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18th The Cycle Marathon around Lake Biwa
(Total Data, Day 1, 2)

Last updated on Jan. 10, 2005

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waiting for start (AM 6:11)
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!!! Start !!!
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from here, go along Lake Biwa (AM 6:36)
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at Shin-Kaihin Aid Station (AM 8:07)
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at Onoue Aid Station (AM 9:44)
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There is a small hill (about 150m height) just before Iinoura.
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Iinoura Check Point (AM 10:18)
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from Iinoura to Iwakuma bikes are carried by track, and riders are carried by bus. (AM 10:26)
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Iwakuma Check Point (AM 10:46)		lunch at Ooura Aid Station (AM 11:10)
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at Imazu Aid Station (PM 12:23)
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at Oumi-Maiko Aid Station (PM 1:52)
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Signal stop (PM 2:18)
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Road to Kusatsu (PM 3:17)
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!!! Goal !!! (PM 3:31)
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with Miss Kusatsu (^0^)v (PM 4:00)
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after the Marathon (PM 4:46)
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take a bath at "Sento"(public bathhouse) in Kusatsu (around PM 5:15)
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go back to Yokohama

DATA on Oct. / 05 / 1997

Route (prefecture)	around Lake Biwa (Shiga) [Route 8, 161, Prefectural Road 2, 25, 44, 304, 331, 333, 336, 512, 513, 559]
Distance	about 180.00 km
Time	7 hours 57 minutes 2 seconds
Ranking	285
Average speed	about 22.6km/h
Max. speed	unknown
Difference of altitude	about 150mm
Note	All roads are flat except just before Iinoura. But the hill before Iinoura is just 150m height. There are very few signals and it is very good scenery, so it is very good road for cycling.
Accommodation [charge]	my apartment!
Diary	no diary (Sorry. m(_ _)m)