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Monthly Archives: May 2011
Owen’s Blog…..Tri Grand Prix Basque Country
Next up for me is Tri Grand Prix Basque Country, on June 11th. It will be a massive step up in distance and standard from anything I have raced before. Having said that I’m in good shape and feel its time I find out where I stand against the big boys….. Elite start list: Clemente
Robs Blog Race The Ras Day 8
Today’s post is only a quick note I’ll write later about the full week, we finished in skerries after riding over 1260km in the last 8 days. Aisling led the group over the finish line as the first and only woman to ride the route of the Ras. A lot of the lads have said
DNF in Kerry
The weather in Kerry was bad last weekend. Bad, as in gale force gusts and lashing rain. But everyone has to race the same conditions so I don’t think most people at the Valentia Island Triathlon minded too much. Despite the savage winds, only one rider managed to seriously come off his bike whilst out
Robs Blog Race The Ras Day 5
Day 5 done, over 160k and 6 categorised climbs. I felt better today than I have all week. I had hoped that I would improve as the week went on and it seems to be happening, we even had the wind behind us for long stretches and finished in sunshine in Blarney. The group rode
Robs Blog Race The Ras Day 4
Today was a stage that I was both nervous about and looking forward to, nervous because a couple of Ras vets had warned that day 4 was when it starts to get really tough, looking forward to it because I like climbing and today’s stage had 5 categorised climbs finishing with the cat 1 Healy
Robs Blog Race The Ras Day 3
Day 3 of race the Race the Ras done, todays stage was 180k with 3 climbs and took 6 hours. The legs felt great and the group rode really well together in much better weather conditions than yesterday. Ais had a great day again today riding comfortably in the group and doing some damage on
Robs Blog Race The Ras Day 2
One of the hardest days I’ve ever had on a bike, gusts of over 120k an hour, relentless savage head and gusting cross winds reduced us to speeds of 10kph on the flat and even had us pedaling hard downhill and only seeing 20kph on the speedo. Myself and Ais rode the stage together today
CXIII Half Ironman Collinstown
Preparation has been going well to date, as from my last blog. This race was the first big test of my progress throughout the year… testing my training and form together. To be honest, this is the least nervous I have ever been before a race, for some unknown reason. Normally the nerves and belly
Robs Blog Race The Ras Day 1
Day one done and it was pretty tough going. 151k of constant headwinds and a fast pace from the start reduced the group from 45 to less than 20 by the halfway point and less than a dozen by the finish. I enjoyed it in a sort of perverse way though but was really glad