Jerome is on the road to PBP

Yesterday Jerome did the first of his PBP qualifiers -- a 200k ride to Izu and back. Well, not just to Izu and back, but over the eastern Izu mountains/ridge on one of the passes south of Atami, and then back over again. 2500m of climbing, almost all bunched into the middle 50% of the ride.  When you throw in the heavy traffic, this was I think a harder 200k than the one I did in Tasmania ... only made a bit easier because it was on familiar turf.

Elevation profile of the section from 50km to 160km - two climbs to 500m and back and some other bumps.

Climbing on Izu Peninsula

That's the Izu Skyline up there.

That's the Izu Skyline the route crosses.

Back down near the sea ... and the heavy traffic.

Next weekend, his 300k!