That would have been unnerving, I think you can cross paths with nutters everywhere and seems here you did the right thing and ignored them and some one came along.
End of Jan-Feb Christchurch NZ
End of Feb-Mar Tokyo Japan for Tokyo marathon
End of May Adelaide
Jun 6/7/8 Korea/Japan
September Germany Berlin marathon
Most trips 2/4 days.
I thought about this do but the previous weekend I will be in Tokyo and recovering after a marathon is probably a little more important than flying away again.
DSC does make it tempting.