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The Continuing Adventures of Catweazle
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Hello??? What's wrong with the roads near where you live? Why go all the way to Ballinrobe for a cycle? Are you nuts? Don't say hills, because I've told you about hills around the area before.
I had it in my head I was going to do the Lap of the Mask (extended 88k version) that I had downloaded from the Western Lakes website. Remember I am a scenery junkie.......plan A that was shelved was out to Linnane to cheer on the runners
Problem 1: I was supposed to be at Tuam pool at 9am, it was 10.15 when I got there.
Problem 2. I continually add up in my head 3000m = 1 hour. This is nowhere near enough time especially when I take the guts of an hour to do 12 x 50 kick
Problem 3. I didnt realise Ballinrobe was circa 30k from Tuam, I thought it would be half that so I had to turn back
Problem 4. Was Mrs C when I got home, as the only man attending the barbecue I was therefore on cooking duty so could not afford to be late. The safer option was to go on the turbo - I even got a 5k run in after as the mood improved when she saw me going upstairs
Yes Rory needs to look at potentially a new caddy, this is the second time it has happened to him and the caddy should have seen this coming and been able to calm him down and get his head together. Harrington credits his own caddy for getting his mind back when he started choking in Carnoustie that time. I have always thought of him as a bit of a flash harry with the uber cars but I thought he came across very well after in his interviews. Unlike Tiger who looked like he was chewing a wasp in his post round interview. They say you need to lose a few before you are ready to win one!0 -
3k in 1 hour - man your swimming really has improved!
I guess if you HTFU and get your ass out of bed you wouldn't have had the other problems that stemmed from Problem 1.
How was the BBQ?
Great buzz out at Ma'am cross on Sunday at the finish line.
You're right though, caddy needed to stand up and be counted but didn't. Hopefully he bounces back from this and more importantly, learns from it and kicks on to win one. :cool:0 -
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Thursday Lunch: Legs were a bit stiff from yesterday so a slow jog around the local route 8k AHR = 125
Thursday Evening Swim: Met the Carpetbagger in the lane who was in for an evening swim. The man can talk for Ireland so it was difficult to get the distances in off the prescribed pace without feeling rude. A few young women came into the lane beside us so he quickly lost interest in me and was off chewing the ears off them then. Hes a great swimmer when he gets going though, finally banged out what looked to me like 2000m straight
Main set was 2 x 400 off 8.50 (8.15, 8.20), 6 x 200 off 4.25 (average 4.10), 6 x 50 off .55 (didn't hold these
) Total = 3100
Friday: Legs were tired and shoulders were a bit stiff so I took a rest day
Saturday AM: With me being out for pints tonight the sensible option was to go for the swim today with the probability of me skipping it tomorrow. Packed with kids but no-one was in the members lane. Main set was
5 x 100 off 2.00 (All in on low 1.50s)
5 x 100 off 2.10 (All in on low 2.00s)
5 x 100 off 2.00 (All in on low 1.50s)
5 x 100 off 2.20 (All in on low 2.00s)
Total = 3100
It seems to be taking me a good while to warm up - the 2nd set of 2.00s were easier than the first when i was fresh
Saturday Afternoon: A 16k route around Salthill - I had hoped to do more but had left it a little late. I was happy enough with this felt pretty easy and the legs were fine all the way through it so the endurance is improving 5.47 pace AHR = 135
Sunday Afternoon: After a late night I slept in late and was under pressure to come home and entertain MrsC. After some general scheming with my mother I was able to go for a cycle while she covered me saying I was cuttting her lawn. My first decent bike ride outside this year and a lovely day for it, out the Barna road for 25k. I have cycled this route a few times and the headwind was always on the way home. I don't know why I thought I was going against a headwind but I was holding over 30k going out very easily and I was hoping to knock out a quick time on the way back at the turnaround. I swiftly learned at the turnaround point that I had a nasty enough headwind all the way back, my pace went down big time. Need to get out regularly now, I found this hard on the back and was struggling to stay down on the tri bars
50K Average Pace 2.09 27.7kph AHR=112 Max=1410 -
Monday AM: Was down to Cork for meetings so cut short a run as I was cutting it a bit fine so 5k at 5.10 pace AHR=136
Tuesday Lunch: An attempt to do a tempo run, the plan was for 6 but was finding it tough so I did 2k at 4.35/2k at 5.35/2k at 4.35. 8k Total AHR=147/Max=171
Tuesday Evening: A long swim session, main set consisted of
10 x 200 pull-buoy off 5.30, I was coming in at low 3.50s so I brought the recovery down to 5.00 probably should have brought it to 4.30. The 6 x 100 off 2.00 after were a struggle but I got them done in time. Total 4000m
Wednesday Lunch: 8k run. Took this really slow as I had my eye on a Tri Lakes 20k TT session which they are running every wednesday evening. 6.17 pace didnt bother with the heart monitor
Wednesday Evening: A little bit mad with myself, it started to rain maybe 30 minutes before I was to leave. I headed off with the bike in the back looking for an excuse to get out of it and met Mrs C driving home who said the roads are like ice after the good weather. That was all the excuse I needed and I headed back to the house
. The guilt and shame brought me up to the turbo so I did 30k 10 minutes easy 10 minutes hard
Finally got off my arse and bought the new wetsuit - they are offering these bad boys at a 50% discount to a lot of the tri clubs across the country. Half the country will have one this year i am guessing.
http://www.xterrawetsuits.com/products/mens/wetsuits/vector-pro-x2-fullsuit/
The more sensible option would have been to upgrade my wheels or get triathlon shoes instead of the road ones I have but shag it I love my swimming!0 -
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Myself and MrsC were out to stay in the grounds of Ballynahinch Castle for the weekend, much to my delight I was given the pass to bring the bike as well as long as I was back before 12 each day. The place is amazing I haven't got the new wetsuit yet so I couldnt go swimming but the apartment was surrounded by a crystal clear lake dotted with Islands. I would hope to get one more weekend out there before Swinford if I am lucky
Saturday Afternoon: After cunningly turning on the mileometer before leaving the apartment, the trip to Roundstone was just over 12k. So after a coffee and a sandwich it was back to the apartment and I headed off to run it, I couldnt wait the day was glorious. With a poor sense of direction I was ordered to bring the phone so with the day that was in it, I took some pictures below
Nice easy long run, only came tough after 20k.
