Hapalua Half Marathon Interview

Saturday was a day that had us feeling like we were constantly on the go.  We hit the road by 8:45 and didn't get back until the afternoon.

One of the most important things we needed to do was pick up Art's running gear for the Sunday Hapalua Half Marathon in Waikiki.

We went to the Hawaii Convention Center where Hapalua racing bags with t-shirts and bib numbers were being passed out in a rather small room.

Some people stopped us and talked to us in Japanese so Art pointed to me.  Oh brother...  My mother has always warned me to try to avoid speaking Japanese.  It's deceiving because like a child I can sound fluent if you don't know the language, but I'm actually using ungrammatical, sometimes nonsensical vocabulary and sentence structure.

They said they wanted to interview us about the Hapalua for a Japanese TV station.  I told them that Art was running, but could not speak any Japanese.

No problem!  They had a translator.  Thank goodness!  All we needed was for all Japan to hear my Japanese and my mother having a heart attack and collapsing from the shame of it.



It was such fun to see Art being interviewed about how he trained, where he lived, if he'd participated in any other races, etc.

When we got home and told mom, she asked which station had interviewed him.

We'd forgotten to ask.

While you are reading this, Art will probably be running the Half Marathon.

I will try to get some Half Marathon photos even though it will be dark when we head out on Sunday morning.

Hey... I wonder if the television crew will be out there on Sunday.  Wouldn't that be fun if they caught Art coming in?  Hopefully, I won't fall asleep in the car like I did last year while waiting for him to finish and miss the excitement.