Training

I had an extraordinary summer. Two years ago I was interviewed for a job as a driver for Canada’s CBC media team for the Tokyo Olympics.Then when corona hit the job went out the window. A lot of debate about whether the Olympics would go ahead or not ensued. Personally, I was hoping they’d postpone

The diet is coming along well. No hunger pains. No sugar or caffeine withdrawals. Down 2kg. Lots of energy. Enough energy to get me out to training tonight. Only 2 other guys and I did 5 laps by myself then 2 with the speedsters then a few again by myself. Felt alive for a change.

Have sworn off end of year Christmas parties in order to get a head start on New Year’s Resolutions. For the last 3 days have been on fruit and veggies. (except for a little salami for dinner day 1 & 2). Lots of apples, pumpkin, spinach, tomatoes, onion, eggplant, hot water with ginger, garlic…and a

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

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

Today our club went on its new course across the Tone river and into Ibaraki. I mis-timed the meeting point at Tone Canal by about a minute and as I approached I could see our club riding off about 1 minute ahead of me. It took me about 15km before I could catch up to

Tuesday & Wednesday training data. Tuesday: 10 starters. Slow start. I found myself sneaking away on the second lap and tried to see how long I could stay away without letting my heart rate go over 170bpm. I lasted exactly 4.5km before I was easily caught by the peleton who were upping the tempo. Found

The guys who couldn’t ride Tuesday due to rain and also didn’t ride last night wanted to ride tonight. Nine of us turned up and did our usual Tuesday ride. I got dropped at the 18km mark after chasing down a breakaway at 56kph. Didn’t feel like going up the hill at break neck speed

Haven’t been riding with these guys for a long time. Much faster as usual than the Tuesday training. Rump steak for dinner 30 minutes before starting didn’t help much. 3 starters, 7 finishers. Today Warm up: 9.34km Today Main and cool down: 34.44km Yearly total: 2164.16km Daily average:? Daily average goal: 33.71 km

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