It was a sunny morning, mild for late October. I wore a red long sleeved top over my Naas running slip, which I took off as we were...

Karen and I have wanted to try bikepacking for some time. Travel, adventure, and cycling, all rolled into one, it seemed like a perfect...

Keep Pedalling - Don't Look Up In the build up to the race and even when discussing since, the comparison to an Ironman or 70.3 is...

It was 06:21 when I cycled under the start banner and began my Wicklow 200 adventure. It was a cold and early start for what would be a...

In Butlers coffee, terminal two in Dublin airport, we slowly assembled around a small table. Initially just me and Karen, it wasn’t long...

I first unzipped my shoe covers and then removed my cycling shoes. Water poured from each shoe as they were pulled from my feet. I rolled...

Following lost sheep, my focus shifted to the last four weeks of Ironman training. Although I enjoyed Lost Sheep, it was another race...

Lost Sheep Found I waded in to the still calm water, the sun rising behind me, and paddled towards the mass start area. From amongst the...

I hung my bike by the saddle from the rack marked with my race number. Already placed on it was my nutrition and bottles. On the ground I...

It just keeps getting steeper and steeper. We wind our way between houses along narrow lanes. Loose gravely singletrack links some of the...

Lanzarote It was my first time in Lanzarote and I found it to be a place in flux. The view out the window on the bus from the airport...

In March 2022 I toed the startline of the Naas 10 Mile race with a winter of consistent training behind me. I was in the best shape of my...

As I let the tattoo heal, the plan was to bask in the warm glow that is winter training. Winter training is all the fun of training...

Back in Ireland after the Ironman I wanted to tell the world what I had done. I wanted to scream it from the rooftops and go into...

As the first bars of ‘Thunderstruck’ echoed from the PA system I finally felt a stir of emotion. We inched forward on the cold sand, in...

Sunday was the Naas 10 Mile race. There was a great crew from the club taking part. Including Karen who only decided 10 minutes before...

Back in Ireland following the DNF in Ironman 70.3 Cervia, I struggled to keep the training at pre-Italy levels. Good weeks were followed...

I thought about my uncle Brian on the start line of Ironman 70.3 Italy. Brian passed away due to Covid in August 2021. After struggling...

Six kilometres in and finally leaving the bog, there was a water station. It was a self supported event, so there was no water stop in...

The renewed sense of optimism I felt after completing GaelForce North had me in a positive mood as I switched my focus to the Dublin City...