Joining the Honolulu Half-Marathon was one of my purposes and it was successfully finished without any injury. After the run, various kinds of food and drinks are offered to the runners in Japan, but what I received in Honolulu was only a bottle of cold water and an extremely oily sticky pancake, which almost choked me. I wanted to wash my hands with soap, but couldn't. There were no maps about the finish area. My greasy hands might damage my camera, so I didn't take pictures around the finish area.
Leaving my hands oily and sticky, I moved to the portable toilets area on Waikiki beach. I washed my hands in the sea and opened the door of one of the toilets. It was just like a dust box with paper bags of fast foods like McDonald. It would be used by not only the runners but other tourists and I was surprised and discouraged to know their bad manners. Finally I made a bee line to my condo. However, I had a lot of fun. Variety is the spice of the marathon for beginners like me. I'd like to join the Honolulu Marathon in the not so distant future. The picture shows the badge of honor given to finishers.
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badge of honor 勲章
今回のハワイ旅行の目的の一つ目が終わった。怪我もなくのんびりと観光を楽しみながら走ることが出来たのだが。日本だとゴール後には温かい豚汁や食べるものなどが振る舞われるのだが、ここでは異常に甘くてべたべたしたケーキに、ただの冷たい水。暑いハワイだと言っても温かい飲み物があっていいし、もう少し腹持ちの良いものが出せないものか。手を洗える場所の表示やイベント会場の案内図もない。お陰でカメラを取り出せず写真がない。
べたべたの手のままでワイキキビーチに設置された移動式トイレまで移動したが恐ろしく汚い！トイレはゴミ箱とは違う！女性用は知らないが、男性用トイレはマックの袋などが捨ててありまるでゴミ箱、使用不可能。ランナーだけではなく、一般の人も使ったのだろうが、このトイレマナーはどうだ。呆れてしまった。結局トイレを我慢してジョグ１０分で自宅のトイレに駆け込んだ。因みに手はワイキキビーチの海水で洗いました。とまあ、いろいろあったが総じて楽しいランだった。次はフルマラソンに挑戦します！
Well done! That's another accomplishment in your interesting life.
Posted by: Peter | May 06, 2018 at 03:10 PM