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Day 8
Niigata, Niigata
Distance: ~45 km
Average: n/a
Max: n/a
Total Distance: ~615 km

The above figure of 45 km of cycling for the day actually ended up being quite a surprise for me when I checked my odometer at the end of the day. If this had been a [...]

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Due to so much happening during Day 7, I’m going to split this up into two entries. If you want to read the first part, head on over to Day 7 Part 1
Stats are for the whole of Day 7, not just Part 2.
Day 7, Part 2
??? - Niigata, Niigata
Distance: ~30 km of cycling
Average: n/a
Max: [...]

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Due to so much happening during Day 7, I’m going to split this up into two entries.
Day 7, Part 1
Tadami, Fukushima - ???
Distance: ~11 km
Average: n/a
Max: n/a
Total Distance: ~547 km (the distance on the map below is a typo and I don’t currently have Photoshop installed to fix it)

Today I once again woke up bright [...]

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I’ll post the entry for Day 7 of my bike trip tomorrow, but for now I’ll just say a little bit of what I’m starting.
Before I left for Japan I was 6′0″ and 145 pounds. That by itself is pretty skinny. Over a year later, I don’t really know how much my weight has changed [...]

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So much for posting these updates every other day, eh?
Day 6
Tajima, Fukushima - Tadami, Fukushima
Distance: 61.76 km
Average: 19.5 km/h
Max: 62.1 km/h
Total Distance: 539.10 km

By the time I woke up in my hotel bed in Tajima, I knew that today was going to be a pretty short day. I was a lot further along than planned, [...]

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Day 5
Nasushiobara, Tochigi - Tajima, Fukushima
Distance: 82.90 km
Average: 20.3 km/h
Max: 59.2 km/h
Total Distance: 475.62 km

Due to the cold and rain I barely got any sleep this past night. I ended up spending close to four or five hours in my hammock just listening to music on my mp3 player. Finally once the sun started to [...]

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