The Haute Route 2012 The Haute Route 2012 – billed as the highest and toughest cyclo sportive in the world. Over 7 days, cyclists would cover 780 km and 21,000 meters of ascent, featuring seven world famous cities and mountain resorts: Geneva, Megève, Courchevel, Alpe d’Huez, Risoul, Auron and Nice. 19 mythical Alpine cols will […]
ALL PHOTOS: http://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=oa.10152074833945487&type=1 There are very few things in this world that I am afraid of, but for some reason whenever I hear the term “The Lost Sheep” I get a chill down my spine and a memory of great pain and torture. My first experience of The Lost Sheep Half Ironman Triathlon came two years […]
Blenheim tri was the 1st off the 2012 british super series, it was also the British junior champs so a large strong field would be a given. The week before the race the rumours were confirmed that the Brownlee brothers would be racing!! I was excited to be racing the two best triathletes in the […]
Saturday morning, driving down to Galway I’ve managed to sqeeze my bike into the car around 2 TV’s, a computer, quilts, towels, pots, pans…maybe trying to move house the same weekend as doing a half Ironman wasn’t the best idea. Well I hadn’t put much thought into doing this race and I’d put even less […]
Well lads with the well earned camping trip to France and the ferry into Cherbourg booked I spotted a race that happened to be in the 2nd week of the hols. So with ten days of sunbathing and wine drinking as preparation I was going to kick ass in this one! Weather was warm but […]
Average HR 148 Max HR 170 Total Calories 3,800 Kevin’s Garmin Log for the event This was my third time doing Gaelforce West, being from Mayo I’m always interested in doing races back west and dont think there is anyway I can now leave this out of my list of must-do races every year. My […]
Well folks as the call didn’t come from London i headed up north to Rostrevor Co down, the beautiful Kilbroney park was the venue for this one, as the camp site was already full when we arrived friday we were allowed to park up in the large car park less than 1k from transition, happy […]
I had always wondered if many southerners, or even southern northerners, venture this far north during marching season and the entries list, packed full of Peninsula TC, Olympic TC and QUB TC and local entries, answered that question for this year, but I’ll give you five good reasons to venture to the shores of Ballywalter next year for […]
Baltimore, West Cork was the venue for this race. It was a long drive; we headed off in our camper on Friday evening as usual it was raining and very windy. We hit a bit of traffic in Cork city so decided to stop for a bite to eat. It was on then from Bandon […]
This was the ill fated Howth Challenge seriesTriathlon that got converted to an Aquathon at the 11th hour. But what an Aquathon it was. Swim from Irelands eye (Olympic plus 1900M) then a 10 Km… Billed as ‘for competent sea swimmers only’, my own personal challenge was simply not to die. Everyone around me seemed […]