Second post today, but wanted to add....
I often mis-spell this and call it Kihara, but it's definitely Kirara-Hama (Kirara Beach). The criterium race there going on the 1st of April should look something like this course:
I can't be sure of that, because I've never raced the course before. What I did find was a race "helmet cam" video from the Nov 19th race in 2006 (in the rain). I took a sample of a couple laps, timed the laps, computed average speed and then timed the corners. I made guesses at the shape of the corners and came up with this general course map.
Here's a link to the web page holding the video file: (click the link at the top, you should see something something something /picture/MOL0001.ASF in the status bar)
http://www.geocities.jp/kabetyoro200502/picture/1.html
I'm kinda curious to see what the course actually looks like when I get there on the 1st. I'll GPS tracklog it during the warm up for comparison later.
The course is 2.5km around. The event schedule is: 2.4km TT first thing, then later that day is a 12 lap, 30km crit. Should be fun, fast and furious! Holy corners, right?
I often mis-spell this and call it Kihara, but it's definitely Kirara-Hama (Kirara Beach). The criterium race there going on the 1st of April should look something like this course:
I can't be sure of that, because I've never raced the course before. What I did find was a race "helmet cam" video from the Nov 19th race in 2006 (in the rain). I took a sample of a couple laps, timed the laps, computed average speed and then timed the corners. I made guesses at the shape of the corners and came up with this general course map.
Here's a link to the web page holding the video file: (click the link at the top, you should see something something something /picture/MOL0001.ASF in the status bar)
http://www.geocities.jp/kabetyoro200502/picture/1.html
I'm kinda curious to see what the course actually looks like when I get there on the 1st. I'll GPS tracklog it during the warm up for comparison later.
The course is 2.5km around. The event schedule is: 2.4km TT first thing, then later that day is a 12 lap, 30km crit. Should be fun, fast and furious! Holy corners, right?