joewein
Maximum Pace
- Oct 25, 2011
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I don't really expect anyone to join me on this ride, but I'm posting it on the off-chance that somebody will
After the 227 km training run on March 11 and the Tomin no Mori / Tsuru pass ride on March 20 I want to a 230 km run on Sunday, April 1 (*) from Odawara to Gotemba, Numazu, around the west side of Fuji and back east via R35 and Takao to Machida.
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/79248330
This is again a shortened version of my May 19/20 brevet route, this time without the fairly flat first 70-odd km in Kanagawa. My 300 km time limit will be 20 hours, so I'm aiming for something around 15-16 hours altogether for the 230 km route.
I'll be starting from Odawara around 01:30 in the morning, after heading out on the last train on Odakyu-sen on Sat night (01:03 on Odawara). There is method to that madness, as that gives me 4 1/2 hours of night time riding: the first 6 1/2 hours of my brevet will also be before sunrise. I have my new Lumotec IQ Cyo 60 lumen with the hub dynamo to find my way to Gotemba and Numazu and before I head up the side of Fuji it will already be daylight.
The weather forecast for Sunday is 1-10 C and cloudy. I timed it so that I should reach the highest altitude at around 1100 m on the west side of Fuji-san at noon and to be back in Machida well before sunset.
(*) Never mind the date, it's real
After the 227 km training run on March 11 and the Tomin no Mori / Tsuru pass ride on March 20 I want to a 230 km run on Sunday, April 1 (*) from Odawara to Gotemba, Numazu, around the west side of Fuji and back east via R35 and Takao to Machida.
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/79248330
This is again a shortened version of my May 19/20 brevet route, this time without the fairly flat first 70-odd km in Kanagawa. My 300 km time limit will be 20 hours, so I'm aiming for something around 15-16 hours altogether for the 230 km route.
I'll be starting from Odawara around 01:30 in the morning, after heading out on the last train on Odakyu-sen on Sat night (01:03 on Odawara). There is method to that madness, as that gives me 4 1/2 hours of night time riding: the first 6 1/2 hours of my brevet will also be before sunrise. I have my new Lumotec IQ Cyo 60 lumen with the hub dynamo to find my way to Gotemba and Numazu and before I head up the side of Fuji it will already be daylight.
The weather forecast for Sunday is 1-10 C and cloudy. I timed it so that I should reach the highest altitude at around 1100 m on the west side of Fuji-san at noon and to be back in Machida well before sunset.
(*) Never mind the date, it's real