Hiking – THE LONG COUNTDOWN

Training for Utsukushigahara: Hakusan National Park

July 28, 2013 Nick RamsayFitness

With five weeks to go before I take part in my first trail running race – a 70K run across the Utsukushigahara Highlands – I headed north on the expressway to Hakusan National Park. Mt. Haku is one of Japan’s three “holy mountains”, along with Mt. Tate and of course, Mt. Fuji. To get there from Gifu, there’s a long range of mountains to conquer first. My mission was to […]

21K Kakamigahara Alps Hike

May 11, 2013May 11, 2013 Nick RamsayFitness

The forecast was cloud with light rain, ideal for taking on the Kakamigahara Alps full hiking course. Last year I did it twice, but both times tried to run it. The first time, also in the rain, I bailed out with two mountains to go. I got lost, was freezing cold in t-shirt and shorts, and didn’t have the will to continue. Two months later, on a hot day in […]