24k at 5.50 pace - AHR=131
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Saturday Night was a few drinks in the castle - I asked at reception could she recommend any cycling routes for me. She took out a map and handed it to me - 4 cycling loops marked out with King of the Hill markings and all, I was well impressed
Sunday AM: The first plan was to do the route 2 and 4 on the map. Off I went across an old bog road - I was very disappointed with the start. The road was terrible, probably the worst I have ridden and I couldn't believe a road like this was on a recommended route. I had a brief bitch to a sheep farmer who agreed and said the council did nothing to fix up the road after the freeze. Things improved when I got off that road, route 2 was a 14k route along the bay which involved a climb up to the Alcock and Brown monument, for some reason I went wrong and went up that hill again after so I can call it a hill repeat
Then i switched on to route 4 which was in total a 40k route which went through Ballyconneely and Roundstone. I stopped in Roundstone cafe and was fuming after paying 9 euros for a small cappuccino and a toasted sandwich with one slice of ham and and an Easi single slice, rip off Ireland hasn't gone away. The owner must have been nearly 20 stone, I can well imagine what she would have thought if she was handed that in some other cafe :mad:
Anyways homeward bound and saw a bit of a horse race up the bog road as I went past. 70k in total
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Monday Morning:
Was mad with myself as a little too much wine the night before had me up late. Todays plan was the other 2 routes 1 & 3 through Clifden and Cleggan and a brick run through the castle forest after
Straight off this route was much more promising on the way into Clifden they had a separate cycling lane which was great.
Off up the N59 towards Linnane and I turned off for route 1 which was a 14k i think route around an inlet. Surface was far better than yesterday and there was a decent climbing stretch as I had taken the lower sky road, the descent down into Clifden from this direction was hair raising and there were some great views of the town on the way in. Then I took route 3 which was a 33k route out and around Cleggan, again the surface was good although the views weren't quite as good as from Route 1. Alas with my late start the brick run through the forest was a non runner
65k route and it was much more enjoyable than yesterdays route, would love another weekend out there as I would like to see Linnane, Kylemore Abbey. Back was at me today though, need to do more of these!
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Lovely pics, and a really nice part of the country! Many of those routes you were on are part of the Tour de Conamara sportive on May 15... shameless plug:D
You are getting great advertising for that on the local papers, your club pro must be doing a wonderful job. Did I read you would be hoping for 1000+ between the three rides :eek:
I am still looking like I will do it at this stage anyways, will TG4 be doing a feature on it?0 -
You are getting great advertising for that on the local papers, your club pro must be doing a wonderful job. Did I read you would be hoping for 1000+ between the three rides :eek:
I am still looking like I will do it at this stage anyways, will TG4 be doing a feature on it?
Eh, I suspect that 1000 is more than slightly over-stating it! Would hope that TG4 do a piece for the new bulletin that evening. After my first experience of a sportive recently, I'm a bit annoyed that I'm missing it myself...0 -
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Suit feels great when I got it on, easy enough to move the arms in it, now to man up and head down to the lake this weekend.
red X to the front / zip to the back yeah ?
A new suit imho should be difficult to get on - if its the suit Im thinking of - the flexibility in the shoulders when you finally man up and hit the open water - should help things.0 -
interested wrote: »red X to the front / zip to the back yeah ?
LOL.....You know him too well interested! I saw a guy at the TRI3 event in Galway last year with the wetsuit on back to front. I don't think anyone had the heart to tell him. :pac: 0 -
interested wrote: »red X to the front / zip to the back yeah ?LOL.....You know him too well interested! I saw a guy at the TRI3 event in Galway last year with the wetsuit on back to front. :pac:
I have learned my lesson from my back to front cleats last year, but I will admit the big red x in the front was a big help 0 -
Thursday Lunch: 8k Run - 5.57 average pace 130 AHR
Thursday Evening: First time swimming in a week and it showed, I was going to start another programme of the 3.3k sessions but wasn't going to start it today so did a less taxing 2000m session instead. 8 x 100 off 2.20 in the middle the first 5 were comfortable but was feeling tired by the end
Friday Lunch: 8k run - 5.03 pace 141 AHR. Used the Zoots for a change, bounced along in them
Saturday AM: An easy spin said pgibbo the night before, off we went into a tough headwind, and I shamelessly just hung in at the back for the whole route. I began to bonk coming up a hill around the 60k mark but a gel and a tailwind got me somewhat back together on the way home. Back was in bits when I got home to Mrs C waiting for me with the lawnmower :mad: 82k / 26.9k an hour / AHR = 103 Max = 146. Need to do these though
Sunday Afternoon: Foffed about a bit so had to cut short the run, 16k 5.37 pace AHR = 130
Nursing a major hangover now so trying to persuade myself to go down to the lake more to try and shock it out of me more than anything else0 -
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