Tokyo Enduro 2008 12 14

Cold. Rain. Mud. Wet. I joined TCC’s B team for some end of year wheel spinning, mud sliding, rain dodging racing. We intended to do 30 minute runs but at the last moment, due to the wet and cold decided we only wanted to be out there once and therefore did 1 hour shifts. I […]

Wednesday Night Training 2008 12 10 +++

Last Friday I rode to work and on the way home got caught in a thunderstorm. After dodging 2 trucks and a woman who went around a corner in front of me without looking, I managed to slide off a steel grate in front of a 7/11 and attempt to break my thigh/hip, & shoulder […]

Wednesday Night Training 2008 12 03

Last night was cold as usual and I took the Fondriest for a spin with the Garmin. On my warm up lap I tried to set a mark (in the Garmin) for the sprint (110m) inside the tunnel and then another mark on the finish line. The problem with this though is the GPS signal […]

Winter Wear

I have a huge selection of summer wear but not much winter stuff.  Of my 2 pairs of winter gloves I can only find half a pair. The new gloves in the shops are almost twice the price of last year with good gloves running at over 8000 yen. The last couple of weeks I’ve […]

Gym

Had the day off today, (and tomorrow, and the next day, and most of the day after that too-) due to mid term tests. Before lunch I took Lunar and Sora for a walk and there were 3 crows in the park who wanted to play ‘chasings’ with us. That lasted more than 30 minutes. […]

Seo Festival

Photos by yamahiro Blue skies, a little wind and a perfect day for racing. Perfect for those who won that is. For some reason, I chose the 2nd hardest race of the day. 30km, 20 laps, 20 little hills on that Shimofusa (un)Friendly Park. I’d been negatively programming my mind that I’d only last 20km […]

Sekiyado Castle

Did my usual 20km each way castle run. Beautiful blue sky as I set out but dark clouds coming in on the way back. Hope it’s not raining for tomorrow’s Seo Festival. Averaged 30kph up the river and dawdled back home with a little sprint at the end. Going to the gym for a very […]

Wednesday Night Training

Probably the last hard ride before the Seo Festival. Too cold, my toes are still frost bitten. Too hard. 14 riders,  47km. Didn’t win any sprints, a few 3rds and a few 4ths and a lot of tail ends.  kimochi warui… APEX:銀さん、ツーとも、Aビルさん、赤タマさん、部●長さん。 GSミラノ:いのさん、Mimizoさん チクリヒデ:つっつる先生、クゥちゃん フォルツァ:おーやんさん オッティモ:ロボさん セマスR:ピーター先生、

SEO FESTIVAL TRAINING

more photos here About 40 of our team went to Shimofusa Friendly Park this morning for a warm up for next week’s SEO Festival. First Heat. 32km then a 10 minute break. We kept a pace of just over 30kph riding two abreast and practiced peeling away rotations left side to the left, ride side […]

Tokyo Marathon Training #1

Had the day off today and first job was to reposition the outdoor dog pen. Dismantled in it half, cleared the ground, concrete blocks down, steel pipe flat rails to hold the floor and away I went. Trying to keep the dogs further away from the front of the house in the hope that it […]