One For The Road 200
TL;DR I went, it was much harder than I expected but I finished! I slept better than I expected in the B&B and woke with the alarm at 6am. Plenty of time for a shower to waken me up before a very decent breakfast. The B&B host had left me out an early continental breakfast…
T-12 and Counting…
Well that month went in quick! I wrote this post commenting on how quickly my first 200km Audax event was approaching and suddenly I’m sitting in a B&B in Co. Offaly with just over 12 hours to go until the start! In usual fashion my plans to increase training and get one more longer ride…
Reality Bites!
Back at the start of the year I decided I’d give Audax a real go this year on the back of my success with the RRTY 100 Challenge at that stage. I identified 4 reasonably flat and therefore easy(!) routes that would have the additional advantage of qualifying me for the 4 Provinces Challenge for…
Halfway Through Already
February 1st is traditionally known in the Celtic calendar as Imbolc and the first day of Spring. In the Christian calendar it is also St. Brigid’s Day. For the last few years it’s also been a Bank Holiday and therefore a long weekend. Over the last few days there has been a definite feeling of…
Good To Be Back
With two weeks off the bike there’s always a certain amount of anxiety getting back out again, a worry about how much fitness you’ve lost over the period of inactivity. With my week long back issue I was a bit more nervous getting on the bike this morning, in fact I was wondering if I’d…
Easy Does It
My back has been steadily improving all week since my sneeze of doom on Sunday morning. I was concerned about returning to work on Monday morning but my work car is so comfortable and supportive that I think driving has actually helped. I’m convinced that the heated seats have also contributed especially having them on…
Sneezey Does It
Since finishing the Festive 500 on NYE I’ve been very lazy. I have various excuses reasons: needing some recovery time, spending some family time, weather, returning to work. Unfortunately, also due to a niggling sore back that was pushed over the edge this morning. I’ve had an off-and-on issue with my back for about 20…
Looking Ahead
Happy New Year Everyone. I hope everyone had a happy Xmas and wish you all a healthy and prosperous 2026. At the end of 2024 I didn’t set any goals for the year ahead but ended up hitting a good many milestones regardless, almost 5000km cycling for the year, starting the Audax RRTY 100 challenge,…
Festive 500: Ride 7 of 7
Done and Done! Yesterday’s forecast turned out to be accurate and there was a distinctly chilly feeling leaving the house at 10am and -2°C! Once on my way though it was clear that the roads were once again dry and frost free. I headed for Ballybofey, looped around and took the main road to Clady…
Festive 500: Ride 6 of 7
Only one more to go! The overnight frost didn’t happen due to the cloud cover which was a pleasant surprise when I eventually dragged my ass out of bed shortly after 8:30am. I was still tired and my legs felt heavy but at least I was in bed at a decent time and had a…
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