The 145km Giant Salamander Ride

I’ve said before that I have a tendency to overdo things, and despite being so restrained over the last few weeks I got carried away and made a sudden decision to cycle farther than I ever have before. With little planning, I left home just before 5am and headed north into the mountains on my Giant Defy road bike. The idea was to head towards Gujo, cross the Otoge pass […]

Ramsay’s Round Up – March 22, 2013

Lots to talk about this week, so let’s jump in with the big stuff first. JTU Membership and Imizu Triathlon Last year I did the Ebie Triathlon in Toyama prefecture and had such a great time that I wanted to do it again. This time around, I wanted to step up from the beginner’s “Challenge” race to the Olympic-distance “Standard”, but that required registering with the JTU (Japan Triathlon Union). […]