You guys need to do more travel/lifestyle run videos! Really enjoyed how you shared your experiences with this event. That would be so cool to have a similar format / coverage for races, culture and food from around the world.

@teamdreamcatcher4877

Жыл бұрын

I second that! 👍

Love the recap and glad y’all had a blast out there! Thank you for bringing us along on the team’s social media platforms 🤜🏾🤛🏻

Really enjoyed listening to this podcast , thank you. Glad you all enjoyed Tokyo 🏃🏻‍♂️❤️

This easily is the best podcast you put on. Loved to have seen more photos or videos during the race and your time eating and sightseeing in Tokyo.

Just so cool... covered my long run today but I was definitely looking ridiculous laughing out loud at various points. Esp at the squeeze the product 🤣 I would have lost it if I had been there. What an experience!

@jamesmevis9783

Жыл бұрын

Agree 100%. Listened to this during last long run before taper yesterday. This covered 2 of the 3 hours. And that time flew by. I thought funny at end of audio where u said, "if anyone one is still with us"... I'm thinking... want 1 more hour!! No, I NEED 1 more hour! I loved the Houston break down with all the details. Story of pre, during, post run. Post race breakdowns are the best. (lost wallet, angst re: food before race day, potatoes on a stick, chic alley ways, finding Mack, Quest to catch up, Bros event day bonding, tech toilets, and so many more)

The shakeout run in Tokyo was so fun! Thank you guys for hosting it :)

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for coming out!

Really entertaining podcast once again. It's always nice to hear your experiences overseas and the differences in culture and funny episodes. Robbie's karaoke episode with the 'long' goodbye at the lift is genuinely funny because I can picture it so easily. And also Thomas and his shower experience was a hoot. The micro towel to begin with ... I love it! Then the ending scene trying to get the tights on. Haaa! You guys are great. 😁👏

@leonperry449

7 ай бұрын

😊😊

Really enjoyed this. Truly entertaining. Thanks for the great content!

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

This is a great franchising interview Joel and Wayne. You are so excited and happy Wayne, we wish you all the best and thanks for all your feedback and positive energy. We know you will build a great business.

I've never been to Japan, so it is fun listening to your impressions!

Loved this episode. I took it for my Long run today on the "dreadmill" . People were probably looking at me like i was crazy because i was laughing so hard at Thomas putting his head on the hand scanner. "Drop" dead funny! thanks for the conversation on my run!

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

This is by far the longest podcast I’ve ever listened too yet also by far the best!

Epic podcast 🔥🔥🔥

Great stuff. Thanks for getting me through 12 miles on the treadmill while watching your Tokyo escapades. I'm a believer.

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Looked forward to this recap all week and it overdelivered. Watched to the whole thing. Keep it going

What a fantastic experience! Thank you so much for sharing all of the details!!!

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for following along!

Great recap. I thought Kofuzi's recap was thorough, but this is adds even more detail. Much better on KZread than as a podcast.

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Such a cool and great recap. Felt glad and pleased to bump into y’all, ran along with you! 🔥

Aaron Rodgers watching this podcast is going to go from the Darkness retreat and Ayahuasca, to the Teamlab Planets in Tokyo.

Glad I watched this one on KZread, instead of my usual podcast app!

You guys are back! Yessssssss 🐍

So glad to see you having fun in Tokyo even it's a long distance trip.

Loved your recap. I was running there too, behind you by quite a bit. :) My wife and I visited teamLab Planets our first day in Tokyo. It was amazing. I didn't know about your shake-out run. I would have liked to join you all. I did get in a couple of Parkruns while in Japan, so it is all good. Actually set my Parkrun PR in Osaka the weekend after the Tokyo Marathon. Anyways, the point of my comment is the Tokyo Marathon's cutoffs. You mentioned this during the podcast, but didn't go into much detail. It is more complicated than just a 7 hour finish time. They have 7 or 8 cutoffs through out the course. These close at a specific time of day, not based on your chip time. If you aren't past that points by the assigned time then your race is over. The intermediate check points have more aggressive cutoffs than the over all race. Meaning, you could be on track to finish well before the 7 hour time limit, but fall victim to an earlier cutoff. A poorly timed potty break could be costly. The slower runners, such as myself, need to know about this. My average marathon time is around 5h40m and I was mainly worried about the last 2 check points before the finish. I started in the last corral. I didn't even cross the start line until 27 minutes after the race started. They had signs at each check point stating the time it would close and what the current time was. The intermediate cutoffs motivated me. Thankfully, I had a good race in Tokyo and was always 30 or so minutes ahead of being pulled. Glad you guys had fun. It is an amazing place to visit. I'll definitely return.

