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Two weeks have passed since I completed the journey, two weeks of recovery and reflection. My legs are feeling good, my tan lines are...

The ferry across the Pacific, from Hachinohe to Tomakomai, was a smooth crossing that arrived in the middle of the night. The arrival...

Having completed the ride up the west coast of Japan, I headed inland. There were subtle shifts in the weather, the terrain and my mood....

The day leading into Niigata was a suffer-fest, but it also marked a turning point in the trip. After a good meal and a night's rest, I...

When training, the spaces between workouts, the rest, are as important as the work. Following up great efforts with recovery is a way to...

There is a rhythm to the ride, which is starting to fade into the background. The countryside is starting to look similar, as are the...

Leaving Kyoto, I felt lighter. Not just because of the weight I was able to remove from my bike by sending it forward, but also because...

“Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must move faster than the lion or it will not survive. Every morning, a lion...

In the weeks and months of planning, one place for riding in Japan kept coming up: the Shimanami Kaido. This is the best-marketed cycling...

Shikoku, the least developed of the four major islands, is also where I spent the least amount of time riding. The original plan was to...

Four days in and I have already finished riding the first of the four islands of Japan, Kyushu. Since I arrived on Saturday to Nagasaki,...

One of my strongest memories of my Grandpa J is his love of taking the route less traveled. On trips, he did everything that he could to...

I am on my way. The planning, the excitement of the possible, the nervousness of what could go wrong has moved from the theoretical to...

Planning Since the idea of doing this trip came into my mind, the route has come into greater focus. I knew that I wanted to end in...

There is a saying, a mantra in triathlon, that there should be "nothing new on race day". No new gear, no new sources of energy. Race day...

of Japan Will I be able to capture an image like this? This summer, starting in just a few weeks, I will be undertaking a journey from...

You have to start somewhere and Hello World feels both cheesy and a bit of a by-gone era. Over the years I have started and stopped with...