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- Jan 14, 2007
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This race is held the same weekend as the Tour Of Okinawa....probably faster to go to Okinawa for a 200km race but it's cheaper to go to Yamanashi...
http://www.nikkansports.com/event/tour-du-japan/07/tour2007.html
Nakano Koichi Memorial Race: Nikkan Sports Saiko Stage:
This is my favorite race of the year.
10km laps around lake Saiko (views of Mt Fuji).
Entry Form # 5
http://www.nikkansports.com/event/tour-du-japan/07/application_form.pdf
Lower grades do 20km ( 2 laps)
C & B do 30km
A do 40km
S do 50km.
The start is downhill for about 2km which means you can warm up a bit even if the initial pace is fast.
The 8km (18km, 28km, 38km 48km) mark is where it goes back up again and not a steep climb. Therefore it's a good sprinters race.
I've done this race 4 times... 1st time I got dropped at the 9km mark, 2nd time I came 3rd, 3rd time I got dropped at the 8km mark and retired at the 10, last year I stuck with the pack and finished strongly...
We usually arrive on the Saturday and do the compulsory Saturday registration, do a few laps of the course and then hit a local hotel, log cabin or minshuku.
A famous Kerin Olympian of the 70s Nakano Koichi is the starter and the race is in his honour.
I paid my entry fee for this when I did the Hitachi Stage.
http://www.nikkansports.com/event/tour-du-japan/07/tour2007.html
Nakano Koichi Memorial Race: Nikkan Sports Saiko Stage:
This is my favorite race of the year.
10km laps around lake Saiko (views of Mt Fuji).
Entry Form # 5
http://www.nikkansports.com/event/tour-du-japan/07/application_form.pdf
Lower grades do 20km ( 2 laps)
C & B do 30km
A do 40km
S do 50km.
The start is downhill for about 2km which means you can warm up a bit even if the initial pace is fast.
The 8km (18km, 28km, 38km 48km) mark is where it goes back up again and not a steep climb. Therefore it's a good sprinters race.
I've done this race 4 times... 1st time I got dropped at the 9km mark, 2nd time I came 3rd, 3rd time I got dropped at the 8km mark and retired at the 10, last year I stuck with the pack and finished strongly...
We usually arrive on the Saturday and do the compulsory Saturday registration, do a few laps of the course and then hit a local hotel, log cabin or minshuku.
A famous Kerin Olympian of the 70s Nakano Koichi is the starter and the race is in his honour.
I paid my entry fee for this when I did the Hitachi Stage.