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Here I am at Eisa practice. We have been practicing solidly for 2 weeks with a paltry 7-9 members all in preparation for a festival this Saturday. The festival has since been canceled due to "rain." Now, I find this a tad suspicious as we have not received any more or any less rain than normal this week.

Anyway, I am pretty relieved because I am pretty exhausted. Waking up every morning for strength training and then spending your evenings running for your marathon or training --in vain-- for Eisa takes its toll after a while. Moreover, Sumo training starts up next week.

Ahh, Sumo... I never really get a lot out of Sumo. I kind of do it because it needs to be done, but if I had my choice, I would much rather be running or playing volleyball. I really don't have much of a choice though, especially as last year I won the Edo Sumo MVP award. Basically, all of my chances of not doing Sumo this year are completely down the drain. This is particularly unfortunate as 10 semi-professional (or professional, not sure as my Japanese isn't that great...) wrestlers are coming to our island to train! My boss mentioned it to me today and then he immeadiately asked me if I was going to win... AHHH! What have I gotten into?! Anyway, Monday's practice should be "interesting" to say the least... Will keep you posted.

-ANDY