Quadracious

After the turfgrass science seminar at Shinjuku I went to Hokkaido for a few days of post-seminar exercise and relaxation. Two Hokkaido institutions, the Sapporo Brewery and the Rocye chocolate company have joined forces to make a chocolate bitter brew.

After a loss at mini-golf in January, I was determined to avenge myself in February, and so I did. Nathan Morrissette holed a wedge from 60 yards at Northern Rangsit Golf Club for an early birdie and lead in the match.

Today is Makha Bucha Day, the full moon day of the third lunar month, and I was running before dawn this morning in a mini-marathon through the salt flats of coastal Samut Sakhon.

I ran a 10.5 km race this morning and was awarded this silver medal. I like to imagine that the medal represents my speed, strength, agility, and grace as I glide across the landscape much as a dolphin frolics in the sea.

I’m already training for the 317 km Hood to Coast relay in August. I won this impressive medal at the Fight Aids 10K race organized by the Department of Public Health in Bangkok a few weeks ago.