Kohsuke Kawaguchi

Summer tingles my itch to travel afar. It has always been a season to go somewhere for me.

A couple from my local cycling club organized an expedition to participate in “Seattle to Portland” ride. It was 200 miles over 2 days.

7 day bicycle ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles. 545 miles. That felt so crazy, so out of my reach. I attempted at this last year, only to catch...

This year, I rode ~320 days, covering 13500km, climbing 120km. Those are up significantly from last year. On weekdays, I ride about 1hr going 25-30km. Saturday, 100-140km. Sunday, I do...

Another time for my quarterly cycling update. My previous one is here.

A season has changed since the last time I did a cycling update in my blog. I’m still dilligently riding my road bike, and I still don’t know why.

This summer I signed up to ride my bike from San Francisco to Los Angeles to raise awareness to AIDS.

I signed up to ride from San Francisco to Los Angeles this summer, and I need your help.

I rode a lot in January. I traveled 1,400km/870mi and climbed 10,000m/33,000ft. That’s 45km/29mi and 333m/1100ft every day, which is crazy. Perhaps it was because Dec was rainy and I...

I started riding in 2020 May but it was 2021 that I got really into it. In 2020 I used to ride about 35 miles / 50km a week, which...

I’ve participated in my first cycling event today. Really more of a big festival. It was such a nice clear autumn day.

I continue to ride my bike. 1hr on a weekday, then one long weekend ride. ~250km per week.

Almost exactly one year after I started, I’ve finally completed my transcontinental virtual bike tour from San Jose, California to New York City, New York. 4723km ~= 2936miles. Quite a...

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m at Rutherfurd Hall in Allamuchy, New Jersey.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m in DuBois, Pennsylvania.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m at William H. McGuffey Boyhood Home, near the border between Ohio and Pennsylvania.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’m in Fremont. OH.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I’ve just entered Ohio.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I left Illinois and entered Indiana.

From this visitor center and Wikipedia I learned that there's a 100 mile canal here that connects the Great Lakes to the Mississippi river.

I’m biking east along Interstate 80 and today I crossed the Mississippi river. This feels like a major milestone to me. Good bye, Iowa, hello, Illinois!

I’m biking east along Interstate highway 80 and today I’m visiting the “world’s largest wooden nickel”. It’s 16 feet / 5m across.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Des Moines, Iowa.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m stopping by at Jesse James historical site.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Avoca, Iowa, just because my ex-colleague at Sun Microsystems told me this is his home town.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m crossing the Missouri river. Leaving Nebraska behind and entering Iowa, two states that I have never been to. It took me 35...

To clear any confusions I might have created, let me clarify how I’m organizing this virtual bike trip.

I’m biking east along I-80 and I’m in the middle of nowhere.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I went through the Archway. It looks like a bridge over I-80, and it sure draws attention.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m visiting Pony Express Station & Museum in Gothenburg, Nebraska. I travelled more than 80km this 3 day weekend, including one 48km trip,...

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Ogallala, Nebraska.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Sidney, Nebraska. Wikipedia says the city is named after a president of the Union Pacific Railroad.

I’m biking east along I-80 and today I’m in Pine Bluffs, Wyoming.