The 2012 Tokyo Marathon was held today.
Twenty-nine year old Michael Kipyego of Kenya, Africa came in first place with a time of 2 hrs 07.37 seconds.
藤原新 (Arata Fujiwara) came in second just a few hundredths of a seconds later.
Arata Fujiwara of Japan and Michael Kipyego of Kenya show their silver and gold medals, respectively.
I don’t enjoy running…or even jogging, for that matter. So I can’t imagine running a 42 kilometer (26.22 miles) marathon!
Do you like to run or jog? Have you ever run a marathon? The Tokyo Marathon?
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Now that it’s getting closer to the end of winter and 花見 (“Cherry Blossom Viewing”) season will be here before long, many Japanese brewers have begun selling beers in cans decorated with 桜 (Cherry Blossoms).
Tokyo Five 
Kitty Beer? I remember drinking it on the plane… I had Eighteen of them… Reminded me of PBR!
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>Kitty Beer?
There’s no mention of such a thing in this post! The picture is of Kirin Beer with pictures of Sakura on the can.
But…Joe, you many be interested in Ultraman Cider.
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I’m hoping and hoping that we’ll be able to do the hanami in a few weeks when we’re in Tokyo.
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>hoping…to do the hanami in a few weeks when we’re in Tokyo.
When will you be in Tokyo? The 桜 (cherry-blossoms) should bloom in Tokyo in late March / early April.
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Walking, yes. Hiking, oh yes. Running, no.
Happy that my continent’s athletes dominated the race. There’s one thing Africa does better than anybody else, and that’s long-distance running. (Let’s not be cynical and add “killing”.)
Beer? Ummm. Can I have champagne instead? 🙂
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>Hiking, oh yes.
I like hiking too.
>There’s one thing Africa does better than anybody else, and that’s long-distance running.
Yes, it seems that Africans and Japanese are good at running marathons (as seen by the results of the Tokyo Marathon having an African and a Japanese come in first and second place, respectively.)
>Beer? Ummm. Can I have champagne instead?
Sure. You don’t have to drink beer (leaves more for me! 😉 )
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That was a close race. I don’t enjoy running myself so I will never do a marathon. I prefer cycling.
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>That was a close race.
Did you watch it on TV? (Is the Tokyo Marathon shown on TV in America?)
>I prefer cycling.
Me, too.
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In this blog post, you can choose between running and beer. Easy choice for me … beer … FTW! 🙂
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>Easy choice for me … beer
Of course! 🙂
>FTW!
I had to Google that acronym…because I suspected you didn’t intend it to have the meaning I was thinking.
And sure enough, the internet says the meaning of “FTW” has changed from what it meant when I was a teenager. 😉
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I prefer 花見 but I don’t dislike jogging and watching marathon.
Tokyo marathon sounds fun because the runner can see various tourist spots.
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>I prefer 花見
I like cherry-blossom viewing too.
But I like beer more! 😉
>I don’t dislike jogging
Do you jog often? It’s good exercise…but I don’t like it.
I do like bicycling and walking, though.
>(I don’t dislike) watching marathon.
I like to watch marathons sometimes. I watched a lot of the Tokyo Marathon on TV today.
But I don’t want to run one!
>Tokyo marathon sounds fun because the runner can see various tourist spots.
The marathon route does go past many of Tokyo’s main tourist areas…but can the runners enjoy the view while they’re in the marathon?
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