Edogawakikkoman
Maximum Pace
- Jan 14, 2007
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I'm out. Friend coming up from Aus...on the Saturday.
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.>Phil Harris: Sorry about the mix up with directions last time - Kiwisimon said you were spot on - I've never been north of Niigata, so I have no idea..
Day 5:
Finally, a day we could sleep in - we woke up at 9:00.
After brunch at "Gusto", we went to Hirosaki Castle to see the cherry blossoms - they were great, and we got some really nice pictures!
It was raining all night, and was threatening to rain some more.
From there, we gave our bikes a good clean, Thomas changed his old front tyre, and we started rolling at 1:30.
41km, with an awesome tailwind - av.spd on the meter: 30.2km/h
BUT, 16km out of Hirosaki, Thomas got his third puncture this tour (in his new tyre).
We had a break after Thomas fixed the punc, and then we saw rain coming towards us - the whole area is flat, and the sky was filled with low dark clouds. When we looked back from where we'd come from, we could see sheets of rain falling (in my fallible estimation, about 10km behind us), and the tailwind we had was blowing it right in our direction.
We were going to take a few more breaks on the way, but this short ride became "A Race against the Rain!"! It was FAST!
20 minutes after we arrived, it started raining in Aomori...
We checked into the hotel (we'd booked ahead), and waited for Kiwisimon to call - I ran into him in the lobby by chance, and we're all going to have something to eat at 6:00 - it's only 5:30 now!
Tomorrow is the last day, but we need an early start - hopefully be rolling by 6am.
If all goes well, I'll be sending the last report from Hakodate, in Hokkaido.
Travis