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Gotcha. Thanks for clearing that up. 7000m of climbing sounds much more doable than 10,000. Although 10k has a nice ring to itIf you just do Otsuki 4.5, your total will be 127 km horizontal with 3,450 m of climbing, based on the Strava logs of last year's group ride in September.
After Tim and Eric had headed home from Otsuki, I headed north on 139 again and went over Matsuhime once more ("Otsuki 5.5"). My Garmin had shut down on the last descent of the 4.5, before hitting R20 and I lost about 4 km of horizontal distance with 300 m of descent from the recording, as well as breaking the ride into two activities. On the other hand, I also got some bonus climbing courtesy of a Strava bug, because it counted the 297 m of altitude difference between Tim's house (where I paused and shut down my Garmin before the car/train transfer) and Otsuki station (where I powered it up again and resumed recording) in the total figure. So my real horizontal total was 210 km (+4 km) and my real climbing was 4,675 (-297 m). Yours will be different.
Although 10k has a nice ring to it
Not too shabby, son.
Phew.... That was rather a long one. Great ride with some lovely scenery and lots of climbing. Managed to knock the Otsuki 9.0 on the head , clocking up 253km and 6752m of vertical ascent too. I didn't start until 5am so the while way around I was working out if I'd be able to make it before sunset. Pacing was the key so I tried to take it nice and easy, although no matter how well paced you have been, that amount of climbing is going to catch up with your legs before the end of the day. Managed an av speed of 21.7km/h for the 253km. The second loop came in at about 15 mins slower than the first loop but I guess that is to be expected. After riding with Pete and the guys most weekends, I noticed how lonely it is riding solo. Speaking of which, I'm hanging around Otsuki tonight as I'm doing the Otsuki 4.5 with Pete and the guys tomorrow.
That is quite impressive sir! Nice job!
You should be out with us tomorrow, Doug! I want to experience some more of your topnotch descending!
I'll try to be out there for Sunday rides, after mid-July.
Yep, Darragh is going to show how it's done tomorrow, Mark!
That is NOT a pot worth stirring!