Decent Weather at last

Decent weather for a couple of days at least. Managed to get a 40km spin in last night in shorts, no shoe covers and fingerless gloves. First time since I don't know when.

We went up and did Ryehill. I managed to knock 20 secs off previous best so happy out with progress being made on the bike this year.

Still here!!

It's another one of those "Well it's been a while since my last post.....yada yada yada....." The plan is to use the blog to track my progress to hitting target of 80kg before March 2014's Cycle to Lourdes. The cycle is due to be launched this evening in Lourdes as the trust is currently out there for the annual pilgrimage. So the plan is to loose 20kg between now and March 2014 - just under 12 months... So here goes..

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Back on the road....again....

Well, it's been a while since the last post. And a bit has happened since then... My son Donnacha was born and is now just over a year old. I trained for and cycled to Lourdes, France for the charity IHCPT. And none of it recorded. I've decided to re-do the cycle in 2014 (it's ran every two years). But since I returned from France back in April I've done very little on the bike. A few kilos were put on as the planned month off the bike turned into a few months off the bike. So to that end I hit the gym about 6 weeks ago and have dropped the kilos gained. I was back on the bike for a couple of spins last week. I dropped the bike into the Cycle Superstore in Tallaght yesterday to give it a good once over before hitting the road again. I'm also going to try and keep the blog updated, particularly with how training is going as the plan is to do the cycle to Lourdes at about 85-90 kilos so that's about 20 kilos to drop between now and then. As it's not until March 2014 that is, I think, very achievable. Next week I'm off to Barcelona for a long weekend so lots to look forward to - both short term and long term. Adios, for now.....

Doing a bit....

Well I've kept up with the regular spins. Averaging over 200km most weeks which is not too bad.
Was supposed to be doing the SkyRide in Clare today but with numero 3 due to have arrived last Friday I had to pull out. Was a bit disappointed as the SkyRide was the first sportive I signed up for way back in October last year.
Hopefully baby will arrive today so it will not have been missed in vain!!

Quick Spin

Nothing major today - just a short 30km spin. Was going grand until turned for home at Killtullagh. Feckin headwind against me again. Not having much luck with the wind these days.
Before I got out for a spin though had to fix puncture. Had a puncture last week and fixed at roadside. Must have strained nozzle or something because it was pancake like when I went to the bike this evening.

This is my stats for last 30 days:
Progress Summary Report
Count: 16 Activities
Distance: 607.00 km
Time: 22:37:45 h:m:s
Elevation Gain: 3,289 m
Avg Speed: 26.8 km/h
Avg HR: 138 bpm
Avg Bike Cadence: 74 rpm
Calories: 18,971 C

Happy enough with them. Have to try and get cadence up. Jigsaw cycle coming up on Sunday week. 100km event so looking forward to that. Ge

Getting out with the Seven Springs CC tomorrow and again on Saturday - I hope. Weather looks good for the week so should be able to get a few more kms under the belt.

Came across a post on boards.ie about Mark Beaumont. He cycled the length of the Americas. First 2 episodes have been very enjoyable. I'd watch the third right now but it;s after 12 and my bed is calling.

I'll post an update later in the week.

Later

Spin

Got out a few times during the week after partaking in the Tour de Burren last weekend.
Today's Spin

Seven Springs Cycling Club

Have been getting out on the bike a bit in the last couple of weeks. Trying to get a couple of hundred kms every week.
Keeping average pace and cadence up to decent levels.
In an effort to keep it going and to get better I've joined up with a cycle club from Loughrea. Have been out on two spins with them. Very sound bunch of lads.
Heading down to Clare on Saturday doing the Tour de Burren - one of the An Post series cycles. Looking forward to it.
I'll post how I get on.....

Pinarello Dogma

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Captain's Prize

Captain's Prize weekend coming up. Playing reasonably well. It would be great to carry the good form I've had lately into this comp. We'll have to wait and see.

F1 Testing

Was at Circuit de Catalunya, Barcelona over the weekend for the F1 testing session. Absolutely class.
Video of the McClaren team practice their pitstop.

Good Morning!!

Test Blog

Trying to post via iPhone

Here goes...

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New Golfing Year

With more than half of February gone I'm hoping that the worst of the weather is behind us and we can finally get back out on the course with some regularity.
The Captains drive in is on this weekend with the weekly 18 hole comps starting up the week after.
Hopefully the weather will hold up for the driver in. Course was closed today due to frost.
Will be hitting hte range once if not twice a week for the next month to help get back in the "swing" of things.
Am really going to try and get down to 11 this year. Fingers crossed

Skiing 2010

Well we made it back in one piece. Which is always good.
Worst fall I had all week was slipping on way home from pub on the Friday night!!
Plenty of snow and sunshine too. So conditions were really ideal. We were pretty much up on the slopes all week. Latest we made it up was 9.45 and we were up there till around 4 most days so got plenty of skiing in.

Few pics of week

A New Year

So it's 2010. A new year.
What to do. Well for starters I'm going to try and get down to 12. And then try and play of it.
It'll take a good bit of effort. But having not put much effort in last year and still shaving 2 shots off I'm definitely ready for the challenge.
I finished 2009 off well - I was striking the ball well and managed a few good results which got me in to the top ten of golfer of the year. Considering there is over 600 members I think it's not too bad.

Another goal is to try and update the blog regularly - not necessarily because of I have hundreds tuning in for an update. I'd like to have a good record of how the year has gone. I look back on some of my earlier posts and can read back good accounts of my golfing exploits.
Anyway that's the plan.

Later

Bird in the house!!

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Lesson

Hey all!!

I was in for a golf lesson on Tuesday. Talk about value for money.
All year I have been very solid with my irons. But have been a bit suspect off the tee. Basically any time I put a driver or a three wood in my hand it can range from very good to plain awful.
In 5 mins Gary ( The Pro ) had spotted the problem. An issue with how I gripped the club. Apparently I have two grips - one for when i'm hitting irons and one for off the tee.

So now that he fixed that problem I have no more excuses......