RÁS 2013 – Days 5 and 6

by | May 26, 2013 | Featured, Race Reports

Morale in the camp is good. No complaining and we have a ‘let’s get it done attitude’! We are getting the same treatment as the professional teams. That’s all to do with Dominic, Cuirithir and Aimhirghin, Pat, Gro and now Ray. We are able to...

RÁS 2013 – Days 3 and 4.

by | May 23, 2013 | Featured, Race Reports

  This RÁS thing is getting legs. By all accounts the country is hooked, friends are hooked, friends that wouldn’t turn Eurosport on for the Giro (bike race) if it was the only channel working. I’m having a blast. The craic is 90 and the company is...

RÁS 2013 – Days 1 and 2

by | May 21, 2013 | Race Reports

I’m on a journey; one of pain and suffering. An Post RÁS, where men are men! I can’t boast like some to say I grew up watching the RÁS but it’s something that has interested me greatly since I changed sports. I want the t-shirt and I want to tell my...

Lanzarote Ironman – In at the deep end!

by | May 14, 2012 | Featured, Race Previews

I’m in lanzarote. 6 more sleeps until I try and ad a new distance to my CV. Lanzarote Ironman. 3.8km swim- 180km bike- 42.2 km run. I race on Saturday 19th. For my debut IM(Ironman) I really have picked a dinger. Thought as one of the toughest around, this...