Congratulations! You have been selected to run the Tokyo Marathon 2009. (1)Prize Money If I start training last year, lose about 40kgs of weight, come 1st, in a wheelchair, break the course record, world record, get the time bonuses, and claim the 38,300,000 yen prize money, I may be able to pay a few bills. […]
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Saiko Tour of Japan Report:
国内最大級の市民サイクルロードレース 「中野浩一Ｖ10メモリアル ツール・ド・ジャパン２００８」 This is my favortite race of the year and my sixth attempt to win it. The Nakano Koichi Memorial Tour Du Japan 2008. Friday: I picked up my brother Friday night at Tokyo station and we went down to Kawaguchiko and stayed at the Kawaguchiko Station Inn An old but nicely located hotel […]
Tuesday Night Training
Getting too cold for most. Arrived about 8:30 and did a slow 15km warm up. 9p.m and no show from the Apex team. (hibernation?). My team started rolling up from 9:10 to 9:40 but we didn’t get started till close to 10pm. I didn’t want to go too hard so concentrated on cadence, drafting and […]
Hakuba Training
My brother and I did a nice 63km of ups and downs in the mountains of Hakuba. The Autumn leaves were still beautiful, unlike last year when we were up here for the same weekend and all the leaves had disappeared. The route: Meitetsu to Tsugaike. Tsugaike to the top of route 406. Top of […]
Thursday Night Lack of Training
Very cold tonight and I didn’t feel like going out and sprinting and getting torn calf muscles and catching a cold etc. Yet, I got my gear ready, saddled up and TREKked out into the darkness. Nobody there, so I did a lap warm up, and still nobody there. Did another lap thinking that maybe […]
Tuesday Night Training 2008 10 28
Was feeling good tonight and went and did a 15km warm up by myself and then joined the Apex crew for their 10 laps when they arrived at 8:55pm. Seeing as I was warmed up already, I decided it was a good chance to win the first sprint, and I did. Yay! 2nd sprint I […]
Japan Cup Cyling 2008 Basso & Cunego battle!
Great race! This short clip is about 100m from the finish where Cunego is just overtaking Basso for the win. What a great day! It was raining when I left this morning and the 2 guys who were coming with me didn’t show at the meeting point. (guys in my team). They were waiting near […]
Saiko Nikkan Sports Cycling Course Training Video
Saiko Nikkan Sports Cycling Training Video This is my favorite race ever. Next November 9th will be my sixth attempt to WIN! So far I’ve managed a 3rd out of 5 attempts but the other attempts have been close to embarrassing. Here is a video clip I took of the course at just a bit […]
Saturday Castle
Did my usual castle ride. 20km each way. Lots of high school kids blocking the whole path on the way so came home on the opposite side. Japan Cup tomorrow. 43km in total.
Rain!
I couldn’t go to training tonight due to rain so went to the gym instead. Seeing as I tentatively entered the Tokyo Marathon I’ve added a tiny bit of running to my regime. Tonight I warmed up on the running machine for 20 minutes before hitting the other machines. abdominal crunch machine 45kgs X 15 […]