[That Fish]

I get engaged to a girl from a small town in Kyushu Japan. Meanwhile I get entry into the Ironman triathalon on the big Island of Hawaii (was living on Oahu at the time).

So I'm doing my best to survive the marathon portion of the course. It's pitch black. I hear footsteps and some guy comes up and prods me to start running with him.

We get going and I notice a Japanese accent, ask him in Japanese where he is from..Kyushu..oh really. Find out he lives about 3 miles from where my wife grew up. He knows her father because he ran a few small grocery stores, goes back after the event and puts the good word in for me which made it far easier to get his blessing on the wedding...

Considering there were only about 20 entrants from Japan in the entire race, and all the other variables I'm always amazed at this one...