McEntyre of 野田市

15km run

Went up to route 16 crossed over into Saitama and then back down to Noda bridge. Home now and think I’ll head off to the gym to use the hot bath, sauna and shower. Legs were good for the 1st 5km then started to hurt a bit then on a downhill stretch I had to […]

Run

Woke up and could hear the wind this morning and even knowing that it was nice and dry I stayed in bed till 11:00. I knew that there would still be at least 10 or more at training but decided to do my exercise after. I also had something to do around noon. I can […]

Gym (too much rain)

Having my 3rd long weekend in a row. School entrance exams tie up all the teachers with extra work so they cut a lot of days.  I am taking 3 students, a science teacher to a factory tomorrow that my father in-law organized for them to test some bio-diesel fuel they made out of pig […]

Wednesday Night Sprint Training

6 riders. 10 laps.3 wins, 2 seconds, 1 3rd, and the rest I didn’t contest. Not bad for me. Felt good although still having problems keeping with the pack around the course. I think it must be some psychological thing and I need to work on sticking with the group no matter what. I manage […]

96km

Finished work early around lunch time and met up with a friend at Abiko station and went for a roundabout ride. From home, down the Edo river to the Tone-Unga canal. Followed that to Tone river to Abiko and up to the station. From the station we headed straight down to the Tega-Numa (swamp) lake […]

Allan Davis Wins Tour Down Under

A story of determination. Allan has been in the TDU 11 times in a row. He had never won a stage there until this year and he won 3 of them this week. Enough time bonuses to keep my favorite Stuart O’Grady 25 seconds back in 2nd place. Lance Armstrong also using the race as […]

The Last Samurai…I mean last Sean Performance

Sean decided to do his violin recitial with minimum practice. This was the result.

Walkies

Finding it hard to get out of bed on Sundays and I was late this morning for training. My two Airedales Lunar & Sora always want to go with me, so this morning I took them across the bridge to the halfway point for the Semas Cycling group and took a few photos with everybody. […]

Snowing

I really want to get some kms in on the bike but it’s just too cold. Friday. Gym Check in. Blood pressure: 139/81 Heart rate: 52 Weight: 85kg Warm-up on the running machine 58 minutes, while watching Police Academy Five. Machines: Abdominal Crunch: 50kg X 15 X 1 Back Extension: 55kg X 15 X 1 […]

Sunday Semas

Was cold as usual and hard to get out of bed. Arrived about 5 minutes late and not wanting to cool down too much I decided to do the warm up by myself and headed off back up the river alone. I held them rest off till just before Noda brodge which was 13km. At […]