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2,084m
How on earth did you put on so little crossing Gunma into Niigata? or via Fukushima for that matter.
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The Arakawa and Tonegawa rivers are relatively flat before you then cut in via Gunma/Nagano and go over Usui Pass.
That's the only large climb really before dropping down through Karuizawa then linking up to the Chikuma River and approaching Iiyama, where you need to climb again before dropping down via the Seki River to the coast.
I'd also have thought there would be more elevation involved before planning it but it worked out differently.
The ride was a take on routes done by others across Japan and I was certainly glad for the lack of elevation given the distance.
xDOMx
The Field got it's first 'ultra-distance' outing this weekend in a ride from the most Easterly coast of Japan to the most Westerly coast of Japan (Tokyo to Niigata).
This traversing of the entire width of Japan, from the Sea of Japan to the Pacific Ocean, took in 369.5km and 2,084m of elevation gain in 14 and a 1/2 hours (moving time).
Out of interest, my longest ride prior to this was around 190km.
If anyone would be interested, I'd be happy to do a write up somewhere.