WhiteGiant
Maximum Pace
- Nov 4, 2006
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Less wordy "Final report".
Sorry Phil,
I deleted the original report in a moment of …..
Anyway, here's the condensed version – probably still wordier than necessary though.
I met Christoph at 9:00, after getting off the train at Haijima.
We both met Alan at Musashi-Itsukaichi station at 9:30, and also met Ash & Yasuhiro (both members of TCC) on their own training ride.
10:00 – Alan, Christoph and I headed very quickly to the start of the climb towards Tomin-no-mori. After it started going up-hill though, Alan & Christoph took off up ahead of me and waited at the top for me to arrive.
11:30 – At 32km, I reached the top & and stopped only to put on my wind-breaker, before the 3 of us rolled down to the lake.
11:50 – At 44km, we stopped for the last time to fill up our drink bottles at the vending machine there. Then we rolled to the start of the final climb (Nokogiri-yama).
12:20 – At 57km, we started climbing immediately – 7 long, steep km's on roads that a mountain-goat would think twice about!
13:05 – At 64km, I finally reached the top to find Alan & Christoph waiting for me (after Christoph had punctured on the way up); but still without stopping, kept going over towards our original starting place – Musashi-Itsukaichi.
13:49 – At 84km, we finally arrived back at the station – 11 minutes ahead of schedule. Average speed: 22.4km/h.
Alan & Christoph are both great guys to go riding with, and were very considerate and patient with me the whole way. Travis
That's basically it, I suppose.
I did this ride to find out if I'd actually be able to complete the race this weekend. And after this last ride, I'm fairly confident that I can do it, but it also showed me my own weaknesses, and I guess I got a bit depressed about not being able to go as fast as A & C. But you get that, I suppose.
>Christoph: Are you OK? I'm glad I wasn't there to see your accident.
>Deej: Hope they give you a new/better bike (in your favourite color-scheme).
T
Sorry Phil,
I deleted the original report in a moment of …..
Anyway, here's the condensed version – probably still wordier than necessary though.
I met Christoph at 9:00, after getting off the train at Haijima.
We both met Alan at Musashi-Itsukaichi station at 9:30, and also met Ash & Yasuhiro (both members of TCC) on their own training ride.
10:00 – Alan, Christoph and I headed very quickly to the start of the climb towards Tomin-no-mori. After it started going up-hill though, Alan & Christoph took off up ahead of me and waited at the top for me to arrive.
11:30 – At 32km, I reached the top & and stopped only to put on my wind-breaker, before the 3 of us rolled down to the lake.
11:50 – At 44km, we stopped for the last time to fill up our drink bottles at the vending machine there. Then we rolled to the start of the final climb (Nokogiri-yama).
12:20 – At 57km, we started climbing immediately – 7 long, steep km's on roads that a mountain-goat would think twice about!
13:05 – At 64km, I finally reached the top to find Alan & Christoph waiting for me (after Christoph had punctured on the way up); but still without stopping, kept going over towards our original starting place – Musashi-Itsukaichi.
13:49 – At 84km, we finally arrived back at the station – 11 minutes ahead of schedule. Average speed: 22.4km/h.
Alan & Christoph are both great guys to go riding with, and were very considerate and patient with me the whole way. Travis
That's basically it, I suppose.
I did this ride to find out if I'd actually be able to complete the race this weekend. And after this last ride, I'm fairly confident that I can do it, but it also showed me my own weaknesses, and I guess I got a bit depressed about not being able to go as fast as A & C. But you get that, I suppose.
>Christoph: Are you OK? I'm glad I wasn't there to see your accident.
>Deej: Hope they give you a new/better bike (in your favourite color-scheme).
T