a bit of a jog first thing in the morning...

here we go!!

I seriously wonder if this camera is picking things up ok...

like damn... its kinda dark here

oooh look! my favorite staircase!

aaand I am just realizing that this was probably not the best area to jog fir a video...

you see... this whole area is nothing but hills

thank goodness I only set the timer for like 20 min

yup I just sped up

trying to make the light while its still green to cross

realizing now that stopping at red lights would be pretty boring...

but rushing to catch them all might wear me out lol

ROCK | me | HARD PLACE

ahhh thank godness

this section is downhill for a little while

love this street by the way

these little dudes on my right...

always make me smile! like... hats!

and so many of them!

When I did this jog in my head, it took longer to get here

might have to stretch out my route a bit more than I expected...

totally thought this would be the thumbnail lol

oh!

love this little tunnel!

aaaand the sound of the rocks under my feet!

I once heard these rocks help create a metitative sound as you walk through shrines and temples

never fact-checked that... but I like ot believe its true!

had to adjust the audio in post here

that bang was originally LOUUUUDDDD

planning out a new route in my head

also.. listening to a podcast as I run through Tokyo!

ever listened to Reply All?

Love those guys!

look at that morning light!!

reminds me that the rainy season is coming...

... so that's a thing

aaaand the light is red so Ive gotta cross

not too bad! different scenery at least

last-second course change! (was it obvious? lol)

still worried about lighting, so I didnt want to go between buildings just yet

but it was a bit early to loop back to the tower!

biggest worry at this point...

coming around a corner and ... PERSON!

or getting stuck at a red light lol

im definitely overthinking these red lights

I feel tall in Japan...

always look both ways before crossing!

also... for some reason stop drop and roll

Im not ACTIVELY trying not to check my watch to see my run progress

I do this... perhaps too often

but dont want to keep facing the camera down

I end up regretting this in the end though... (you'll find out why)

why was stop drop and roll a thing?

I did a podcast with Sharla lately and we talked about it

like we were raised to believe that we would need to know how to put out a fire on our body...

I think I heard this question somewhere once..

and it became a bit of an ear worm

havent been able to get it out of my head since...

at this point, im genuinely aware of my own breathing

and starting to wonder...

if this video is going to be the relaxing jog I wanted it to be...

or just 20 minutes of obnoxious breathing noises lol

actually had a whole chat with patrons after this

about whether i should keep it or re-record it haha

so... a little BTS there!

...currently thankful for flat streets

thats something I miss about Asakusa

speeding up again to catch a light

this one was DEFINITELY a poor choice lol

like not only did it tire me out more than it should have..

but I also BARELY made the light lol

glad that bicylce turned

what in the world were they doing out at this time anyway?!

lol I guess the same could be said for me!

definitely pushed myself too hard a moment ago

but seriously... stop drop and roll?!

think about it.... more than one person MUST have set on fire

otherwise why would they teach that in schools?

I WELCOME this red light break lol

plus one of my favorite sections is coming up!

you would think I would have noticed that THE WATCH WAS STOPPED...

...but nope

at this point I'm thinking...

well gosh golly gee! isn't this action-packed content

YAY Green Light!

If I had 3 enemies in this world, I swear they would be...

Wind

Rain...

and red lights

you ready for it?.....

BOOM! SCENERY BABY

(seriously love this spot though)

could NOT decide whether to go right or straight here

in retrospect... should have gone right lol

stairs were a poor choice

poor choices seem to be a theme today...

love the view from overhead walkways in tokyo though

gotta do a version of this entirely in VR....

Probably going to toss that up on Patreon

could Not decide which way to go...

couldn't remember where the right path ended up

went left

damn I love that tower....

fun fact:

you might have thought I got up early to record this...

you would be wrong!

I just didnt go to bed lol

yet another poor decision

that is really showing when I hit stairs lol

very breath..

many tired

so regret

checking my watch thinking...

its GOTTA be 20 min by now right? lol

wrong

ok... mental break for a min

hi!! welcome back!

these streets look super shady...

in Japanese we say AYASHII

ahhh crap...

thats a main road ahead...

I usually dont like to jog on main roads past 4:45ish

risk of too many ppl

and fml... its basicaly all uphill from here

yay!! loophole!

I just realized that my run tracker stopped...

and im not particularly pleased about it

so I have to try to restart it

without facing the camera down

if you could see me right now you would laugh

definitely look goofy af

100% should have turned left here

damnit... people

so to my right, you will see a Sukiya Beef Bowl place

LOVE their 3-cheese beef bowl

ooo!!

hello VW!

oh damn....

I should have turned on the gopros GPS

Or I could have turned here...

but nope

gonna regret that...

in 3...

2

1

GAH!! HUMAN!

avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid avoid

yup... almost hit that pole

so people are coming out already eh...

gonna have to wrap this up soon

announcements at 4:45 am sound very end of days...

I wonder if I'll ever go into a cafe again... hmm

still thinking about the gopros GPS...

that would have been a fun thing to add

you cant tell.. but theres an incline here

VERY Tempted to go into that backstreet

never been there before

and the more I look over that way the more I regret

seems like there was some cool stuff back there

and here I am running on a main street like a CHUMP

ooooh 7/11!

he was definitely speeding

the incline is getting worse

I might die today

gotta stop pretending to be healthy lol

this definitely connects with that backstreet I didnt go down.... damn

tiny truck!

you really cant tel that this is still an incline...

but it is

but seriously though...

4:30 am in Tokyo is 100% my jam

there is like NOBODY in the streets of tokyo at this time

so the city is yours!

I miss being able to physically touch vending machines lol

the incline is getting so much worse....

kinda feeling sick but...

need to make that light LOL

yup...

im gonna die here lol

oh FML

CAN WE COOL IT WITH THE INCLINES FOR 5 MIN?

aaaaand everything is going white...

but the tower is right there...

like I KNOW it's on a hill...

could have picked ANY other end point for the jog

but noooooooo

just had to get that tower in there

seriously everything is white now...

gotta stop passing out mid-video wouldnt be ideal

didnt think the mic picked things up that well

back on the cafe thing....

probably not...

who knows i might!

by the way...

I miss McDonalds breakfast...

also as I wrote all this out...

there was NONSTOP construction out my window

and now it stops

isn't irony a beautiful thing

oh yea...

100% doing a 360 version of this lol

damn look at that beautiful tower!

always loved tokyo tower more than the tokyo sky tree

sky tree is still good

last-second turn again!

but tokyo tower will always be my favorite

like LOOK AT IT!

I wonder how many people found these subs

the funny thing is...

THESE SUBS are the real video lol

ok let's head for that tunnel....

can probably use it to fade to black!

gotta cut it so it doesnt show that the watch only recorded like 10 min of my run....Grrr