So this was my daily commute for nearly 7 years, I only managed to ride the full distance home a couple of times. And this was one of those occasions where I did get to ride home. The only downfall to working in an air conditioned building was when I headed off, I didn’t know how hot it had gotten. The air temperature that day got up to 35C, not too hot for many of my friends south of the equator, but for Ireland, properly boiling.
It’s a fantastic trip, meandering from Carlow, down through Kilkenny (ticking off Paulstown, Dungarvan, Thomastown, Ballyhale). The legs started to die a death coming along that rolling section that is Mullinavat to Waterford. If I remember correctly I stopped in Mullinavat to refill both bottles and drown my head with a third.
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BC – Before Children….
This popped up on my Timehop today as a photograph. It was obviously before the twins came along, I’d class 5 hours as a good training week these days. Not just a Sunday Spin. I took a look at the route and can remember parts of it, but not all of it. I headed off to West Waterford, out around Cappoquin and Aglish (where the only Hindu Styled Bridge in Ireland is – look for yourself) and back into Dungarvan.
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Belgium and Australia… Cobbles and Sun
Post Rás, I’m still in contact with a good few of the guys from the Collins Race Team. One of those guys is Connor Lambert, a confused Irish man, born in Australia to Irish parents, but racing in Belgium. I reached out to him in the last week or so to get his favourite training routes. He sent on the following …
I am an Irish/Australian cyclist for Belgian team Mysenlan-Spie-Douterloigne which is registered in the Flanders region. We are an U25 team and are apart of the Topcompetition in Belgium which allows us to race races from 1.12b kermeses to uci 1.2 races. Read More
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Durango Unchained
Durango resident and Aevolo rider Nick McKey from Aevolo Cycling (Long term friends of the site) talks to us about his favourite loop/ride. Read More
