IN WHICH WE USE ONE OF THOSE WONDERFULLY ‘BIG’ WORDS TO NAME THE BLOG, START TO FEEL THE NERVES, AND GET INTO THE MOUNTAINS AT LAST… ‘THERE’S GOLD IN THEM THERE HILLS!’ We’re on the downward spiral. With two weeks to go now, there’s little more to be done in terms of training. Now it’s all about … More The Penultimate Ride
IN WHICH SAOIRSE COMPLETES HER TRIATHLON AT BELVEDERE HOUSE IN MULLINGAR, WE HAVE AN ODD INCIDENT WITH HANDCUFFS, AND WE PUSH THE BOAT OUT ON THE BIKE (IN AN AWFUL MANGLING OF METAPHORS…) Another week closer to the off. Another week’s training. The big news this week was that S did her Triathlon in Belvedere … More I can see your house from here…
IN WHICH WE DECIDE TO BEGIN THE LONG WEEKEND WITH A LONG SPIN BY HEADING OUT INTO THE FLAT EXPANSE OF KILDARE, AND MANAGE TO FIND HILLS OUT AMONGST THE BOG… The week began in sedate enough manner after last week’s exertions. On Monday 30th May, I managed a short 5k (well, of course, it’s … More Hey, that Robin just crapped on my wetsuit…
IN WHICH WE FINALLY ENJOY A BREAK IN THE WEATHER, AND FEEL THE GOOD KARMA OF HELPING OUT WITH A LOCAL FUNDRAISER The cool weather has finally been banished. It has nothing to do with the newly-elected government, I might add. It’s what we call a coincidence. Anyway, enough of that politics stuff. We’ve been … More One good turn
Training continues, but then we do have an Ironman to do in August, so training does need to keep going. And of the three disciplines, it’s fair to say we need to do a lot more work on the bike. Thursday was busy again with callouts, and after the very early start on Wednesday with … More For want of a nail…
And by that, I mean you wait for one post, and then two come along at once. But under the circumstances, I feel the second, shorter post is justified. I’ve finally taken possession of my new bike, and this afternoon I swapped out the pedals from the Mercian and took her out for her inaugural spin. … More “It’s like Dublin Bus around here…”
Bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride my bike I want to ride my bicycle I want to ride it where I like ‘Bicycle Race’ Queen Okay, so there may be a clue in the title. Between the jigs and the … More “Bicycle, bicycle, ‘coz all I wanna do is…”
IN WHICH ANOTHER WEEK DRAWS TO A CLOSE WITH SOME FINE SPRING WEATHER, HOLLY GETS A MUCH-NEEDED HAIRCUT, AND I REALISE THAT I MAY BE RUN-FIT, BUT I SURE AS SH!T AIN’T BIKE FIT… The wheel spins. The world turns on its rather odd axis of about 23.4 degrees. Or obliquity, if you prefer. … More I’ll huff and I’ll puff…
This last week has been a busy one with work and a charity event I was involved with. Even though the new Shimano pedals had arrived in the post and I was itching to fit them to the bike, there was no point without the shoes. I had been shopping around on Adverts, and one … More If the shoe fits…
IN WHICH WE GO BACK TO OUR ROOTS, PERHAPS PUSH THINGS A LITTLE HARDER THAN PLANNED (FOR A RECOVERY WEEK) AND LEARN A LITTLE SOMETHING ABOUT ROAD SAFETY FOR CYCLISTS. Friday evening finally arrived. Merciful hour. It was a long week, and there had been a few good and tough training sessions to boot. A … More Keeping a lid on it…
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