I had been training OK up to June 20th. Every week was better, I was getting fit again.
Posts in category Race Reports
Loot & Youth
The Fingal Tri Club’s Skerries Triathlon. I have always enjoyed my trips up to Wheelworx. And it’s not just all the lacquered carbon and shiny chrome about the place. I invariably end up reminiscing with Rob about our trips to Kona and the Ironman races we have done. His enthusiasm for the sport is infectious. […]
Challenge Barcelona 2013, 1...
In a curious mix of beer festival and international long distance triathlon, every year over the first weekend in October these two somewhat different ideologies converge on Calella, a moderately sized town about an hour’s drive north along the coast from Barcelona. For a few days Calella is overrun by hoards of retired German couples […]
Born to Run
Bruce was in town, Eimear, her sister and all the other ageing rockers were going. The mother-in-law lived close to the bike turnaround and despite spending a few days previous with us cooped up in a hotel, I still had a willing babysitter and free accommodation. Not to mention a thirty year school reunion and […]