Nov
30
Seo Festival
November 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Photos by yamahiro
Blue skies, a little wind and a perfect day for racing. Perfect for those who won that is. For some reason, I chose the 2nd hardest race of the day. 30km, 20 laps, 20 little hills on that Shimofusa (un)Friendly Park.
I’d been negatively programming my mind that I’d only last [...]
Nov
29
Sekiyado Castle
November 29, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Did my usual 20km each way castle run. Beautiful blue sky as I set out but dark clouds coming in on the way back. Hope it’s not raining for tomorrow’s Seo Festival. Averaged 30kph up the river and dawdled back home with a little sprint at the end. Going to the gym for a very [...]
Nov
26
Wednesday Night Training
November 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Probably the last hard ride before the Seo Festival. Too cold, my toes are still frost bitten. Too hard. 14 riders, 47km. Didn’t win any sprints, a few 3rds and a few 4ths and a lot of tail ends. kimochi warui…
ＡＰＥＸ：銀さん、ツーとも、Ａビルさん、赤タマさん、部●長さん。
GSﾐﾗﾉ：いのさん、Mimizoさん
ﾁｸﾘﾋﾃﾞ：つっつる先生、クゥちゃん
フォルツァ：おーやんさん
オッティモ：ロボさん
セマスＲ：ピーター先生、
Nov
23
SEO FESTIVAL TRAINING
November 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment
more photos here
About 40 of our team went to Shimofusa Friendly Park this morning for a warm up for next week’s SEO Festival.
First Heat. 32km then a 10 minute break. We kept a pace of just over 30kph riding two abreast and practiced peeling away rotations left side to the left, ride side to the [...]
Nov
21
Tokyo Marathon Training #1
November 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Had the day off today and first job was to reposition the outdoor dog pen. Dismantled in it half, cleared the ground, concrete blocks down, steel pipe flat rails to hold the floor and away I went. Trying to keep the dogs further away from the front of the house in the hope that it [...]
Nov
19
Wednesday Night Training 2009 11 19
November 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Didn’t feel like riding tonight at all. 3 layers up top, a skull cap, neck warmer, shoe covers etc… very cold. Just had a hot shower and my feet still feel frozen solid.
7 riders tonight. The first sprint is always the easiest for me as I don’t think the others want to try and win [...]
Nov
18
Tuesday Night Training 2008 11 18
November 18, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Just got home. Was a bit cold but worse than that a strong head wind on our sprint point. I just took it easy waiting till the last lap and then I got stuck at a traffic signal as the police were passing. Therefor getting dropped and having no chance of finishing strongly. Just as [...]
Nov
16
Sunday Morning Training
November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Woke up at six thirty and it was cloudy.
Left at seven and it was sprinkling.
Arrived at seven thirty and it was raining.
4 people there to hear it had been canceled. (as expected).
At least I got in 26km at a moderate to fast pace and home for a shower. Then took the dogs for a walk [...]
Nov
15
Friday Night Training with Asahi Ginger Draft
November 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment
oishi ne!
Nov
13
Thursday Night Training 2009 11 13
November 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment
There were about 8 riders tonight. Next week the Thursday night training may turn into Wednesday nights. Tuesday & Wednesday back to back is going to be hard but I get to sleep in a bit on Thursday nights.
Didn’t plan on going hard tonight but found myself leading a sprint and dead heated for first. [...]
