Jun
28
Sayonara D class!
June 28, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Hitachinaka Tour Of Japan 2009 Stage 3: Class D: 30km ( 6 laps of 5km).
Since I came 3rd in Saiko about 4 and a half years ago and went from E into D class there has been a very long dry spell in the JCRC races. Lots of excuses and missed opportunities. Today it finally [...]
Jun
24
46km
June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
16 turned up tonight which is a record. Fine weather and Hitachinaka brought them all out of the woodwork. Almost everybody with their race deep rimmed wheels. (me included).
I also dropped my handle bars down to the lowest possible position tonight. (Raised the seat a centimeter yesterday). This seemed to help with the cornering but [...]
Jun
24
56km
June 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment
While waiting for the team to turn up for training last night I squeezed in a 20km warm-up.
With a few new riders and enough starters to make two teams we picked two aces and let them pick their teams.
We warmed up for 3 laps and then put about a 1.5km gap between the two teams [...]
Jun
21
500 sit ups.
June 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Woke up at 4a.m looking forward to a special team training run amongst the Chiba boso hills only to hear the rain pelting down outside.
Back to bed and a quick wink and it was 8:30a.m.
Still raining but not as heavy. I got my cycling gear on anyway determined to go for a ride by myself [...]
Jun
19
Friday 47
June 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Second week of Friday night football. 3 of us doing the Wednesday ight course with the Tuesday night sprint finish. I had 2 cars block the lanes on my lead out tonight that ensured a win. There was no room for anybody to pass.
A 47km good pre-race ride. Not sure if I’ll wake up [...]
Jun
18
Best Places to Live
June 18, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The full ranking for Monocle’s Quality of Life 2009 is:
But they don’t have good sushi in Zurich or Copenhagen…
1. Zurich
2. Copenhagen
3. Tokyo
4. Munich
5. Helsinki
6. Stockholm
7. Vienna
8. Paris
9. Melbourne
10. Berlin
11. Honolulu
12. Madrid
13. Sydney
14. Vancouver
15. Barcelona
16. Fukuoka
17. Oslo
18. Singapore
19. Montreal
20. Auckland
21. Amsterdam
22. Kyoto
23. Hamburg
24. Geneva
25. Lisbon
Jun
16
Hitachinaka Criterium
June 16, 2009 | Leave a Comment
This will be my third attempt at the D class 30km race on this course.
Two years ago I was quite unfit and took the lead just before the last bend and had absolutely no power left and got dropped in the last km. Last year I was fit and in the pouring rain panicked with [...]
Jun
14
Love my Puppies
June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Jun
14
Mountain Dew
June 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment
Got up early enough to get in a quick 50km before training BUT after getting all the dogs fed and secure I was running 15 minutes late.
At Shinzakaya where we take a photo and divvy up into teams to go back I downed a can of Mountain Dew. Was going to get a tea or [...]
Jun
12
Friday Night Follies
June 12, 2009 | Leave a Comment
C-san, A-san, K-san and myself had a special light run tonight. C-san and I started about 30 minutes early and had a nice warm-up.
54km for myself for the night. Now 2 beers and the Dauphine on TV.
Long weekend too…