Robbie! You are a rebel, like me! 😀

best Drop ever, thx ✊

Thanks for sharing. This was a great podcast! I’m hoping to do Tokyo one day but like someone mentioned to you guys the cutoffs are an issue. You mentioned it was 7 hours but just to note, it’s actually from gun time not chip time. Those in the back can lose 45 minutes, with disabled/Achilles runners going last. Plus you have 8 cutoffs to make along the way. The “quicker” ones in the beginning and at any point they will pull you. There is not even a one second grace period (they just pull a rope across the course). It’s one reason I’m choosing to wait at least another year.

Tokyo marathon was a fun experience! You are so right about the spectators, so quiet that all you heard were the runners footsteps! The only negative was the fluid stations seemed really far apart.

This was a great one !

Yes I listened to the complete podcast Robbe .., I will probably passively watch the podcast, since you said there were so many visuals

No you miss heard. 頑張って！(ganbatte) Is correct. But a more stronger way is 頑張れ！Ganbare! You were saying it correct. There is also ファイト！(Fight!) which is used often.

I feel ya Robbe. I blew up at mile 18 during the Myrtle Beach Marathon this past Saturday and limped my way to the finish. The difficult ones make us stronger and make the good ones feel that much better. Here's to the next one!

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Cheers on finishing, dude. We'll get it next time, or the one after, or the one after...

Great one.

I enjoyed this! I was listening and watching while cleaning my shoes. I was suppose to wash one or two pairs, but I ended up washing all 7 pairs! 😂

11:00 San Francisco has two-person GoCar tours. Maybe not as short as a go cart but still small. Fortunately, they’re painted yellow for better visibility

Looked like a wonderful experience. I hope to run in the Tokyo Marathon in the future. By the way, the Japanese spectators were probably shouting "ganbare." It's the casual form of "ganbatte (kudasai)."

Great to hear your experiences! Sounds like you had a superblast in Tokyo.

@teamdreamcatcher4877

Жыл бұрын

Nice one ... 'superblast'!

1:53:05. Harajuku is definitely a must, must visit in Tokyo

Great podcast

How’d the superblast hold everyone over during the marathon?

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Very well

Asics 🤍 Tokyo 🤩 Leyend 💫 J.

That Ramen looks delicious!

Loved this episode, guys. Thomas, you may have mentioned it in a previous episode, but how/where did you learn Japanese before the trip. I'd also like to try learn some before I go. Thanks!

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

The Pimsleur App is what Thomas used to learn Japanese.

1:56:32 those Japanese beers don’t have a ton of flavor but man, I get what you are saying! Sometimes there’s NOTHING better.

Fun group run!

having done dozen of marathons in Japan I would say if you ever go to Japan again, try other marathons and it's whole different experience you will have

That photo is 🔥

Great video! The BITR# World Run Tour! Hope brands take you up as Run Ambassadors! Question: So one has to show a mobile phone to get in corral? What if you run without a phone? Thanks!!!

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Yes, everyone had to bring a phone to the corral and run with it, kind of crazy

Not gonna lie, I did sleep after and hour and 20 minutes, but not because it was boring. I shouldn’t have started seeing this after my hilly LR 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😁. What a great trip to Tokyo guys 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Liked that here on YT you put a lot of the pictures and videos of the trip. 👍🏼

That pic of Meg in the thumbnail is sick

Lol South park just had an episode on Japanese toilets 🤣

What kind of bags did you guys get for luggage again? I am looking forward to listening to the episode! What did you find out about hydration vests, etc?????

