Cycling

Woke up at  six thirty and it was cloudy. Left at seven and it was sprinkling. Arrived at seven thirty and it was raining. 4 people there to hear it had been canceled. (as expected). At least I got in 26km at a moderate to fast pace and home for a shower. Then took the

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There were about 8 riders tonight. Next week the Thursday night training may turn into Wednesday nights. Tuesday & Wednesday back to back is going to be hard but I get to sleep in a bit on Thursday nights. Didn’t plan on going hard tonight but found myself leading a sprint and dead heated for

Very cold! Neck warmer, summer shirt, winter shirt, rugby socks, skull cap, long SUBARU winter pants, shoe covers… Took my time getting ready,so there was no time for warming up. Tonight, there were 7 of us. One first timer who got a bit of a shock with the surging intervals unlike our Sunday morning one

Congratulations! You have been selected to run the Tokyo Marathon 2009. (1)Prize Money If I start training last year, lose about 40kgs of weight, come 1st, in a wheelchair, break the course record, world record, get the time bonuses,  and claim the 38,300,000 yen prize money, I may be able to pay a few bills.

国内最大級の市民サイクルロードレース 「中野浩一Ｖ10メモリアル　ツール・ド・ジャパン２００８」 This is my favortite race of the year and my sixth attempt to win it. The Nakano Koichi Memorial Tour Du Japan 2008. Friday: I picked up my brother Friday night at Tokyo station and we went down to Kawaguchiko and stayed at the Kawaguchiko Station Inn An old but nicely located hotel

Getting too cold for most. Arrived about 8:30 and did a slow 15km warm up. 9p.m and no show from the Apex team. (hibernation?). My team started rolling up from 9:10 to 9:40 but we didn’t get started till close to 10pm. I didn’t want to go too hard so concentrated on cadence, drafting and

My brother and I did a nice 63km of ups and downs in the mountains of Hakuba. The Autumn leaves were still beautiful, unlike last year when we were up here for the same weekend and all the leaves had disappeared. The route: Meitetsu to Tsugaike. Tsugaike to the top of route 406. Top of

Very cold tonight and I didn’t feel like going out and sprinting and getting torn calf muscles and catching a cold etc. Yet, I got my gear ready, saddled up and TREKked out into the darkness. Nobody there, so I did a lap warm up, and still nobody there. Did another lap thinking that maybe

Was feeling good tonight and went and did a 15km warm up by myself and then joined the Apex crew for their 10 laps when they arrived at 8:55pm. Seeing as I was warmed up already, I decided it was a good chance to win the first sprint, and I did.  Yay! 2nd sprint I