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LAKE BIWA 100 オーストラリアから参加のStepanie選手は5位入賞！同じくオーストラリアから参加のGillさんとともに / Stephanie Auston from Australia Finishes 5th! Joined by Fellow Australian Gill Fowler · IBUKI STATION

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This is IBUKI STATION. We are going to the interview after the race.
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First of all, the women's finish at 5th place, Stepanie, and Gill is here.
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First of all, where are you guys originally from?
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I am from Newcastle in Australia.
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I am from Australia as well, from Sydney.
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Are you guys old friends?
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Yeah, we've done races together in the past. It was a coincidence that we were doing this one as well.
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I saw Gill's name on the start list and I was like, oh, a familiar face.
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We've known each other for a long time, but when I saw the start list, I was like, oh, a familiar face.
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Did you guys run that together?
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Only at the start.
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Only at the start?
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To the first stop.
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No, only to the second.
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To A1.
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We ran together to A1 in Edo.
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I see.
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So when you were in Australia, you didn't know each other?
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Yeah, you guys are not old friends.
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Like, you guys met here, just here?
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We met in Australia. We're friends from running.
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We've met in Australia.
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I see.
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So you guys came to this race called Lakeview 100 in Japan.
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Why did you come to this race?
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So it's ticked all the boxes and a lovely place for a holiday as well.
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So it's been good.
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Okay.
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What about you?
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I wanted to come and visit Japan for a holiday and to see your mountains and to see the trails here.
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And it's beautiful.
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How did you know about this race called Lakeview 100?
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I don't think many people know about this race.
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So how did you know about this race?
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Google.
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Google.
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The internet.
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I searched it on the internet.
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Stephanie said that she wanted to participate in the Hard Rock 100.
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Stephanie?
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Stephanie, do you want to join the Hard Rock 100 trail?
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I would like to at least get a spot in the lottery.
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It's like a bucket list thing to do.
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So it would be nice to do it.
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Can you tell us about your activities as a trail runner?
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As a trainer?
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No, as a racer.
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How do you guys in Australia, how do you guys join the race?
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As a racer?
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I don't quite understand.
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How do you guys run?
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How do we run in Australia?
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How do you enjoy the trail run in Australia?
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How do we enjoy?
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Oh yeah, the trail running in Australia is really good.
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We've got some big mountains.
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This trail here is very technical.
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The Suzuka mountains is hard.
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Some of our trails are a bit easier.
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Definitely.
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What about in Australia?
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In Australia?
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We've got some mountains near Sydney.
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There are lots of trails.
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In Japan, it's a custom to run the mountains in Sydney.
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In Japan, especially in this race,
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the Suzuka mountains are very technical and hard.
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That's why we joined this race.
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What's the name of the Sydney mountains?
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What's the name of the Sydney mountains?
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In Sydney, we have the Blue Mountains.
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Oh, Blue Mountains.
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Blue Mountains.
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What about Stephanie?
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The same question.
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There are not many mountains near where I live.
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The tallest mountain is like 400 meters.
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In Australia, we take a long time to get to the top.
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While in Japan, it just goes straight up.
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We have a more leisurely route to the top.
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It was very difficult terrain here.
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But very beautiful as well.
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The sun sets.
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I was on top of the mountains.
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It was very beautiful.
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Very beautiful.
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I think.
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In Australia, Newcastle,
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the highest mountain is only 400 meters.
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We don't usually run on such a high mountain.
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When we run, we go up slowly and gently.
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But in Japan, it's different.
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Suddenly, there is a high mountain.
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A steep mountain.
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It was a very different feeling.
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I see.
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So, you participated in the Japanese race, Lakeview.
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First of all, you tried to reach the goal.
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Unfortunately, you retired halfway.
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What was your impression of the race?
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How was the race?
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Totally?
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How was the race?
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It was very difficult.
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Very technical.
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I fell down a lot.
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But that's okay.
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I'm better at running than the technical.
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So, I liked the running bit.
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But then, by the end, my legs were gone.
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The last 30 kilometers, I just walked.
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Even when I tried to run,
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I was running slower than walking pace.
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But I really enjoyed the challenge.
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It was very difficult.
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It was nice to do something so difficult.
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That was good.
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Okay.
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First of all,
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I had a lot of difficulties in the technical course.
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I was in a bad mood.
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I think I walked a lot.
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But I enjoyed this challenge.
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It was very good.
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What about you?
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Yes, I also found it hard.
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I enjoyed it.
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I enjoyed it.
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I do like running technical terrain.
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And where I live,
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I do have some steep hills
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that are on mountain bike tracks
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that we train on.
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But here, it's bigger.
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Bigger hills.
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So, my legs got really sore.
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And then, after I came off,
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and I was running on the flats,
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and then from A4 to A5,
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I couldn't run.
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I couldn't go down.
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My legs were too sore.
