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Too bad they don’t sponsor any cycling teams anymore due to the dopers. Almost went out and bought one of the Hot Pink uniforms. Great Video.

Six of us from Semas Racing got up bright and early and headed to Hinode (West of Tokyo) near Okutama this morning. This is near where we did some MTBing last year at Okutama. My MTB was covered in dust yesterday and there was a hole in the saddle. ( A reminder of my near fall over […]

About 8 or 9 riders tonight and compared to last week I had a shocker. No wins! After Sun & Mon’s runs, last night’s swim and not having ridden since last Wednesday I wasn’t in riding condition. Need to ride at least twice a week. At least! Off to the Australian Embassy tomorrow to put […]

Jun 1, 2008 13:16 Going to record my eating + cycling = weight loss progress in here. I’ve been battling weight gain ever since the day I got married. My usual weight before marriage was between 75 & 80kgs. My first year in Japan I was working out doors in Tokyo Disneyland and due to […]

About a year ago when I first joined the gym for the 5th time I got in the pool. My bad shoulder was grating like it had a handful of rocks in it and since then I hadn’t been back. After a year on the chest expansion machine the shoulder pain eventually disappeared and the […]

A slight eruption of a volcano that is about 130km from here last night. The sky was beautifully clear the last 2 days and the weather hasn’t changed at all yet there is a haze of ash all over the sky like a low lying thin grey cloud. Mount Asama Google maps I rode near […]

2006 I was probably about 88 or 89kg all year. Christmas and a lack of riding had me balloon out to 95kg. This was when I joined the gym. Exactly a year ago. Let’s look at what I did and compare it with the graph. January: 331km of riding. February: 367km of cycling: Joined the […]

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 […]

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 […]