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Ortlieb Metrosphere daypacks and 110L rolling duffle. People were allowed in with hydration vests.

Thanks for sharing your experience with us all 😎🫶 was a fun listen. Tokyo definitely on the bucket list

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed! Thanks for listening

Loved hearing about your experiences in Japan, hope to run the Tokyo Marathon myself someday. What singlet were you guys wearing for the marathon, the asics one with the dragon, older product or exclusive?

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

This one (though ours had custom designs): www.asics.com/us/en-us/mens-actibreeze-jacquard-singlet/p/ANA_2091A592-303.html

I've been to Tokyo a couple of times so it was interesting hearing all the observations. My wife loves Pocari Sweat, and my son is really into Japanese toilets. The look and feel of Japan is just amazing, all the differences, and ramen alone is eye-opening. I've been living in Bangkok and it's interesting how lots of aspects across Asia are common or else competely different.

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Very cool, yeah it was definitely an eye-opening experience

@johnb7337

Жыл бұрын

@@Believeintherun I was trying to think of where else you might visit, but of course main running events take precedence. Bangkok is interesting, and visiting China is novel. Seoul and Taipei feel more approachable than Tokyo, not so crowded, with people more open. If ASICS sponsored something in Honolulu that might be nice, related to the Japanese connection; that's where I am just now.

I done the Mario Carts around Tokyo back in 2017 👍 great fun 😁

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

We'll have to do it next time for sure

30k trail run on Nov. 5, going for a sub 1:50 half marathon next year

Thanks for talking about the cost of a six star 😮 I thought horses were expensive sport! ( they are!)

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Yeah it can definitely up there

The karaoke bar was memorable

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

For sure, definitely a great time

I'm a runner living in Tokyo for 15 years, so sad to have missed you... Next year for sure, and you can count on me to show you the best spots ;)

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Definitely next time, whenever that is!

Great recap! Listened to it all, but on the app in sections. There are a ton of KZread commercials otherwise

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Weird, we disabled all ads on this one

@seeleftyrun

Жыл бұрын

@@Believeintherun sorry, I should’ve clarified. I normally watch on KZread w commercials, but I listened to this episode on the podcast. Bummer, I should’ve watched if it was commercial free.

Wondering if you all spotted any interesting wide-toed Japanese footwear. I've always been interested, because I am stuck with the type of flat-foot that is tortured by pointy toe-boxes. Seems like some of their blunt-toed stuff doesn't cover longer foot sizes, though.

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Nothing that stood out to us in the moment

Umame just means savory. That's all.

S Daruma dolls. I have one I started in 2020 to get to an unassisted pull-up

I think the thought behind banning the flavored cigs was that they appealed to kids. Just guessing

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Yeah that was definitely the reason

E136: always trouble with Robbie 😂

Don't do the Mario go kart , they are not safe and locals despise them

How was the start line? Too crowded?

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Crowded but exhilarating

What times did the 4 of you run?

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Meg was pacing a friend, so 3:36, Robbe was 3:46, Thomas and Brandon 3:48

@craigtsmith6957

Жыл бұрын

@@Believeintherun Thanks! Really enjoy watching the channel and seeing you guys in Tokyo. Best Wishes from the UK

2 ichiran's in NYC. =p

I always though Front Runners NY is a LGBT running group ! I guess not, they just celebrate LGBTQIA pride run with NYRR every year? great video and podcast....Love it ! feels like I was there with you guys LOL

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

Two different groups, just randomly the same name

Clapton is British, American. 😜

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

But when he sings, everyone is American, even Ozzy

His name is Novak..no vaccine

@Believeintherun

Жыл бұрын

It was his destiny

I think you guys should do more research before you got to Japan, next time. It comes off as foolish. TBH, Asics should have done a better job in preparing you. There are bike lanes on the street. You are supposed to ride on the street generally. But the streets are narrow and drivers are dangerous. There are also bike lanes on the sidewalks sometimes. Mandatory helmet laws were started in April. There is Japanese breakfast food, and western breakfast food, although not as common.

Wearing those face mask are the most unscientific thing to do.

You guys are funny AF