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Time to go now!
See you in NY.
Well, shall we run to NY?
Kanpei, good luck!!
My challenge starts now!
Earth Marathon Theme Song (composed by Kiyoshiro Imawano)
I feel so good.
Do you?
In your first run in the U.S.?
Yeah, I don't know why, but I feel great.
That's good.
This is the first sweat I've broken in 2 and half months.
You made it to your first goal!
Great job!!
March 16th (Day 4)
(March 17th / Day 5)
I'm running to bring the Olympic games back to Tokyo in 2016.
(Candidate action for Tokyo's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2016)
(Candidate action for Tokyo's bid to host the Olympic Games in 2016)
Olympics!!
Olympics!!
Those are the first people
I have shared my mission with.
I've been checking all the comments posted on the Earth Marathon Website like this,
and this has been encouraging me, you know?
Really.
Thanks very much!
These are for you and your wife.
These are for you and your wife.
Please use them as pajamas.
I made that graphic.
Did you really?
And are you selling these without my permission?
No no no no (laughing)
I got sweaty.
It's really hot!
What is the temperature right now?
It's 38 dgrees C..
38 dgrees C.?
38 dgrees C.?
It's almost 40 dgrees C.!
It's almost 40 dgrees C.!
There've already been some comments (on the Earth Marathon's website).
(March 20th/ Day 8)
Running up the hills hurts my knees.
Oh, I see.
I've run 250 km so far,
and look at my shoes.
You can see the metal right here.
This is serious...
(March 21st/ Day 9)
Nice to meet you, good morning.
(A running event for Kanpei's supporters)
(March 22nd/ Day 10)
Look at the road. Straight all the way!
We've already run 20 km, right? 20km!
That's right.
20km, straight the whole way!
(March 23rd/ Day 11)
Please stop the wind-!
All right, Blow! Do it!
That's it, that's enough!
Blow me away! Whatever!
I'm going crazy.
I'm totally out of my mind now.
Pumpki-n!
Pumpki-n!
We made some food for you.
Wow!
That's Katsuni (a deep-fried pork cutlet, egg, and condiments)!
That's eel (unagi).
Unagi!?
Hey,
Guys, we got some unagi.
Thanks guys!
I never thought we could have Unagi here.
So good!
Thanks very much.
(March 25th/ Day 13)
Everytime I take a day off,
I feel sluggish the next day.
My body feels tired and heavy.
I see.
Today is
just the 100 th day since I started the Earth Marathon.
The 100 day!
Yes, the total.
You know what?
Yes?
When I started running, / Yes.
From the first day, / Yes,
I had so much pain
in my hamstring muscles.
And I wasn't sure if I could run,
but I just kept running.
I couldn't do this on the 2nd day.
But now I can do it.
Oh, is that right?
Yeah and it's possible to do this, too.
Ohh..
I couldn't do this before.
Althogh you didn't tell us?
Yes, I can move like this.
So you are saying that you healed your hamstring muscles by running, yes?
Yeah, I guess so.
Oh, that's fine.
I think that Americans like this joke, don't they?
(March 26th/ Day 14)
(March 27th/ Day 15)
I made it to Nevada-!!
California!
Thanks---!!
How are you doing?
I'm Yosui (Yosui Inoue is a Japanese musician).
(One of Yosui's famous songs, called "Riverside Hotel")
I'm Inoue.
But different "Jun" Inoue (Jun Inoue is a Japanese actor/ comedian).
(March 28th / Day 16) Mr. Kanpei, you finally reached Arizona!!
Finally, we got to Arizona!!!
AHH-MEH-MAH!!!
Wow!
Look at the rock, it looks like a gorilla!
The part that is a cave looks like an eye.
Ah, you are right!
It looks like a gorilla's profile!
(March 29th/ Day 17) All of this food is from the supporters.
We must appreciate it.
Yes, we must.
(March 31st/ Day 19)
(April 1st/ Day20)
What did she say?
I guess she is asking if we have some money.
(April 3rd/ Day 22)
It's snowing.
Yes, it is.
Ikeda, what is the temperature now?
5 dgrees C..
5 dgrees C..
5 dgrees C..
All right, I'm going to finish the rest of my run.
Good luck!
16 more km.
(April 6th/ Day 25)
59
I'm in the paper!
Yep.
Look, right here!
Yesterday's
That's right.
(Colorado River)
This is Mr. Hazama Kanpei.
Ahh-Meh-Mah!!
AhMeMah~~!!!
AHHMEMAHHH!!
AHMEMAH!
AH MEH MAH~! (laughing)
Ah~ MehMah~!!
(April 13th/ Day 32)
Now, we can finally see,
the start of the Rockies.
Shall we go?
We can see it.
We can see it.
Yes, we can.
That's it, huh?
Yes, it is.
Welcome to New Mexico!!
Welcome to New Mexico~!
(April 15th/ Day 34)
(April 16th/ Day 35)
(April 16th/ Day 35)
It's color this time!
also on the font page!
Hey, the car is covered in snow!
Wow, yes it is!
We must be so close.
I believe so.
Yappie~!
Colorado!
Do you think that we are OK?
Do we need to worry about altitude sickness?
We need to get that.
Oxygen.
Oxygen.
Oh, then I have it in here.
In there?
That's water.
Oh, water? Ah OK.
These are the messages of the many people who want to cheer you on.
Wow, that's quite a lot.
But it's not only this one.
Thank you so much everyone.
(April 18th/ Day 37)
(Kanpei finally started accoss the Rockies.)
(April 20th/ Day 39)
The air is getting thin.
Wow, this is really tough.
So we still have to keep going up, right?
Yes, we do!
I have to laugh, don't I ?
Man, that was tough!
It was absolute ***!
But I finally made it!!
Thank you.
I accomplished crossing the mountains safely with your support.
Ahh
Meh Mahh~~~~~
Now, I switched to this new hat to start afresh.
Well,
I'm going to take off!
Have a safe run!
Good luck!!
Earth Marathon 3rd Stage (L.A.-Rocky Mountains) 39 Total Days, 1,538.7km Total Distance. 21,059.4 km Remaining Distance.