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RBA BLOGS - THE RISING SUN
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| End Of The Season
Well, it`s that time of year again. The break is over and December 28th has been earmarked as the official Start Training Again Day.... |  |
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| Okinawa
“Whatever you do,” I said to myself as I stood there on the start line, “Don't try a long breakaway…”... |  |
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| Self-loathing
Here I am, stuck in the Self-Loathing Lounge, Neil Diamond on the jukebox, drinking non-alcoholic beer, sitting next to an accountant who's reading monotone from a notebook of my failings.... |  |
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| Tour of Miasa
So, I learned a few lessons, yet again, though how many I’ll remember is another matter!... |  |
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| Daigoro Yamada Gave Me A Kicking
Do not challenge a world class Mountain Biker to a duel – especially not on his home turf... |  |
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| Tour Du Kumano Race Report
I went deeper into my reserves – possibly beyond them, actually – in such a way that I was a little scared the night before each day’s racing, knowing that to hang on I’d have to dig that deep all over again.... |  |
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| So, What’s It Like In Japan
For those who make the effort to step beyond the sprawl and the Lonely Planet must-sees, there’s a completely different Japan waiting to be discovered.... |  |
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| So close, yet so very, very far away
It’s the level that Dante forgot. That wheel, that forsaken bit of rubber, it’s just there, no more than a few feet away, and yet – it’s like a mirage.... |  |
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| The Lowdown On Racing In Japan
The main group was doing 60km down one hill and then it suddenly split before me, and there in the middle was a terrified ten-year old on a BMX bike!... |  |
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| It`s All Because Of La Plagne
I sat and I watched, and I cheered and I shouted. I went through a gamut of emotions - hope, dejection, anguish, joy.... |  |
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