There’s a place that you fall into at the tail end of a series of power intervals – the kind that puts you in a severe oxygen deficit – or, as I also discovered a few days ago, in the last three minutes of a 20 minute TT. It comes after the nausea sets in [...]
Entries Tagged as 'training'
saving fitness
December 13th, 2012 · 1 Comment · tokyo, training
In any good action movie, some lesser spy, when captured, will grind his teeth into a hidden capsule of instant death upon capture. “Ha ha ha ha, you will DIE! You cannot stop us!!!” He laughs at the hero through his clenched teeth while foam bubbles up from a corner of his mouth. It’s a [...]
Tags:losing fitness·superhero
a sunday in pictures
August 21st, 2012 · 1 Comment · tokyo, training
Did a little bit of this… Tried to keep up with this… And then demolished this… [More soon, I promise!]
“it’s not you, it’s me”
July 17th, 2012 · 2 Comments · training
Like most women on the shit end of that five word phrase, I’ve come to fear and resent it. So often unexplained, I’ve been forced to interpret it to mean not what it states, but that “it most certainly is you, but to accelerate this break up, I’ll just take the blame for it. Oh, [...]
girls only
May 27th, 2012 · 3 Comments · road rides, tokyo, training
A few pictures from my first ride with teammate Natsuki-san. We got horribly lost, went through a random tunnel, and I learned that Natsuki-san + Red Bull = Woahhhh…!
casual, caged fun
March 8th, 2012 · 7 Comments · non-cycling, training
For the past six weeks, I’ve been seeing a few guys. Nothing serious; just a little casual fun three times a week or so. I travel to a building basement to see them and pay a house fee when I get there. Layers of clothes come off, and I spend the next hour or so [...]
Tags:lifting·stronglifts 5x5
claritin for wind allergies
April 4th, 2011 · 1 Comment · training
Sent a few days ago from Josh, this [especially the part at 0:48] has kept me riding on [what is for me] windy days: [Note: the music is an acquired taste. You might want to mute your computer if you're in a public place.]
Tags:sinnige training·wind
sufferfest: making life more difficult
January 20th, 2011 · 3 Comments · reviews, training
Sometimes I think I deliberately try to make life more difficult for myself. Like how I am currently stuck in Albany, NY, in a hotel with no room service. It wasn’t as if I didn’t know that universal rule that a hotel located in a not so urban area, no matter how many amenities it [...]
turn left at kissena
June 8th, 2010 · 4 Comments · races, training
“You’re Japanese, you have to do it.” It was the default nationality reasoning, which, when you happen to be Japanese, gets applied too often to activities that normal people just wouldn’t choose to engage in. Raving? Cosplay? Zentai? Yup, yup, and yup [and no, I did not do all of the above]. But this time, [...]
Tags:dolan pre cursa·gage & desoto·keirin·kissena velodrome·pace line·sommerville sports·turning left·tweens
sweating changes
May 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · food, training
I am a creature of habit. Or at least, I strive to be. I like to unconsciously stumble to the bathroom and reach for my toothbrush with most of my brain still asleep. Have my feet lead me to my computer to turn it on while I boil water for coffee. Grab a mug from [...]
Tags:caliente·capo·electrolytes·master cleanse·moving·neon·nuun·pocari sweat·sweaty·vega sport