Tokyo Marathon Recap! | The Drop Podcast E136 

You guys need to do more travel/lifestyle run videos! Really enjoyed how you shared your experiences with this event. That would be so cool to have a similar format / coverage for races, culture and food from around the world.

Just so cool... covered my long run today but I was definitely looking ridiculous laughing out loud at various points. Esp at the squeeze the product 🤣 I would have lost it if I had been there. What an experience!

This easily is the best podcast you put on. Loved to have seen more photos or videos during the race and your time eating and sightseeing in Tokyo.

Love the recap and glad y’all had a blast out there! Thank you for bringing us along on the team’s social media platforms 🤜🏾🤛🏻

Really enjoyed listening to this podcast , thank you. Glad you all enjoyed Tokyo 🏃🏻‍♂️❤️

The shakeout run in Tokyo was so fun! Thank you guys for hosting it :)

This is a great franchising interview Joel and Wayne. You are so excited and happy Wayne, we wish you all the best and thanks for all your feedback and positive energy. We know you will build a great business.

Really entertaining podcast once again. It's always nice to hear your experiences overseas and the differences in culture and funny episodes. Robbie's karaoke episode with the 'long' goodbye at the lift is genuinely funny because I can picture it so easily. And also Thomas and his shower experience was a hoot. The micro towel to begin with ... I love it! Then the ending scene trying to get the tights on. Haaa! You guys are great. 😁👏

This is by far the longest podcast I’ve ever listened too yet also by far the best!

Loved this episode. I took it for my Long run today on the "dreadmill" . People were probably looking at me like i was crazy because i was laughing so hard at Thomas putting his head on the hand scanner. "Drop" dead funny! thanks for the conversation on my run!

Great recap. I thought Kofuzi's recap was thorough, but this is adds even more detail. Much better on RU-vid than as a podcast.

Really enjoyed this. Truly entertaining. Thanks for the great content!

Looked forward to this recap all week and it overdelivered. Watched to the whole thing. Keep it going

Such a cool and great recap. Felt glad and pleased to bump into y’all, ran along with you! 🔥

Aaron Rodgers watching this podcast is going to go from the Darkness retreat and Ayahuasca, to the Teamlab Planets in Tokyo.

I've never been to Japan, so it is fun listening to your impressions!

Great stuff. Thanks for getting me through 12 miles on the treadmill while watching your Tokyo escapades. I'm a believer.

What a fantastic experience! Thank you so much for sharing all of the details!!!

Glad I watched this one on RU-vid, instead of my usual podcast app!

So glad to see you having fun in Tokyo even it's a long distance trip.

You guys are back! Yessssssss 🐍

Epic podcast 🔥🔥🔥

Tokyo marathon was a fun experience! You are so right about the spectators, so quiet that all you heard were the runners footsteps! The only negative was the fluid stations seemed really far apart.

best Drop ever, thx ✊

Loved your recap. I was running there too, behind you by quite a bit. :) My wife and I visited teamLab Planets our first day in Tokyo. It was amazing. I didn't know about your shake-out run. I would have liked to join you all. I did get in a couple of Parkruns while in Japan, so it is all good. Actually set my Parkrun PR in Osaka the weekend after the Tokyo Marathon. Anyways, the point of my comment is the Tokyo Marathon's cutoffs. You mentioned this during the podcast, but didn't go into much detail. It is more complicated than just a 7 hour finish time. They have 7 or 8 cutoffs through out the course. These close at a specific time of day, not based on your chip time. If you aren't past that points by the assigned time then your race is over. The intermediate check points have more aggressive cutoffs than the over all race. Meaning, you could be on track to finish well before the 7 hour time limit, but fall victim to an earlier cutoff. A poorly timed potty break could be costly. The slower runners, such as myself, need to know about this. My average marathon time is around 5h40m and I was mainly worried about the last 2 check points before the finish. I started in the last corral. I didn't even cross the start line until 27 minutes after the race started. They had signs at each check point stating the time it would close and what the current time was. The intermediate cutoffs motivated me. Thankfully, I had a good race in Tokyo and was always 30 or so minutes ahead of being pulled. Glad you guys had fun. It is an amazing place to visit. I'll definitely return.

This was a great one !

Yes I listened to the complete podcast Robbe .., I will probably passively watch the podcast, since you said there were so many visuals

Thanks for sharing. This was a great podcast! I’m hoping to do Tokyo one day but like someone mentioned to you guys the cutoffs are an issue. You mentioned it was 7 hours but just to note, it’s actually from gun time not chip time. Those in the back can lose 45 minutes, with disabled/Achilles runners going last. Plus you have 8 cutoffs to make along the way. The “quicker” ones in the beginning and at any point they will pull you. There is not even a one second grace period (they just pull a rope across the course). It’s one reason I’m choosing to wait at least another year.

