Saturday 24 December 2011

A Winter Ride in Tokyo

先月末から今月にかけては、学会や研究会、忘年会などが重なり、なかなか自転車にのる機会がありませんでした。この寒さも大きく影響しています。

残すところあと何日もありませんので、今朝は久しぶりに自宅からKOGAに乗って出勤しました。約17kmの道のりを1時間で出勤しますが、土曜日と言うこともあり比較的車道の交通は穏やかで、空気は冷たいものの空は晴れ渡っており、気持ちの良いCyclingとなったわけです。

外気は恐らく3,4度といったところだったでしょうか。走り始めは断念しようかと思うほど寒かったのですが、体が温まってくると体幹の寒さは和らいできました。薄手のジョギング用の手袋していたので手も何とかなりました。一時間走り終えて最も辛かったのはつま先でした。ジョギング用のメッシュのスニーカーだったせいかもしれませんが、走っても走っても靴の中は暖まらず、このまま走り続けたら凍傷になるかと思うほどでした。

余りに寒いので、汗がしたたり落ちず、来ているシャツがべちょべちょにならないのは冬サイクリングの数少ないメリットかも知れません。

次のサイクリングは、明日の朝、当直明けに職場から自宅まで走ります。それが今年最後かな?


Lots of conferences and meetings, and some parties were held in December.  These events bothered me from cycling to and from my office.  Even if I have nothing to do after work, the cold weather in Tokyo froze my body and motivation to cycle.

There were only few days left until The New Year's Day.  I rode my KOGA bike this morning, and enjoyed about an hour cycling to the office.  It was a cold morning today, but relatively uncrowded roads and beautiful sky cheered me up very much.  I would say it was a lovely ride this morning.

The temperature was around 3 degree in celcius.  I was almost frozen at first, but after 10 to 20 minutes, my body became warm enough to pedal.  My hands were covered by gloves and it was OK.  The only places never get warm were my toes.  Even though I kept pedaling for an hour, my toes never got warm.  I think I need warmer shoes or shoe covers for winter rides.

One thing I found it nice about winter rides was that I never got sweating.  Actually I got sweat a little bit but it soon dried out.  I don't need spare shirts or underwear.

The next ride will be start tomorrow morning.  After finishing my duty tonight, I will pedal my bike toward home.

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