From Friday -- Hokkaido 1200

Tomorrow I go to Hokkaido with Jerome (and many other friends) for the early Friday morning start of the Hokkaido 1200, Asia's most storied 1200 kilometer Audax event.  This is a "revenge" effort after the 2014 version was cancelled mid-event due to road closures from a typhoon.  This time (hope I do not jinx it) the weather forecast looks much better.  Stay tuned.  The blog is about to come back to life.  And I hope not as a zombie!