7 Days to Go!

Well there are seven days to go before the LONGEST DAY OF MY LIFE.

 

I haven’t been good lately at posting but to be honest I have struggled with my motivation since coming home from Lanza.  I have had some good weeks, and some bad.  I have done my long run and my long cycle and feel that I have it in me to finish next week.

 

Today I did a 75k cycle with the guys in 2 and half hours.  I was feeling nervous heading out, because I haven’t done anything other than work for the last two weeks.  But I felt great on the bike.  Once we finished our cycle though Boycey told us that he was heading for Wicklow gap before heading home!!  Good luck to him.

 

At this stage I still don’t feel nervous I am looking forward to it.  Maybe things will change over the next seven days.  But I have done the work and I want to do the race now.

 

Best of luck to the guys doing the race especially, John the Three Dereks! Rodney Eoin and Oran.  I hope that on Sunday night we will all be sitting as Ironmen in the finishing tent drinking beers.

Lanzarote

Monday Rest

 

Tuesday

Flew to Lanzarote, I was really excited about spending a week basically being a professional athlete.  Oh yeah, but without being paid!! We all met in the airport in plenty of time before the flight.  Bikes were checked in.  John decided that it was time to have lunch at 11 o’clock. 

Week 9

12 May to 18 May

Monday

I haven’t done much swimming lately, so I was determined to get to the pool.  After work, I headed up to Westpark.  My plan was to do 2 x 2k swims.  Finished the first 2ks easily.  Felt strong.  Then Darren and Mark Dowling came into the pool.