Shiitake Mushrooms & Yebisu Beer

Found this nice big Shiitake mushroom in the garden but had to wait a day to get the gas on to fry it up. But well worth the wait. Yum Yum!!! Washed down with a large can of YEBISU beer.

Slow Hakuba Day

After repairing my shorts this morning I decided to test them out. Took the Trek5.2 for a small spin up to 47 and then down and around Goryu then up the back of the hill to my favorite look-out. Up there I had a nice chat with an elderly couple from Aichi who woke up […]

Lycra Repairs

Twice or more now I’ve gotten little holes in my new lycra gear. Once in a very expensive pair of running tights (ran past a thorny bush and got bitten) and more often than not by one of the claws of my boisterous Airedale Terrier Lions. Thanks Sora.

The Chase

With the World Championships on TV to race home for today, I was revved up to do a bit of racing myself. Left as usual a little early and warmed up by myself. Just after a toilet stop I could sense the peleton homing in on me. Unfortunately, they found me with still a few […]

Rain Soaked Roads Training

Very heavy rain today but the skies cleared up and we had 7 starters and 1 late comer. 4 from Semas. 3 from Apex and 1 from BM/Apex for the weekly training. Noda Night Criterium! I arrived an hour early and did 30km warm up. The warm up didn’t help much. With the wet slippery […]

Moriya Morning

Took off solo again and went 30kms before the rest caught up at the break stop. I however took off again from there by myself and managed to solo it all the way back to the finish. Forgot to switch on the Garmin for a portion of the loop so look for the big jump. […]

Amino Acids

Have bought 3 different brands of amino acid tablets to try and take in the morning. One bottle by the PC at home, a packet in the car and another by the PC at work. The idea being to take them in the morning (with or without breakfast) to give me a good start to […]

Leg Lifts

Been doing 50 or 100 leg lifts off the front porch the last week every morning with the aim of building up to 200 or 300 a morning. A bit like lazy sit-ups. Hang my legs over the edge while laying down and lift above and below horizontal. Can feel it working my thighs and […]

Moriya Loop

Nice day for it today. Not too hot not too windy not too many insects. Picked up the first (fast) group at Tone Canal and the pace was not too fast. At about the half way mark half the guys missed the turn off but we all came back together at the drink break. Nothing […]