Archive For The “Bicycle Touring” Category
Previous day, Day 7 Part 2 — Next day, Part 9 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 [...]
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 [...]
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) [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]