I feel ya Robbe. I blew up at mile 18 during the Myrtle Beach Marathon this past Saturday and limped my way to the finish. The difficult ones make us stronger and make the good ones feel that much better. Here's to the next one!

I enjoyed this! I was listening and watching while cleaning my shoes. I was suppose to wash one or two pairs, but I ended up washing all 7 pairs! 😂

11:00 San Francisco has two-person GoCar tours. Maybe not as short as a go cart but still small. Fortunately, they’re painted yellow for better visibility

1:53:05. Harajuku is definitely a must, must visit in Tokyo

Great one.

Great to hear your experiences! Sounds like you had a superblast in Tokyo.

Robbie! You are a rebel, like me! 😀

No you miss heard. 頑張って！(ganbatte) Is correct. But a more stronger way is 頑張れ！Ganbare! You were saying it correct. There is also ファイト！(Fight!) which is used often.

Great podcast

I done the Mario Carts around Tokyo back in 2017 👍 great fun 😁

1:56:32 those Japanese beers don’t have a ton of flavor but man, I get what you are saying! Sometimes there’s NOTHING better.

Loved this episode, guys. Thomas, you may have mentioned it in a previous episode, but how/where did you learn Japanese before the trip. I'd also like to try learn some before I go. Thanks!

That photo is 🔥

That Ramen looks delicious!

Looked like a wonderful experience. I hope to run in the Tokyo Marathon in the future. By the way, the Japanese spectators were probably shouting "ganbare." It's the casual form of "ganbatte (kudasai)."

Not gonna lie, I did sleep after and hour and 20 minutes, but not because it was boring. I shouldn’t have started seeing this after my hilly LR 🤷🏻‍♂️🤦🏻‍♂️😁. What a great trip to Tokyo guys 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼. Liked that here on YT you put a lot of the pictures and videos of the trip. 👍🏼

I've been to Tokyo a couple of times so it was interesting hearing all the observations. My wife loves Pocari Sweat, and my son is really into Japanese toilets. The look and feel of Japan is just amazing, all the differences, and ramen alone is eye-opening. I've been living in Bangkok and it's interesting how lots of aspects across Asia are common or else competely different.

Fun group run!

That pic of Meg in the thumbnail is sick

Great video! The BITR# World Run Tour! Hope brands take you up as Run Ambassadors! Question: So one has to show a mobile phone to get in corral? What if you run without a phone? Thanks!!!

How’d the superblast hold everyone over during the marathon?

What kind of bags did you guys get for luggage again? I am looking forward to listening to the episode! What did you find out about hydration vests, etc?????

Loved hearing about your experiences in Japan, hope to run the Tokyo Marathon myself someday. What singlet were you guys wearing for the marathon, the asics one with the dragon, older product or exclusive?

Thanks for sharing your experience with us all 😎🫶 was a fun listen. Tokyo definitely on the bucket list

Asics 🤍 Tokyo 🤩 Leyend 💫 J.

Thanks for talking about the cost of a six star 😮 I thought horses were expensive sport! ( they are!)

having done dozen of marathons in Japan I would say if you ever go to Japan again, try other marathons and it's whole different experience you will have

The karaoke bar was memorable

Lol South park just had an episode on Japanese toilets 🤣

Great recap! Listened to it all, but on the app in sections. There are a ton of RU-vid commercials otherwise

30k trail run on Nov. 5, going for a sub 1:50 half marathon next year

S Daruma dolls. I have one I started in 2020 to get to an unassisted pull-up

E136: always trouble with Robbie 😂

I'm a runner living in Tokyo for 15 years, so sad to have missed you... Next year for sure, and you can count on me to show you the best spots ;)

Umame just means savory. That's all.

Wondering if you all spotted any interesting wide-toed Japanese footwear. I've always been interested, because I am stuck with the type of flat-foot that is tortured by pointy toe-boxes. Seems like some of their blunt-toed stuff doesn't cover longer foot sizes, though.

I think the thought behind banning the flavored cigs was that they appealed to kids. Just guessing

2 ichiran's in NYC. =p

How was the start line? Too crowded?

Don't do the Mario go kart , they are not safe and locals despise them

What times did the 4 of you run?

I always though Front Runners NY is a LGBT running group ! I guess not, they just celebrate LGBTQIA pride run with NYRR every year? great video and podcast....Love it ! feels like I was there with you guys LOL

Clapton is British, American. 😜

His name is Novak..no vaccine

I think you guys should do more research before you got to Japan, next time. It comes off as foolish. TBH, Asics should have done a better job in preparing you. There are bike lanes on the street. You are supposed to ride on the street generally. But the streets are narrow and drivers are dangerous. There are also bike lanes on the sidewalks sometimes. Mandatory helmet laws were started in April. There is Japanese breakfast food, and western breakfast food, although not as common.

Wearing those face mask are the most unscientific thing to do.

You guys are funny AF