Cycling

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.

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

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

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…

Tonight’s 61st Critérium du Dauphiné Libéré, is 42,4km and that’s about exactly what I just rode for the Wednesday night sprint group. I had jelly legs all day today after last night’s effort and was hoping it was going to rain so I could go to the gym or stay home. A call from Cab

A bit of confusion last night with the last lap. The training is supposed to be an hour but 3 guys went for the win with 5 minutes to go. After they slowed down from their sprint finish we motored past them telling them there was one more lap to go. Enthusiasm depleted, the last

I recently ordered the 5 lbs banana and 5 lbs tropical fruit from bodybuilding.com. Previously I was using another U.S company At Large Nutrition but the prices at bodybuilding made me switch. Here is the thread on that HERE Check out the current prices HERE: Much cheaper than buying the Japanese proteins locally even with

Glued down their ears on Saturday…

Nice and warm this morning. Bit of light sunburn on my arms but I got home around 10a.m so no real UV damage to worry about. 58km which is the usual minimum distance if I get to the start on time. I was up early enough to do a quick run to the castle beforehand