Mt. Fuji Hillclimb Race is the largest and most popular hill climb race in which 8,500 cyclists are going to participate to run on the famous Fuji Subaru Line Highway with a distance of 24 km and total elevation of 1,255 meters. The participants start at the gate of Fuji Subaru Line Highway and head for the upper part of Mt. Fuji to end up at an elevation of 2,305 meters.
http://www.fujihc.jp/english.html
In a Today's training I decided to cut both of distance and elevation into a half of the race. I went to the third step of mt. Fuji by bus and started from the third step instead of the gate of the Fuji Subaru Line.
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route: from Mt. Fuji third step bus stop (1,709m) to Mt. Fji fifth step (2305m)
distance: 12.98 km
difference in elevation: 596 meters
average inclination: 4.6%
average speed: 11.7km/h
A lot of riders also came here for training. They are supposed to run for the race.
Those beautiful ladies are also expected to join the race.
They must be participants!
Not a few riders have already reached the top and are going down the mountain at high speed. I still need some hundred meters to climb. I was gradually exhausted.
But what a fine day!
I am approaching to the goal. It is almost at 2250 meters in elevation here.
Because Mt. Fuji is a volcano, there are a lot of traces of land slides because volcanic rocks and soil are fragile.
Finally I arrived at the fifth step, the end of Fuji Subaru Highway. The elevation is about 2300 meters, two thirds of Mt. Fuji's total elevation. There are a lot of riders to take a rest after their hard runs.
Then, let's go down to have a lunch and take a bath at one of the secluded hot spring at the foot of mt. Fuji.
I arrived at Yoshinoike Onsen (a hot spring lodge) near Mount Fuji.
In the end of the day, relaxed and enjoyed in the hot spring!
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