Last Friday I rode to work and on the way home got caught in a thunderstorm. After dodging 2 trucks and a woman who went around a corner in front of me without looking, I managed to slide off a steel grate in front of a 7/11 and attempt to break my thigh/hip, & shoulder

Last night was cold as usual and I took the Fondriest for a spin with the Garmin. On my warm up lap I tried to set a mark (in the Garmin) for the sprint (110m) inside the tunnel and then another mark on the finish line. The problem with this though is the GPS signal

I have a huge selection of summer wear but not much winter stuff.  Of my 2 pairs of winter gloves I can only find half a pair. The new gloves in the shops are almost twice the price of last year with good gloves running at over 8000 yen. The last couple of weeks I’ve

Had the day off today, (and tomorrow, and the next day, and most of the day after that too-) due to mid term tests. Before lunch I took Lunar and Sora for a walk and there were 3 crows in the park who wanted to play ‘chasings’ with us. That lasted more than 30 minutes.

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 20km

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

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、

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

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

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