Since my last post I've done nine rides. The longest were: to Toride (97 km.) on April 25, to Mito (122 km.) on May 4, to Kiyose-Machida-Yokohama-Denenchofu (114 km.) on May 9 and today, May 16, to Kiyose-Machida-Yokohama-Yamate Dori (111 km.). The ride to Mito in Ibaragi Prefecture was a one-way with return by JR. Coming back on the train with the bicycle in its bag plus four panniers was not much fun so I doubt I'll be coming back by train very often.
I've tried to minimize the amount of sunblock I have to put on by wearing a light weight long-sleeve t-shirt, a towel around my neck and long pants. When I start riding in Hokkaido I'll be riding into the westering sun much of the time so I'm thinking of wearing a long-billed cap to avoid using sunblock every day.
As these rides are for training I've been adding a little weight to the panniers. I'm up to 18 kilos now in the form of nine 2-liter PET bottles of water or Aquarius. I'll try to raise the load gradually to 25 kilos. I doubt I'll be pushing that much on the trip.
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