TheBandit - Introduction

[TheBandit]

Hello All,

I am a Japan Today forum refugee. I had been using that site since 2003. I am not a particularly prolific poster, I think I was approaching 5000 post before its untimely demise.

My interest in Japan started in 2003 when I moved to Tokyo with my job. I am an engineering consultant and originally I was working with some of the now defunct Japanese F1 teams. I left Japan in 2008 and lived in Prague for 2 years and since then I have been back in the UK, which is my home country. I have worked for the same company throughout this period and I still regularly visit Japan through work (about 4-5 times a year)

My Japanese is terrible. Almost non-existent.

My hobbies are running, cars, motorbikes, all motor sports and did I mention running? I've also climbed a mountain or two.

I come to forums to relax and kill a bit of time when I have some, typically when I am sitting bored at an airport. I rarely post anything of any worth or of any seriousness. That approach won't be changing.

 

[nahadef]

Welcome!

 

[thomas]

Welcome aboard, Bandit!

 

[Davey]

Welcome to the forum! It's always nice to read introductions posts like yours.

When you visit Japan, where do you go? (Tokyo?) and have you ever run a marathon? I am thinking of signing up and have been using the Nike Sensor and it's app for a couple of months now.

I went to Prague with my wife for our honeymoon, and really enjoyed it (especially the cheap beer and the snow). Great place.

 

[TheBandit]

Welcome to the forum! It's always nice to read introductions posts like yours.

When you visit Japan, where do you go? (Tokyo?) and have you ever run a marathon? I am thinking of signing up and have been using the Nike Sensor and it's app for a couple of months now.

I went to Prague with my wife for our honeymoon, and really enjoyed it (especially the cheap beer and the snow). Great place.

I generally stay in Tokyo. But visit places north and south of there.

I've run 5 marathons (London, Berlin Chicago, Brighton and Athens Classic), I have also run 24 hour events as a team of 4 (60km run in total personally) and 12 hour event as a pair (again 60km covered). I have an entry for the Tokyo Marathon in February and one for London in April.

 

[Mark of Zorro]

Again, nice to see you Bandit!

I seem to recall some of those rare posts of seriousness, but I won't say that your posts of worth were as rare. I do remember respecting them all and only wanting for more though. Looking forward to them when they come!