Estonia 111

      Thursday 4th of august was the day myself my Pat started our journey to Estonia for the 111 triathlon. A 1km swim, 100km bike and 10km run.. An early start meant an early start for our taxi.. That taxi was my father in law Ollie.. Thanks Ollie.. (...

Beast of the East [Race Report]

Wow..What a week..the highs and the lows!! the toilet trips..;-).. Without wanting to bore you with the details, I was motoring well at the start of the week.. Myself and Rob were keeping things short and fast. But After Wednesday’s diner ( salmon) I wasnt too...

Nationals + TriAthlone..;-)

Following on from my last post I was looking forward to the National 25tt and Road Championships being held in Emyvale. The 25 was more of a focus. But the funny thing was I hadn’t been doing many TT’s for prep but I had plenty of turbo time done so I...

Injuries + 3 days of Nothing!

I’m glad to report im on the mend and have turned a corner since my fall in Athy. Thank you again to all well wishers. I havent been injured in a long time and it’s not nice. I’ve given advice to plenty of people when they get injured. ”Rest...

Triathy.. Double trouble..

Where do I start… Triathy was a double Olympic(3k swim, 80k bike, 20k run).. I got through a bit of it.. Racing for TBUK Primera I was looking forward to this race.. I wanted to get the season off with a win.. But for once performance was to come before results!...

Triathy..Double or quits!!

Since the tour of the Mournes all focus has been to triathy double olympic( 3k swim/yuk!!!, 80k bike/lovely!!!,20k run/jurys out!!!) Although It’s a training race and the hard sessions wont stop right up  until thursday with the race taking place on saturday....

Event Management to Tour of the Mournes..

Well what a week(last week!!!).. Those of you who know me and have been around me this week know how  nuts its been. I will only be too glad to see the back of it and get back training and getting into a routine again. I was one of the co organisers of the dundalk...

U-turn!!!

With the racing season now underway it seems I am the only one not doing the racing!!.. well- I have got a couple of races in.. The race times and when they come up just dont suit me in terms of work and family life.. I think the word I am looking for is...

John Haldane 50 miler..

Last Sunday saw the start of my race season.. Arch rivals Newry wheelers had their annual John haldane memorial race, a 50 mile 5 lap affair of the warrenpoint carriageway. The Race was handicapped with the a3’s off 4 minutes ahead of A2’s &...