UTokyo bicycle racing team

Michael HENRY

Met Higashi and Toge at Koremasa for some intervals on Renkoji. First time was a warm up. 2nd and 3rd were at full speed. I couldn't get going very fast on the bottom stretch, but in the last climb I was able to hold a good speed. 4th time…

Time trail practice on the Koshu-kaido. First run, Uenohara towards Sasago Pass, 30 km, 50 min. The first 20 km were mostly rolling, with the last 10 km mostly gradual climbing. I got stuck at a few stoplights, but it was mostly clear. For…

Komaba to Takao.1:38, 48 km

Early morning TTT practice on the Arakawa. My legs were heavy and stiff, and I couldn't pedal smoothly or hold the speed I wanted to. I think we need to work on our rotation and communication more, as well as taking the turn-around faster …

Takao to Komaba.1:34, 48 km

O-vest ride with Nishizono and Miyazaki. The course was Otarumi-Aone-(I forgot the pass name)-Otarumi. My legs were really heavy and I couldn't ride smoothly. Also, there didn't seem to be any rest stops for the second half of the ride, so…

Today's ride was a little shorter than I wanted, but still pretty good. Takao to Uenohara, then over Kobu Tunnel to Hinohara-kaido, then down to Itsukaichi and back home. I tried to keep the pace higher than normal.2:21, 74 km

Komaba to Takao. There was a slight tailwind, which was fortunate since I'm still pretty tired from yesterday's race.In yesterday's report I forgot to say thank you to everyone who came out and supported us in the road race yesterday.1:46,…

RRS#2 at Shuzenji. Due to some laboratory work, I got less than 1 hour of sleep the night before the race. As a result, I felt tired and sick all morning, and had no idea whether I'd be able to race or not. Once the race started, I decided…

Takao to Komaba. There was a nice tailwind so I just spun nice and easy.1:36, 49 km

Short ride around western Hachioji with some hill sprints at the bottom of the climb to Wada Pass. 500 meters uphill, 3 times.1:06, 32 km

Today I did some speed work on Route 20 out to Otsuki and back. After warming up, I did two 15-minute intervals at roughly 80% max with a 5-minute rest in between. Then, after a 20-minute rest, I did another interval for 20 minutes. Finall…

I got up early this morning and went out and did some climbing around Sagamiko before heading to Koremasa to meet Takagi, Mitani, and Nakamura. We then headed out to Sagamigawa, did some climbing in the hills out there, and then headed bac…

Fukushima training camp, day 3Race training on an 8-km course with same members as yesterday. After two warm-up laps we did one lap at race pace. On one of the climbs I put in a little acceleration and found myself alone and ahead of the g…

Fukushima training camp, day 2Today's menu was uphill motor pacing and uphill sprint intervals, with lots of wind and speed training in between. Members were myself, Takagi-san, Arita-san, Nishizono-san, and Nakamura-san. Heading out to th…

Fukushima training camp, day 1I arrived at Kagamiishi around 1130 with Nakamura-san. We rode around a bit trying to find the place where we were going to stay, but it wasn't open so we rode to the velodrome and met up with the track guys, …

Short ride to Hachioji and back.0:37, 15 km

Komaba to Takao. The wind along the Tamagawa and Asakawa was really strong, so I had to ride harder than I wanted to. Legs felt okay, though, considering I raced yesterday and didn't get any sleep last night.Oh, I forgot to say thank you t…

Rits criterium near Kyoto, with 19 km qualifier in the morning and 40 km final just before noon. It was really cold and windy for the qualifier, so I just went for enough points to move on to the final and then sat in and rested. By the ti…

Nalsima ride with Arita-san and Higashi-san. Like last time, we went out to Kobu Tunnel and over to Uenohara, then back on Route 20. My legs felt heavy and slow in the morning, and didn't really warm up until we were on the Hinohara-kaido.…

Iiyama race weekend Day 1 (hill climb): 2nd, class 1+2 I was actually surprised with my result, because I didn't think I had spent enough time on my climbing. The first time up I didn't know what to expect because I didn't pre-ride the cou…

Takao to Komaba via Asakawa and Tamagawa. It was raining in Takao, but fortunately it stopped past Hachioji and I didn't get too wet.1:40, 49 km

Afternoon ride over to Itsukaichi, then three intervals on the Tsuru-tsuru course at tempo. I haven't been feeling very energetic this week, but it felt good to ride and I kept the pace fast but not tiring. Got rained on a little bit after…

I didn't have much time this morning, so I did some hill sprints near Takao. Grade varied between 6%-8%, and I used the 53 chainring for the whole interval. One interval: 200m sprint, 100m spin, 3 times 3 sets = 9 sprints total0:52, 20 km

After yesterday's hard ride I wasn't sure what my condition would be like today, but I wanted to do another long and moderately hard ride to improve my endurance. Fortunately, I felt fine when I got up this morning, so I headed out Route 2…

With the hill climb next weekend and road races in the future I decided that I should start focusing a bit on my climbing ability. Today I headed over Otarumi to the Sagamiko area and spent the day on a climbing workout. Course 1: Wada Pas…

What happened to spring? It was already 20C when I started my ride at 0745. I guess we jumped straight to summer. Anyways, morning ride over Otarumi, then around the south side of Sagamiko and through the hills to Uenohara, then back to Ta…

Nalsima ride with Higashi-san out to Kobu Tunnel via Hinohara-kaido, then down to Uenohara and back to Tokyo on Route 20. After reaching Takao I rolled down the Asakawa to Tamagawa with Higashi-san, then back home. The pace of the Nalsima …

First ride after my rest week. Legs were a little heavy at first, but after warming up they felt all right. Two long, 20-minute intervals along the Sagamigawa. Pace was about 80-85% max for the first 15 minutes, followed by a gradual incre…

Morning spin over Otarumi, around the southern side of Sagamiko, and back to Takao. One moderate effort on the climb up to Otarumi.1:41, 49 km