Tokyo Marathon

I just got this email:

''Congratulations! You have been selected to run the Tokyo Marathon 2009.''

This is important because it's relatively hard to get accepted. Last year they claimed to have 125,000 entries for 25,000 slots. The entrants are chosen by lottery. You really have to be thinking ahead on this marathon as lottery registration closes in mid-September and the race isn't until late March. This year the race happens to fall on a three-day weekend, too, which is great for my travel up there.

My concentration remains the Okinawa City Marathon in late February, but the possibility exists that I could be in superb shape by the end of March.