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20th Mt. Fuji Hill Climb Finish Time: 1:39:12

Writer: Nate Wang
Nate Wang
May 13, 2025
6 min read

Overall Ranking: 4,392 / 8,262

Avg. Power: 225W (3.1W/kg @ 72kg)


Gave it everything I had—paced right on the limit, heart rate held steady, and only felt cramps creeping in during the final quarter. Though I missed the Bronze Ring by 9 minutes, it was still better than all my training sessions on the trainer. No regrets, just not trained enough—Bronze Ring becomes the next goal 💪🏻


9 minutes might sound small, but in this race, every minute of improvement is brutal. To earn a Bronze Ring, you need to be in the top 40% (under 1:30), which is no joke 😮‍💨



Race Highlights:


Never imagined I’d get to ride inside Fuji Speedway 🥹

Not on the track itself, but riding through the venue with real engine sounds in the background was surreal—especially while listening to Penthouse – “Live in This Way.”


My goal was clear: Bronze Ring. Based on research, I’d need sub-4h Wuling KOM power—essentially 3.1–3.2W/kg from start to finish, and try to draft when possible.

I planned to do a training block a month before, but work got intense and I didn’t train nearly enough. On top of that, the weather forecast said cold and rain at the summit (6°C)—of course it had to be hard mode 😵



Race Day:


Woke up to 12°C and—surprise—no rain! Everyone was nervous at the start. Eddie, who wasn’t racing, still came to ride with us and send us off.

Warm-up section was chill… until I saw the Rouvy-style timing gate and instantly exploded with excitement—sprinted the first 500m solo 😂 so much for “riding together”!


First half went great: heart rate at 168 bpm, hit 650m elevation gain in 45 minutes. Thought I still had a chance at Bronze.

But the second half? Brutal. Every time I took a drink, I’d lose the draft and fall behind. Gotta fix this next time.


Final quarter (300m climb left): cramps starting. But just then, the sun came out—blue skies, warmer temps, and my body stopped wasting energy fighting the cold. That gave me just enough to keep going.


Fans started shouting “Mathieu!” (cosplaying MVDP 😆), not sure if they were cheering me on, but it sure felt like it.

At the 1:29 mark, I knew Bronze was out, so I took out my phone to capture the beautiful final stretch. Still pushed hard to finish under 1:40.



The Downhill:


The descent was the real boss.

Not long after starting, rain turned into hail—WTF!?

Windbreakers useless, temps dropped close to 0°C, and with too many riders, we couldn’t descend fast enough to stay warm.

24km of freezing, shivering misery—way worse than the climb. 🥶


Finally got back, soaked to the bone. Thank god for hot udon at the finish—life-saving. Our last teammate eventually arrived with a heartwarming story: he told the sweep van, “My friends are waiting—I’m going to find them.” 🥹 That melted all of us, even through the cold.



Post-Race:

We rushed back to the lodge, stripped off our soaked clothes, threw them in the tub, and headed out to celebrate at Sanrokuen with hot grill and beer 🍻

Then hot springs and more drinks back at the lodge. A perfect ending to a totally unforgettable day.



About the Race:

Mt. Fuji has three main cycling routes: north, east, and south. The Mt. Fuji Hill Climb, Japan’s largest hill climb race, uses the easiest (north) route:


  • Start: Fuji Hokuroku Park (1,035m)

  • Finish: 5th Station (2,305m)

  • Distance: 24km

  • Elevation gain: 1,255m

  • Avg gradient: 5.2%, Max: 7.8%

  • Completion rate: 98%



Time-based Ring Awards:

🥇 Platinum – Under 60 mins

🥈 Gold – Under 65 mins

🥉 Silver – Under 75 mins

🥉 Bronze – Under 90 mins

🟦 Blue/Purple – Finished before cutoff 第20回 Mt.富士ヒルクライム(Mt.Fuji Hill Climb)總排名 4392/8262，完賽時間1:39:12。

用盡了全力騎，全程平均225W推力比3.1w/kg（體重72kg)，控制心跳和瓦數在臨界值，撐到賽段最後的1/4大腿才慢慢感覺到抽筋，沒有提早爆掉，雖然最終還是差了9分鐘銅環殘念，但這已經比我在訓練台上踩的那六七次都還要好了，所以沒有遺憾也沒有藉口，單純就是練不夠，銅環只能留給下次再來拼的目標了💪🏻，這9分鐘看似很少，實際上每進步一分鐘都是很困難的，這次要騎進銅環至少要前40%(3309/8262)，真的是不好拿呀～😮‍💨

——————以下比賽細節文長分界線——————


真的是做夢也沒想過能夠騎在富士賽車場 #fujispeedway 裡🥹，雖然不是騎在賽道上，但光是能夠在賽場裡跟著現場的引擎聲一起奔馳就已經無法言喻了，再搭配著 @penthouse_band 的Live in this way這首歌，真的是再適合不過了。賽前我的目標就是設定銅環，看了一些攻略大概要有西進武嶺4小時內的能力才行，真的是相當難，基本上就是推力3.1-3.2推到底，然後能跟列車就跟，本來打算賽前一個月要特訓，但結果工作實在太忙，根本沒時間練車，加上日本氣象預報，比賽當天會低溫降雨，終點五合目還只有6度，心想一定要這麼難就對了😵！


