Been doing 50 or 100 leg lifts off the front porch the last week every morning with the aim of building up to 200 or 300 a morning. A bit like lazy sit-ups. Hang my legs over the edge while laying down and lift above and below horizontal. Can feel it working my thighs and

Nice day for it today. Not too hot not too windy not too many insects. Picked up the first (fast) group at Tone Canal and the pace was not too fast. At about the half way mark half the guys missed the turn off but we all came back together at the drink break. Nothing

Only 20 minutes of work this morning. Got myself a new pump! No excuse not to ride. Was going to do the Tonegawa Inzai loop but then thought I’d drop in at Aprico for a cappuccino instead. Problem was I was going to arrive 20 minutes before siesta time and didn’t want to wait 3

Today’s training was at Narita’s friendly park with two Bridgestone riders along to give us some tips and lessons. Our own Mr. Idei, who was the captain of Semas Racing when I first started riding and Barcelona Olympic rider Fujita Kozo. I took some footage on my iphone and listened intently to his advice. All

Seven starters. Very fast warm-up. Too fast. Had a busy day so didn’t push it. Don’t want to have a heart attack. Dropped off the back at the 10km mark and battled on the last 20km by myself at a comfortable pace. Fat burning pace. Today: 32.04km Yearly total: 3312.6km Daily average:? Daily average goal:

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!SOLD OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! My best friend is up for sale. We rode a lot and we had some good races. She took me to 3rd place in last year’s Tour De Japan Hitachinaka stage… and many many more memorable rides. To keep her I will need a bigger house. Time for somebody else to enjoy this

Arrived a bit early at the start meeting point so decided to head off alone in front and see how long I could hold off the 2 groups who would be chasing. Maybe I left too early as I managed to do the whole course solo and then wait an extra 15 minutes at the

Wednesday night training has finally moved to Thursdays. Perfect. Feeling stronger. Sat out a bit as my front light was falling off. Need a brighter and better one anyway! 7 riders. Today: 40.03km Yearly total: 3208.81km Daily average:? Daily average goal: 33.71 km

First full day back at work today after close to 6 weeks off. Not too hard. 11 more full days of work then Autumn vacation!!! 3 more weeks off!!! Plenty of riding time ahead. Today there were 10 riders. Nice solid pace and a breakaway. Still not 100% fit so I sat out one lap

Back to work tomorrow and back to the drawing board to lose some weight. Was really struggling to hold on on the rolling hill climbs today. Yesterday: 5km Today: 73.86km + 2km Yearly total: 3121.98km Daily average:? Daily average goal: 33.71 km