Very heavy rain today but the skies cleared up and we had 7 starters and 1 late comer. 4 from Semas. 3 from Apex and 1 from BM/Apex for the weekly training. Noda Night Criterium! I arrived an hour early and did 30km warm up. The warm up didn’t help much. With the wet slippery

Took off solo again and went 30kms before the rest caught up at the break stop. I however took off again from there by myself and managed to solo it all the way back to the finish. Forgot to switch on the Garmin for a portion of the loop so look for the big jump.

Have bought 3 different brands of amino acid tablets to try and take in the morning. One bottle by the PC at home, a packet in the car and another by the PC at work. The idea being to take them in the morning (with or without breakfast) to give me a good start to

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