好了，預防針💉打完了，時間來到比賽當天，一早起床氣溫大約12度，運氣很好本來以為會下雨結果沒下，到了集合起始點，大家多少有點緊張，Eddie 哥雖然沒報比賽，但也很溫馨的陪騎來送行，開賽的暖身段，大家還在討論等等要一起騎，結果轉個彎我一看到跟Rouvy裡一樣的計時點拱門🤩，兩隻腳瞬間按耐不住失控的噴了五百公尺🔥，說好的一起騎勒🤣！

賽事前半段都還算穩定，盡量將心跳控制在168左右，也有達到預計的45分鐘爬升650公尺，到這邊我都還覺得有機會銅環，但果然賽事後半開始逐漸母湯啊，要繼續維持推力比3.1的心跳越來越高，於是開始抓兩人的小列車跟來維持配速，但每次喝水補給，就會因為調整呼吸而掉隊，明年這部分一定要改善。到了賽事的最後1/4，300公尺爬升，幾次抽車舒緩肌群時，逐漸慢慢感覺大腿要抽筋了，還好這時候天氣突然放晴，藍天白雲除了振奮精神外，溫度提高也讓身體的引擎運作不需要花太多能量在抵抗體溫下降，可以多用在輸出上，同時開始有前面梯次的參賽者下滑了，一路上被很多人叫Mathieu😆，有沒有加油我不確定🤣，但對我來說都是很有力的加油打氣，在日本騎Cosplay 真的太棒了😎！到了最後100公尺爬升時，車錶上的計時已經1:29確定銅環殘念了🥲，我這才拿出手機拍攝記錄一下這美麗的路線，但腳步還是維持著強度踩著，因為就算沒能拿到銅環，還是想用盡全力希望壓在90幾分鐘完賽，快到終點時也開始比較多人衝刺和推擠，我本想握下把抽車進去，結果大腿不給力抽筋腳軟，變成只能穩穩地進站～終點的藍天白雲配上富士山的山頭雪，實在是太暢快了，不久群育也抵達，不虧是天母首席技師，很多認識的車友跟他打招呼，再來進站的是JJ，看起來還很有餘力，這兩個月的惡補練車果然有差！最後是子傑，因為新車坐墊設定不適造成屁股痛，導致成績比預期的慢很多，不過這也是騎新車甜蜜的代價，騎新車就是爽啦！管他什麼成績啦😆！拍完合照後大家就先去領外套等大學長，因為我們說好一定會等他一起下滑回去！但這時候天氣開始逐漸母湯，雲霧開始多，氣溫開始下降，他人還沒有到，加上他沒開漫遊只能傳簡訊和打電話但也沒回，終於我們學長在11:32回訊報說他已經安全上接駁車了！大家可以回家啦😭！！！


但就在開始下滑沒多久開始下雨了！欸乾不對！這雨怎麼會痛！？幹幹幹幹幹是冰雹😳傻眼！！！接著雨開始變超大！本來的防風防水外套通通沒屁用，雨大到全身都濕透了，加上氣溫又低，體感大概只有０度，然後最痛苦的是因為人太多，速度不能太快，導致整個慢性折磨，長達24公里的下滑，就這樣全程發抖的滑完，他媽的這下滑比上坡難太多了吧！！！冷爆了！幹🥶！！超想直接跳進溫泉裡！！大家失溫的陸續回到起始點後，就分批進去領完賽證明和等大學長，好險裡面的熱烏龍麵救了我，吃完身體才開始不在發抖，最終我們的大學長也在眾人的期盼下隆重登場！！本想大聲斥責他到底去了哪裡，但暖心的他說了拒絕回收車的話後（我的朋友在等我，我要去找他們），頓時讓剛被冰雹弄失溫的我們被溫暖了🥹，就這樣大家在身體冷冷心裡暖暖的情況下慢慢騎回民宿。一回到民宿大家瞬間衣服全扒光丟進浴缸裡，就趕快去吃暖暖的篝火料理-山麓園慶功宴！超冷的天氣吃這個就對啦！吃完馬上去溫泉泡湯，回去再撈神搭配啤酒，完美的為這場難忘的賽事劃下句點🍻。


<賽事簡介>富士山一共有分北、東、南三個進入方向可騎自行車上山，難易度分別為東>南>北，而每年舉辦的Mt.富士ヒルクライム，也是日本最大規模的自行車登山賽，則是選擇最簡單的北進路線當作比賽賽段，起點「富士北麓公園(1,035m)」，終點「富士山五合目(2,305m)」，全長24公里，爬升1,255m，平均坡度5.2%、最大7.8%，完賽率達98%，雖然騎完很簡單，但要騎快就完全是另外一件事了😵，因此賽事依照完成時間一共分為五個等級的獎勵：白金環 60 分內

金環 65 分內

銀環 75 分內

銅環 90 分內

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