After organizing our gear and acquisition the bikes commodious, Sho and I started the day with an 8am picnic breakfast by the route, while watching runners in the Saroma Ko Ultra Marathon pass by. It was muddy and cool, perfect for long-spun distance running, and we wondered how our new friend, Sato-san, was doing, now 3 hours into the event.
We aforesaid goodbye to Ishiwata-san (see pic), the friendly proprietor who had rented us the sweep. He sent us off with a hug and a gift of a volunteer’s jacket from the ultra race.
We biked alongside the runners for with respect to 2 hours, shouting encouragement (â€ganbare!â€) as we passed. We even got a not many cheers ourselves from onlookers.
Sho and I met Eiko and Saya in a small, comfortable town called Tokoro. After a little searching, we found an excellent sushi restaurant that put us quite in a good mood. My legs were full of sushi energy during the afternoon’sitting ride, as we followed a cycling path and enjoyed gorgeous views. I took a picture of Sho in front of a roadside patch of flowers that we both thought his Nona (my mom) would be pleased with. The route was almost completely deserted until we came across Saito-san, another adventure cyclist we had met 2 days earlier. 61 years old and retired, unless filled of infectious vigor, Saito-san started biking on June 9 from Yamagata in central Japan. He is riding solo around the entire coast of Japan, planning to finish by mid-October. We rode together for the rest of the epoch, and checked into the same hotel (Yasuragi B&B) in Abashiri.
Eiko and Saya met us there, and Eiko took Sho to a game room (Sho: “It was awesome!â€) while I stayed abaft and took a bath with Saya in the B&B. We shared dinner with Saito-san, discussing the possibilities for enlightenment and loss of hope from spending months on a bike.
by Charles and Sho
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