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And I had to stop,
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and turn sideways,
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and then hop down.
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So then, because I was just going so slow,
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and I couldn't run,
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I decided to stop.
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Are you still sore?
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Still sore, yes.
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Okay.
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First of all,
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I was looking forward to running
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on the flats,
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and I really enjoyed it.
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But the hills were really steep,
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so my legs were really sore.
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And from A4 to A5,
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it was really sore,
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and I couldn't run anymore.
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My legs are still sore,
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so I want to do my best again.
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That's what he told me.
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I see.
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Well, unfortunately for Jill,
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Stephanie has won
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the 5th place
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in the competition.
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How do you feel about this result?
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So long before,
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like 36 hours,
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I'd only done 23 hours,
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so it was so much bigger.
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So I was very happy.
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I'm glad to hear that.
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Did you have any other impressive moments?
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For example,
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the aid stations,
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or the people who run them.
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How was the aid?
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Like people,
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and some food,
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and massage, or something?
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Yeah, the aid stations were very good,
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and the food was really nice,
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so it's really nice
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to have rice balls,
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because we're not used to having rice balls,
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or those type of,
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we don't have a lot of those type of foods
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at our aid stations,
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and the volunteers were very friendly,
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and it was very nice to have a few people
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that could speak English with us,
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so that was, yeah,
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very nice.
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First of all,
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the aid, each aid,
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the food was very good,
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especially the rice balls.
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In Australia,
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when I was in Australia,
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I didn't have the opportunity
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to run with the aid,
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but I was able to experience it this time,
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and it was very nice.
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The volunteers were very kind,
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and helped us a lot,
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and even if we couldn't speak English,
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they were very supportive.
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Did you have any trouble
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with the words?
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Did you guys struggle?
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I mean,
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like,
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people don't speak
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the English well.
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Is that so?
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It's not too hard.
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Everyone's very friendly,
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and I know how to say thank you,
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and excuse me, or sorry,
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so that works.
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Yeah.
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Even if we didn't speak English,
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everyone was very kind,
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so it wasn't that difficult.
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I see.
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What about you, Stephanie?
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Yeah, same question.
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Everyone was very friendly,
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and helpful.
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Everyone could understand,
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and spoke good English for me,
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and everyone was very helpful,
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and no problems at all.
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It was so well organized,
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and everyone,
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especially at the end,
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they would help.
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Everyone was just so helpful,
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and nice, and kind,
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so it was very good.
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Everyone was very kind,
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and very helpful.
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In Edo,
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there were a lot of
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gyudon and curry,
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so-called Japanese food.
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Did you have
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anything like that?
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Did you guys eat gyudon
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and curry rice?
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Yes, I had the curry rice.
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It was very good.
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Very good?
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I didn't.
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You didn't?
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Oh, yeah.
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And the calorie mate?
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Yeah, yeah.
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Just simple.
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Jill ate
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the curry.
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She ate the curry,
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and it was very good.
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Stephanie
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didn't enjoy the curry
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or gyudon,
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and ate the calorie mate and chocolate
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in a simple way.
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But you ate the calorie mate.
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How was the calorie mate?
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It was very good.
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I would use that in Australia, if I could.
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It was very good.
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I see.
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Anything else?
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Did you feel
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anything different
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from the Australian race?
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What's the difference
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between Australian
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trail race and
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Japanese trail race?
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This race in particular
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was
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it's nice
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because it's
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very intimate,
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like not too many
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runners, like you felt very
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cared for.
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It was, the course was
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much harder.
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But, yeah,
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in Australia, we have
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we have
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races, but there's
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thousands of people,
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and it's quite commercial.
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This was really nice, you felt like
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it was like a family, sort of.
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The difference with Australia
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is that there are fewer people.
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In Australia, there are
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about 1,000 runners,
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but the number is
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limited.
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Also, the course
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is harder.
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I think it's quite different.
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I see.
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What about you?
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Yes, similar. So, I really liked
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this race, and I think it's really well
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organized.
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Many races in Australia
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and they're all
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different. Some are big, some are small.
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Do you guys
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want to join your friends
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to come to this race
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with you guys?
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Some
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of our friends might want to come, but others
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I think will find it hard.
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Just certain
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friends would like it, I think.
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I see.
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Do you guys want to say
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something to
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Japanese volunteer staff and
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official staff?
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Yes, I'd like to say
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thank you to everyone that's helped putting
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this race together, to the organizers
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and all the staff and all the
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volunteers and the medics
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because that's what
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makes this race so good.
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Everyone was so helpful to all the
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runners out there.
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Thank you.
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Just to reiterate,
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just a big thank you to everyone
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making such an awesome event
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and
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it was definitely one we'll never forget.
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It was very, very good.
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I'd like to thank everyone
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involved in this race.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you very much
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for coming.
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Thank you so much.
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Thank you very much.