Anna's First Biwa-ichi

Mt. Aso, Day 4 (Osaka Port to home)

Mt. Aso, Day 3

Mt. Aso, Day 2

Mt. Aso, Day 1

PR on Seryo South by a couple of minutes, PR on Hanase North by just over a minute, but when I hit the early ultra-steepness of Momoi West, I just lost the will to go on, so I stopped for a few minutes. I should have just stopped longer at the turnoff. )-:















I'm really proud of the Hanase PR. I had no intention of trying any kind of effort, but after 10 minutes in things felt good, so stepped up the pace.  Then things felt horrible, but I guess that's what happens when you push your limits. I beat my year-old PR by 1:02, more than all of the extra coming in the last third after Cowbell: I beat my Cowbell-to-the-top PR by 1:22.  I spent the entire time above what I had thought was my max HR... sometimes I'll see 151 or 152, but I spent 12 min above 150, peaking out at 162 at the finish. I'm normally much too lame to push myself like that, and hence being proud this time.











On the Seryo descent I stopped to check out the little village at the sharp curve, and got one hellofa scare when a huge 10-point stag jumped out of the forest 5m above me (10m in front) and flew like a bat out of hell 5m down into the river then up the other side. Quite the story followed, which I'll have to write up on my blog.















The KOPC climb up to the Kyoto Ohara Public (golf) Course would be great for hard-core hill repeats. It's 1.1km at 11%, paved nicely, and presumably little traffic. It's hard to believe that in all these years of Strava, not one single Strava user has ventured up until me?



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