Category: Tamagawa
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That’s 100, Joe
On Friday I had a chat with Fearless Leader Joe about how we’re not getting any younger, and it’s time to make those bike trips we’ve been talking about for ages. (For reference, it’s now seven years since we did Land’s End to John o’ Groats, and we had a similar conversation prior to that…
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Sakura Running
We’ve had a rainy week, and then suddenly a turn for the better yesterday which left me reeling with sinus pressure. There was some improvement this morning, and I determined not to let it stop me having a good ride. I departed at 9 a.m., by which I mean I kissed Nana at 9 a.m.…
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Chasing Mt Fuji
I’d have been perfectly content to sit at home today surfing the horrible news and the cat photos, but Nana had prepared the rice for her world-famous onigiri, and so I was obligated to get on the bike. (Granted, I could have doddled to the park and eaten the onigiri there, then hung out in…
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2024
The Year in Miles After Thursday’s aborted attempt — I’d just made a run to the office when Nana messaged me to come home to help her — I was just a few miles short of my goal of 2,024 miles for the year. I set out Saturday morning hoping for an easy 60 kilometers…
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Windy River Ride
I’d worked late and hadn’t slept well, so I’d put off the decision about whether to ride, and where. At last when Nana woke up and asked (hand not quite poised over the rice cooker to prepare the world-famous onigiri) I said Tamagawa. At that I was leaving myself a lot of leeway, from Don’t-mind-me-just-nipping-out-to-Haneda-and-back…
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Omamori Run
It’s been a very rainy week, culminating in a typhoon Friday that rather fizzled out. The forecast for Saturday was not very optimistic, but it was the only gap in the weather for the foreseeable future, so I set out early with a bag full of Nana’s world-famous onigiri. I’d been casting about on Friday…
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Lotus Power
I set out in spring-like weather this morning to see the kawazuzakura in bloom along the Tamagawa. In fact I should have gone last weekend — I’ve missed the peak, but there were still many blossoms on display. I had a bit of a mechanical before I even set out this morning: when I picked…
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Fujisan and Sakura
I’ve been moaning about the fact I have a four-day weekend and the forecast is for rain the whole time. But the weather relented yesterday and I got a mostly rain-free ride, with the added benefit of sakura. The day started out looking a bit bleak after the previous night’s rain, but we were graced…