– Thierry –
Born in Marseille – France – December 24th.
Graduated as Youth Camp Organizer and Director.
he is also an Youth and Sports Ski Instructor .
With 20 years of Judo practice and a 3 Dan Black Belt,
he flew to Japan in 1992 for 3 months to complete his Judo Master degree and never left.
He trained daily 4 year at Waseda University in Tokyo
Finished 3rd at the Kodokan Foreign Tournament.
He worked :
– as French Instructor at Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan
… but also taught French at Junior Senior High School as well as for 3 Fashion Universities.
– as Mac Specialist at AMJ, an internet support company that busted with the Bubble
– as Representative for Telematrix selling “Call-Back systems” to individuals & companies throughout Tokyo
He holds French, Japanese and Malaysian bike and car driving licenses with a Clean accident record.
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– Miyuki –
Born in Tokyo – March 26th –
Flight attendant for Singapore & Continental Airlines until headhunted to become the Executive Assistant
to the President of Warner Music Japan then to the Music Publishing Company Nichion’s CEO
Miyuki is a CERTIFED Pet Sitter By Japan Pet Sitter Association
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We married April 1st 1999
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We Took Off on a Nomadic Life in July 2007 on Friday 13th
With as many as 35 Marathons under our Soles
we are Not professional runners thus …
we are respectfully the only known French Male and Japanese Female Runners to have completed :
7 road marathons on 7 Continents all AIMS Distance Certified.
We nowadays help local running events as pacer or volunteer during running race events.
Thierry also wrote an article for a French Running magazine for Women about Tips and Tricks regarding the Famous Tokyo Marathon he personally ran 5 times.
We also been mentioned in a Brazilian Online Article : O Globo !
Non-smoker, drug-free with no Children nor dependent or other commitments that might distract us from an assignment.
We are Financially self-supported.
We have been home and pet owner
so we fully value and respect other peoples property, animals and all the things they care for.
runningwithoutborders@gmail.com