical University Hospital where I was first diagnosed with a blood cancer 17 years ago!

Tokyo Metropolitan Buildings 

Shinjuku

Slim hotel in Shinjuku 

Yoyogi station

Train crossing! Gave me a second to hydrate ha!

Foreign tourist kindly took this photo :) 

To run pass that pink NTT Docomo building :)

Takeshita Street

Harajuku

Looks yummy!

Tokyo Drifters!? 

Shibuya crossing 

 Shibuya - start of 7-mile training run

 

 

6-mile Training run! (Koenji <-> Asagaya x 6)

Amid the abnormally hot weather, I did another 6-mile training between my home station Koenji and the next station Asagaya under the train tracks in the shade. :) 異常な暑さのため、日陰の線路下で、自宅駅の高円寺と隣駅の阿佐ヶ谷間の6マイルのトレーニングをしました。 :) 

Moss Burger (Japan's McDonald's) in a vending machine sighting!!! :D

6-mile Training Walk (Ebisu -> Daikanyama -> Nakameguro Park -> Meguro River -> Osaki)

After lunch, I did another training walk from Ebisu to Daikanyama to along Meguro to Osaki! :D Grateful to still be alive! GO TEAM!

(Note: Photos taken at the end of the walk showning at the top.)

Meguro River

Ebisu station

Training Walk (Ginza->Shimbashi->Hibiya Park->Imperial Palace)

After a morning jog and lunch, I did another training walk from Ginza to Hibiya Park to Imperial Palace in the heat. Too hot but beautiful! :D Grateful to still be alive! GO TEAM!

(Note: Photos taken at the end of the walk showning at the top.)

Sight of Tokyo station from afar

Imperial Palace on left, modern business building on the right - Tradition means modernity

Ginza