Cycling

Michael’s school ran in the annual Noda—-Matsudo 31km ekiden today and shocked us all by finishing a strong 5th out of more than 70 schools. Was a very proud dad to see my son bolting by with his cheer squad holding a big banner with his name on it.

We spent 4 days in Nagano during the summer break and had 2 hilly mountain climbs. The best road was called Harmonic Drive. It was a steep 2km climb straight up to the starting point then turn left and gradually go up and down for the next 10km. This took us mostly downwards and the

Last week I went riding with the Tokyo Cycling Club. Made some new friends and had a great time.

5th place SEO Festival!!!!

The 1st year I entered was my 2nd ever race, and I got dropped about half way. The 2nd year I managed to come 3rd. Last year I got dropped again and pulled out at the halfway mark. This year I managed to finish strongly but only managed a 29th placing 9 seconds back from

From this… to this…

New saddle for my new bottom.

Quite cheap from Amazon.co.jp ￥ 4,489

Upcoming races. Bike Navi. October 1st. http://www.bikenavi.net/gp_2006/shimofusa/index.html Nikkan Psorts Tour De Japon Lake Saiko November 12 http://www.nikkansports.com/event/tour-du-japan/06/stage/saiko.html Noda MTB November 19 http://www.nca-net.jp/ SEO Cycle Festival. November 26 http://homepage2.nifty.com/randi/race/2006seo/2006seo_race.htm