Archive For August, 2008
Day 4 Daigo, Ibaraki – Nasushiobara, Tochigi Distance: 81.67 km Average: 17.6 km/h Max: 67.8 km/h Total Distance: 392.41 km By today the signs of being tired set in. There were lots of mountains to go over, compounded with the first three days’ work catching up to me, and it all adds up to Day [...]
Day 3 Iwaki, Fukushima – Daigo, Ibaraki Distance: 103.81 km Average: 18.0 km/h Max: 59.4 km/h Total Distance: 310.74 km The highlight of my ride today was a driver of a car blaring her horn at me while I was in a turn lane waiting to turn. I got pissed. Nothing happened, and as usual [...]
Day 2 Minamisoma, Fukushima – Iwaki, Fukushima Distance: 121.27 Average: 20.3 km/h Max: 57.5 km/h Total Distance: 206.92 km Today was one of those rare days where there weren’t too terribly many mountains to go over. It was largely going down the eastern coast of Fukushima, along the shore of the Pacific. Looking at a [...]
I originally handwrote this while sitting under an outdoor bathroom’s roof overhang while rain poured outside. Day 1 Distance: 85.65 km Average: 22 km/h Max: 70.3 km/h (FAST) Total Distance: 85.65 km I left home at about 7:30 am. I headed east on highway 115 to get out of Naka-dori, the valley that Fukushima City [...]
Yesterday I returned from my bicycle trip. Due to unexpected situations that arose, I ended up going a few days shorter than expected and also a shorter distance than expected. I had planned on about 1,100 km but in the end went slightly under 900 km. Details will be forthcoming in future entries I’ll write [...]
Last week I went on a two-day/one-night 200km bicycle trip around Lake Inawashiro. For those who don’t know, Lake Inawashiro is either the third or fourth biggest lake in Japan, depending on who you ask. It lies to the west of the Azuma Mountain Range, while Fukushima City is to the east of said mountain [...]