Saturday, August 28, 2010

I got on the bike tonight and went out along the river for a night run. It felt soooo good to cycle in the dark and use my atrophying night vision (it's never dark in Tokyo!).

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  1. Hope you didn't run over any night loving joggers!
    No headlight on the bike?

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  2. Teeny little blinker. I wish the joggers wouldn't wear all black. You'd think they were training to work with Steve on a special undercover tactical mission... But the beauty of it all is that you really really REALLY have to USE your senses: the light is dimmed so you can't see nearly as much, but if you practice, the eyes get stronger. Then you need to use your ears a lot more as well, because the ears can tell you what is coming before the eyes do. This is a point where most of us humans are getting weaker and weaker because we rely so much upon our eyes to tell us what is there. That's why I love night runs so much!

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  3. Yeah, brilliant fun!

    Before I did this job we used to organise what we called the Cannonball Runs, where we`d ride our motorbikes at full speed down really narrow country lanes from one end of the Island to the other with no lights on. What a buzz! On some nights we had to outrun the Pigs! Cool.

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  4. OMG!!!

    Is there anything you do that's not dangerous, Babe?

    Sheesh!!!

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  5. Oy!

    I had to go and fall for a nerd with a death wish ;-P

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  6. There`s nothing nerdy about playing chess!

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  7. Steve - Did you ever get into the Star Trek 3D chess? And yes, riding with the lights off is truly amazing....

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  8. Jeez Cam, that s***ts truely dangerous! A flying tiddly could take your eye out!

    * snerk *

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  9. No............. are you taking the pee? I`m guessing that`d be truely nerdy.

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  10. Very funny, You.
    Well see if i care when you wrap yourself around a tree one night....
    Poopiehead!

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