After bathing in the glory of our win at the Tsukuba 8 hour enduro for a week I finally got back on the bike the following Sunday. It felt like I had been off the bike for a month. I took out the Fondriest with Chazzer from TCC who made an early start from central

This was the 5th time in a row I’ve done this race and definitely the best. Perfect racing weather with a thin cloud blocking out some of those harmful UV’s, not too hot and not too cold with not much wind. Perfect conditions for a fast paced day on the asphalt. There were about 308

It’s been about 3 weeks since our last Tuesday night training… maybe only two…but feels like four. About ten of us tonight. No warm-up speedsters so we could warm up at a good pace and not worry too much. I managed about a ten kilometer warm-up before everybody arrived. Warm-ups are GOLD! There was a

Decided to go to morning training this morning if I awoke. I did wake right on 4.am and then had to really motivate myself. Calling myself a fat bastard seemed to be effective. I did look for a few excuses. Listening. I couldn’t hear rain falling. Looking. A quick peak outside the curtains hoping for

I left a bit late this morning and thought I’d pick the crew up at the bridge 5km down river as that is where they should’ve been when I passed it. I went on the Chiba side and crossed over the bridge into the Saitama side. No sign of them. 5 minutes passed and one

I got my medical check-up results back yesterday and after a high hematocrit level for the last two years I was anxious to see what it was for the third year. Annual update. 2007 47.7% 2008 50.0% 2009 51.1% 2010 49.9% 2011 49.2% 2012 52.7% 2013 47.2% 2014 48.3 & 49.4% 2015 50.9% I had

With rain on the forecast for tomorrow I forced myself to ride to work today. With 2 training sessions planned for Tue (morning & night) I didn’t want to go without. A bit cool on the way in and dark clouds on the horizon made for perfect riding to work weather. No build up of

Sunday training was in Shimofusa today and that would keep me away from the puppies a bit too long so I did my own solo training. Left home around 8:00:a.m and headed at a speedy pace to Sekiyado castle along the Edo river (20km) where I had a vitamin drink for breakfast. Then took a