Ready, Set, Go! 新たな始まり

It’s April 1^st!

In Japan, April is a time for beginnings- a time for fresh new starts. That’s because here, the new school year begins in April. It’s also spring! When flowers start to sprout, when the cherry blossoms are oh so beautiful J

Today was a new beginning for me, as well.

I ran my first run for Japan!!!

To my surprise, I found out that I didn't own many RED things.

I have a red tank top which would have been just right for L.A. weather- not so much here.

So I wore my red toe socks and these bright redish? orange? amino value gloves I got from the Tokyo marathon. I hope somebody noticed I was running for charity...

Sadly, I didn’t meet any other runners in red.

If I saw any, I was going to give them a HUGE big smile. Or give them high five!

(But I’m sure both of these American? actions would have scared them away...)

It felt good though- running for a cause.

Basically, I’ve always run for myself, so it was a neat new experience.

I hadn’t really planned how far or how long I was going to run but when I looked down at my GPS watch, it read 7.77km.

That looked like a sweet place to stop at.

7.77km for Japan!

これから前に向いて、一歩一歩頑張ります！