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Sunday July 26th (yesterday), I went to watch the Ogawamura JBCF races. Ogawamura is my favorite place to ride the mountains up here near Hakuba. The course for the race was parallel to the road I normally ride and just as steep and curvy. These guys have guts to go full pelt down the tight […]

Not these ones!! Thunderstorms threatening, I couldn’t wait any longer and took the Trek out for a spin up to the castle and back to test the new aerobars. Felt better than I thought it would. I didn’t have the computer on so wasn’t concerned about speed. Just wanted to get a feel for them. […]

Was supposed to rain but we all turned up and rode anyway. Only got hit by a few drops. The lack of warm up had me chasing them all for the first 4 laps. When I’d catch up to them we’d hit the headwind or the sprint would start and it would take the wind […]

Did a bit of gardening, a bit of cleaning, a bit of dog washing, a bit of tidying up and earnt myself a ride. Took the Edo river to the castle a right hander on the Tone river to the 100km to the sea mark, (Fukuda) then the road past the golf clubs to the […]

Just the usual Sunday morning run with the team. Missed the start and has to TT by myself to the finish line. Could see the second group trying to catch me from behind but I managed to keep away. Also dropped my water bottle and had to turn around to pick it up. That’s when […]

Japanichiban is proud to help sponsor the team of Scott & Collin who set out on their journey tonight! Japanichiban will pay the guys all contributions to the friend finder for the month of August and if there is enough support will continue through to September as well. So far to get the ball rolling […]

Two came and two cancelled tonight and 43.5kms. Always hard with two but we paced ourselves sensibly and put in only two sprints. They were hard enough! Felt fresher than Wednesday night. Have to get the mileage up over the next 6 weeks to catch up with where I was last year. Omiya Keirin on […]

Was sleepy all day and my legs felt like lead. Went anyway but couldn’t stick with the sprints so kept taking the short cut up the middle. Had the in-laws coming tonight as well so went home on the 5th lap. Only did 20kms. No warm up. Thighs feel like they’ve played a game of […]

Summer holidays start for me on Friday at 3:15pm. 6 weeks off!!! Tonight was the regular training for Tuesdays. 8 riders and new parking area to make sure the police don’t harass us for a while. We also stopped at red traffic lights. (99% of the time). Slow to medium pace with a few intermittent […]

Went to my first ‘Nagara’ training today in the hills of Chiba boso near Honda. I’ve heard about these hills for about two years and it was the first time I had a chance to ride there. About 12 Semas riders all together. The morning rendezvous was at 6 a.m and I woke up at […]