McEntyre of 野田市

Roller Training Fitness Test

I have a roller similar to this one here. Got on the roller tonight; as for a long time I’ve only been using it to warm up at races. Having missed two night trainings this week due to a lack of members and cold I dusted off the cobwebs and put my new training plan […]

Wednesday Night Training 2009 01 14

Seeing as 90% of us were busy with New Year’s work parties and only 3 were semi keen to ride we decided to cancel. We may do tomorrow night if numbers can be aroused. To burn off the garlic bread and pizza I had for afternoon tea I hit the gym for an extra hard […]

Coming Of Age Day

Today is a Japanese national holiday which honors young people who have reached, or who will reach, the age of 20 during the current year. They will be legal adults and gain the right to vote in elections as well as to drink and smoke tobacco. Local governments usually have a ceremony known as a […]

Sunday 2009 01 11

Slept in, so didn’t ride to the starting point but went straight to Shinzakaya and had a can of coffee for breakfast as everybody else rolled up. Today I went in the fast group and got dropped about half way. I managed to hang on though and finish about 500m back from the other 3. […]

Heart Training

They say red wine is good for the heart. Long weekend starting so what better way to start this cold Friday near snowing night than with a bottle of Le Piazze 2007 Chianti courtesy of a friend at work today.  Will load the pics after. No Polar monitors tonight though.

Rest Day

No cycling. No gym. No jogging. Just work. Morning weight: 85.0kg Breakfast 2 X fried eggs on toast with 2 X slices of cheese. Morning Tea: One black coffee with sugar. Lunch: Rice and teriyakichicken with half an egg: One can of VAAM. Afternoon: 2 X Zero Cola Dinner: Meat and potatoes. (Japanese dish called […]

Wednesday Night Training 2009 01 07

7 riders. Cold. Wins. Mr. Usshi. 5.5 Me. 3.0 Yay. Mr. Robo. 1.5 Weight: 85kg Breakfast: Coffee X 1 Afternoon Tea: Coffee X 2. Manju X 3. Cookies X 4 Lunch: One yogurt. One Pork sandwich. One can of VAAM. Dinner: One cheese sandwich. One small bowl of pasta.

Gym

Last day of my holidays today and before I knew it, it was 3p.m. Off to the gym. Check in. Blood pressure: 134/85 Heart rate: 45 Weight: 85kg Warm-up on the running machine: 3km Machines: Abdominal Crunch: 50kg X 15 X 1 Back Extension: 40kg X 15 X 1, 55kg X 15 X 1 Chest […]

2 days to go!

Back to work on Wednesday! Boooo! Went for the golf course run this morning. Tried to go faster than last week and although I knocked 5 minutes off my usual pace it was not fast enough to get into the 9kph range. Completed the run at 8.4kph. The new shoes felt good. Legs felt stronger […]

Sunday Training

Left home at 7 a.m and the skies were blue and it wasn’t too cold. Snow capped Fuji san looking awesome to my right. The sun in my eyes to the front of me. Arrived at 7:30. 4 of us took off for the warm up but they stopped at Noda bridge to wait for […]