My Capital Plate

This morning I am heading into town to do a little shopping. My list looks something like this: Wedding present Christening present Farewell present A new top Hmmm …how did that last one sneak in there?? I decided to take…

Training: Run 7km / Swim 1.1km As most of you know, I have been competing in novice triathlons over the summer. I also have the following races coming up between now and mid March: Novice Triathlon Sprint Triathlon Aquathon Half…

Wow. What a weekend! I can explain my blogging hiatus quite easily….. it was party time! Friday I started Friday with an early morning run. I knew that the weekend was going to be BUSY so I figured an early…

Today is “Australia Day”, which is the official national day of Australia and celebrated every year on 26 January. The day commemorates the arrival of the First Fleet at Sydney Cove in 1788, the hoisting of the British flag there,…

[I wrote this on the 1st January but wireless was temperamental so I am only posting it now…. I figured that it would be best to keep things in order….)   Our alarm went off at 4.30am this morning so…

  We awoke to a cold day in Kyoto this morning, with a forecast top of only 5 degrees celcius! We ‘layered’ up and packed extra clothes, then headed out to explore the town of Kyoto. Our first stop was…

After my morning run, we headed to the hotel restaurant for breakfast. Mr BBB went for the American breakfast, while I stuck with my favourite – oatmeal. It was then time to check out and head to Osaka station, where…

Training: Run 40 mins (6km approx) This morning I practically jumped out of bed when my alarm went off. Well rested, I layered up and headed out for another morning run – this time solo as Mr BBB wanted the…

After a solid night’s sleep, we rugged up and headed straight out for a 30 minute run in the chilly Osaka air. I felt so refreshed afterwards, and ready to start the day. We were running a little behind schedule…

Greetings from Japan! Mr BBB and I arrived last night – and I only just found the time to blog!! We have been go go go since we arrived – so I’ll break this update into two parts. Day 1…