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- Nov 4, 2006
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It's that time of year again… KUSATSU!!!
April 19 & 20 (Race day).
* Entry closes on March 25, but it's best to get in early.
The "Tour de Kusatsu" is quite a short race – only 13km, up a not too steep-ish mountain, climbing 800m in altitude over that distance (average 6%).
For anyone familiar with the Kusatsu region, we climb up to the top of Mt. Shirane.
There's also a little festival held in the town centre the day before the race.
The stay overnight can either be arranged privately, or through the website, depending on your budget.
However last year, all the TCC members (9 of us) stayed in the same "minshuku" – It was a great party (almost family-like) atmosphere.
This year again, we have decided to stay at the same place:
KOUAKAN – Reasonably cheap and very comfortable with great food!
http://www.kusatu.com/kouakan/
If we can get near enough to 10 people, we will have the whole place to ourselves – "Kashikiri"!
With the entry fee of 6,000 yen, you also get a free "Onsen" ticket to use after the race.
The trains to Nagano-Hara-Kusatsu-Guchi (長野原草津口)station leave from Ueno about once every 2 hours on Saturday!
This will be my 4th year, and I've gotten faster with each attempt!
2005; 57mins:48secs
2006; 51mins:02secs
2007; 48mins:06secs
2008; Hopefully, under 47 minutes!
The winner usually has a time of just over 35 minutes, and the last person has 2 hours to get to the top!
For anyone who's not exactly sure what to expect, please read the reports from last year here:
https://tokyocycle.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=281&page=7
(Read report 3, and you'll see that the weekend's riding doesn't have to finish with the race either!)
*NOTE: As in previous years, you will need the whole weekend to do the race, as you need to be there the day before to sign-in.
So far, the people definitely entering are:
Sora
Thomas
Travis
Nobu
Shinobu.
Also from last year:
Arai-san
Pete
Yasuhiro-san.
We still need confirmation from you guys!
Is anybody else interested?
Please reply.
Rubber down!
Travis
-------------------------------------Disclaimer from TCC--------------------------------------
[in Japanese 日本語]
以下の内容に同意の上、オフィシャルツアーにご参加ください。
---------------オフィシャルツアー参加規約---------------
東京サイクリングクラブ(TCC)は、オフィシャルツアーにおいて発生する事故・怪我・損害等について一切責任を負いません。すべて参加者の自己責任において処理・対応をお願いします。対人・対物の事故が発生した場合も、事故の相手との交渉・対応等は全て事故を起こした方ご本人が行ってください。
上記内容に同意いただけない場合は参加をお断りいたします。
Sora
April 19 & 20 (Race day).
* Entry closes on March 25, but it's best to get in early.
The "Tour de Kusatsu" is quite a short race – only 13km, up a not too steep-ish mountain, climbing 800m in altitude over that distance (average 6%).
For anyone familiar with the Kusatsu region, we climb up to the top of Mt. Shirane.
There's also a little festival held in the town centre the day before the race.
The stay overnight can either be arranged privately, or through the website, depending on your budget.
However last year, all the TCC members (9 of us) stayed in the same "minshuku" – It was a great party (almost family-like) atmosphere.
This year again, we have decided to stay at the same place:
KOUAKAN – Reasonably cheap and very comfortable with great food!
http://www.kusatu.com/kouakan/
If we can get near enough to 10 people, we will have the whole place to ourselves – "Kashikiri"!
With the entry fee of 6,000 yen, you also get a free "Onsen" ticket to use after the race.
The trains to Nagano-Hara-Kusatsu-Guchi (長野原草津口)station leave from Ueno about once every 2 hours on Saturday!
This will be my 4th year, and I've gotten faster with each attempt!
2005; 57mins:48secs
2006; 51mins:02secs
2007; 48mins:06secs
2008; Hopefully, under 47 minutes!
The winner usually has a time of just over 35 minutes, and the last person has 2 hours to get to the top!
For anyone who's not exactly sure what to expect, please read the reports from last year here:
https://tokyocycle.com/bbs/showthread.php?t=281&page=7
(Read report 3, and you'll see that the weekend's riding doesn't have to finish with the race either!)
*NOTE: As in previous years, you will need the whole weekend to do the race, as you need to be there the day before to sign-in.
So far, the people definitely entering are:
Sora
Thomas
Travis
Nobu
Shinobu.
Also from last year:
Arai-san
Pete
Yasuhiro-san.
We still need confirmation from you guys!
Is anybody else interested?
Please reply.
Rubber down!
Travis
-------------------------------------Disclaimer from TCC--------------------------------------
[in Japanese 日本語]
以下の内容に同意の上、オフィシャルツアーにご参加ください。
---------------オフィシャルツアー参加規約---------------
東京サイクリングクラブ(TCC)は、オフィシャルツアーにおいて発生する事故・怪我・損害等について一切責任を負いません。すべて参加者の自己責任において処理・対応をお願いします。対人・対物の事故が発生した場合も、事故の相手との交渉・対応等は全て事故を起こした方ご本人が行ってください。
上記内容に同意いただけない場合は参加をお断りいたします。
Sora