{"id":490,"date":"2011-11-26T23:56:51","date_gmt":"2011-11-26T14:56:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/26\/rainbow-bridge-loop\/"},"modified":"2011-11-26T23:56:51","modified_gmt":"2011-11-26T14:56:51","slug":"rainbow-bridge-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fugutabetai.com\/blog\/2011\/11\/26\/rainbow-bridge-loop\/","title":{"rendered":"Rainbow Bridge Loop"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\"Welcome
\nWelcome to Rainbow Bridge<\/p>\n

\"View
\nView from the bridge<\/p>\n

\"Inside
\nInside the bridge<\/p>\n

\"Arrived
Arrived in Odaiba<\/p>\n

\"Loading
\nLoading cranes<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Yesterday I went for a 20km run, and finally was able to do the run I’ve been trying to do for the past few weeks: starting at home, jog up to the Rainbow Bridge, jog across, then circle around Odaiba and back across the bridge home. <\/p>\n\n

It was about 20km in total. When you get to the entrance from the Shibaura side, you have to take an elevator up to the bridge. On the bridge, there is a pedestrian lane, then two lanes of traffic, then two tracks for the monorail, and the same going the opposite direction. It is pretty loud in there, and when a big truck goes by, you can feel the bridge shaking. You can take the north or the south route, and get a different view. I like the north view, you have a nice view of downtown Tokyo. <\/p>\n\n

Once in Odaiba, I ran along the beach which was surprisingly full of people even in this cold weather. Odaiba is supposedly a date spot (although honestly I don’t know what people are doing there) and there were people out there on dates. I saw a few other people running around too, but not as many as I expected. Going around the island, you get into a more industrial section with loading cranes for shipping. You can actually see our apartment building from the island, and get a view of the front side of the cranes that we can see from our balcony. I don’t get to see that view all that often, so that is pretty cool. <\/p>\n\n

I got a bit lost on the way back to Rainbow Bridge, but did eventually make it. As with my other long runs, the last two kilometers or so were pretty tough, and I bought a drink and walked a bit to make it back home. Still, I completed the run, and got to see a bit of Odaiba on foot. <\/p>\n\n

You can check out the run below. <\/p>\n