Training Day II CP5-Finish

The other two team members also wanted to feel the exhastion of a long walk before the actual trailwalker and so we did the 2nd trainging day. Here they are, Purdey and Kaori, on one of the mountain tops on the way. This time, we did the 2nd half of the Trailwalker course from CP5 all the way to the finish point. It was again about 45km and we did it in 15 hours.


As the sun came up in the morning, Fuji-san was checking on us how we were doing.


and then it appeared in its full beauty

Here we are just before the finish at the lake ;-)

Next report will be the actuall Trailwalker :-o

Training Day I - CP1-CP4.5

Of course we don't only do workshops but we also train and when we train we train Hard.
This was actually first real hike this season but we did it properly, 44 km on the future Trailwalker trail in 16h from 4pm to 8am!!! Only Martin and Joyce did the hike because Kaori got sick and Purdey decided to join Kaori later.

We started on the train studying the map, very serious the map was

and then suddenly compensation for the seriousness

view of Odawara as we were leaving the city

and we found some friends Oranges

and a magic lake

and Joyce fell in love with the car living in the forest


the first mountain top of many


then the night came and Joyce wanted to join the full moon
as we were going down the sun was coming up

and no more photos because we were very tired!!!

UNICEF "love walk" - sunday 13 April 2008 - Toyko

Dear Tanuki Team Supporters,

There will be a charity walk held by UNICEF Japan this weekend, with the theme "Save the children form AIDS".
Come and join if you're interested!
We will! and make it a part of our training... :D


There are two type of courses, the 12km walk or the 6km walk.

- For the 12km walk, the route will be from the UNICEF house in Takanawa, going through Tenozu park, Meguro river, Gotanda station and back to the UNICEF house. (We will be doing this one).

- For the 6km walk, the route starts from the UNICEF house, through Tenozu park, Shinagawa station and back.

Click here for the details of this event (sorry, in japanese only)

Date: 13 April 2008 (Sunday)

Place: Unicef House
check the google map here

Takanawa 4-6-12, Minato-ku

Time: 9 a.m.

Fees: 500 yen for adult, 200 yen for those under 18

hope to see you there!!!

The walk was great even in the rain! Unfortunatelly we didn't make so many photos because of raining but here is one from the preparation :D :



...and one walking in the streets...