Even though I finished the L.A. Rock n' Roll Half Marathon last Sunday, I'm still in training.
It's a different kind of training. Travel Training, if you will. I have three weeks until I depart for Tokyo, and then Hong Kong. Three weeks to get my body, soul and stomach ready for everything Japanese and Cantonese.
Here's what a Travel Training regimen looks like:
- Walk more, run less.
- Journal more, so by the time I'm abroad, reaching for the pen and paper become second nature.
- Practice the discipline of slowing. I am a huge fan of slow travel, where you not rushing from landmark to landmark, but rather you're immersed in place, capturing as much with your eyes and ears as possible.
- Practice conversation skills. Simple things like listening more, or asking more questions. So that when you're with the locals, interaction is less awkward.
- Refraining from sushi and dim sum, so that I can experience it in their native lands.
- Learning simple phrases in Japanese and Cantonese (Haven't really done this yet)
That's just a small list. Surely to keep me occupied until I leave.
How do you "train" for an upcoming trip? Do you train at all? Leave a comment to answer.
Wednesday, October 27, 2010
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